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A review by labunnywtf
Batgirl, Volume 2: Family Business by Ming Doyle, Michael Lacombe, Juan Castro, Brenden Fletcher, David Lafuente, Bengal, Jake Wyatt, Babs Tarr, Cameron Stewart, Joel Gomez, Mingjue Helen Chen
3.0
Batgirl and Batdad.
I didn't love this one as much as I loved volume 1. However, I am still very excited to read volume 3, which the Hoopla app DOES NOT HAVE. WHAT THE EFF, HOOPLA, STOP COMICK BLOCKING ME.
Anyway. I thought the running theme through this one would be Jim Gordon as Batman, but that was really not returned to that much, which I found surprising. Because um, what? Should I assume this is something that happened in another series that I would know nothing about? Because that always happens to me with these comics. ALWAYS.
I felt like we had a lot of other character appearances here, including, erm, one of the other Bat children. Possibly a Wayne children, actually. I kind of sort of a little knew about the, but I didn't really read that series so my knowledge is fuzzy. I'm not big on the romantical, so the triangley bits were just whatever.
But we did get a brief jump into Gotham Academy, art style included, and considering I've become kind of obsessed with that series, it gave me a lot of bouncy happy feelings.
I prefer Alysia (since GBG and all that), but I have to admit Frankie is kind of a bad ass. I find her realistic (as realistic as these worlds can be, at any rate) in that when you find out you know a superhero IRL, you are immediately compelled to join forces and be super yourself, consequences be damned. Because that is SO WHAT I WOULD DO.
But Alysia did get a really sweet storyline here, which I thought was going to be totally ruined by the ridiculous Velvet Tiger storyline + ridiculous love triangle storyline. But it ended up working out, and I was good with that theme running throughout.
Now to get my hands on the next volume. ::cracks knuckles::
I didn't love this one as much as I loved volume 1. However, I am still very excited to read volume 3, which the Hoopla app DOES NOT HAVE. WHAT THE EFF, HOOPLA, STOP COMICK BLOCKING ME.
Anyway. I thought the running theme through this one would be Jim Gordon as Batman, but that was really not returned to that much, which I found surprising. Because um, what? Should I assume this is something that happened in another series that I would know nothing about? Because that always happens to me with these comics. ALWAYS.
I felt like we had a lot of other character appearances here, including, erm, one of the other Bat children. Possibly a Wayne children, actually. I kind of sort of a little knew about the
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death thing with himBut we did get a brief jump into Gotham Academy, art style included, and considering I've become kind of obsessed with that series, it gave me a lot of bouncy happy feelings.
I prefer Alysia (since GBG and all that), but I have to admit Frankie is kind of a bad ass. I find her realistic (as realistic as these worlds can be, at any rate) in that when you find out you know a superhero IRL, you are immediately compelled to join forces and be super yourself, consequences be damned. Because that is SO WHAT I WOULD DO.
But Alysia did get a really sweet storyline here, which I thought was going to be totally ruined by the ridiculous Velvet Tiger storyline + ridiculous love triangle storyline. But it ended up working out, and I was good with that theme running throughout.
Now to get my hands on the next volume. ::cracks knuckles::