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Batgirl (comic)
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6 on New 52 - Batgirl #26 reviewSay what you will about the hard-to-swallow motivations of some of the characters and the sporadic release schedule of this arc, but the covers for Batgirl: Wanted have been breath-taking and issue #26 is no exception. Best of all, I think fans of Gail Simone's Barbara Gordon will be equally pleased with what's behind that…
Wait, this was $3.99? I actually had to flip back through this one to see if there was extra content because it certainly felt like the average $2.99 length and it definitely doesn't have a glossy or embossed cover. It's 28 pages of Batgirl before she was Batgirl and I'll leave it to you to…
The third volume of Batgirl features the crossover "Death of the Family" in its title, but unlike another New 52 graphic novel that was released this month (Catwoman, Vol. 3: Death of the Family, which only touched on the subject for a single issue) the material collected in this hardback is impacted greatly by the…
Batgirl is a dark comic where a variety of awful things happen to our heroine in every issue, but no installment was as brutal as part one of Batgirl: Wanted. In that chapter we saw Ricky, the boy Barbara had just started dating, racing to save the life of his brother but along the way…
If you've read my previous reviews then you know I'm tired of the doom and gloom and gore of this series and wish it were more fun like say Batgirl: Year One or what the current New 52 Nightwing series is doing. But while issue #23 doesn't take that turn toward the more lighthearted tone…
I have mixed feelings about Batgirl #22 but overall I think readers will enjoy it and it's a step in the right direction so I want to lean more on the positive. For one, it's got a funny opening that picks up where last month's issue left off. There's a knock at the door and…
It's time to head back into the miserable world of Barbara Gordon again. There should really be a tagline on every issue that just says "Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here." This issue concludes the 2-part Ventriloquist arc and it's really good to see that someone out there is doing short arcs. I would…
As you can tell by the score, I obviously don't recommend Batgirl #20. In fact, I pretty much hated it. Gore, magic, eidetic memory... there's a pretty long list of things I don't enjoy seeing in a Batgirl comic and they all show up here. When it comes to the artwork, there's nothing spectacular to…
Gail Simone returns to Batgirl and delivers an issue with a lot of big revelations and gruesome action (seriously, why is the Batgirl series so damn violent?), but I wasn't fond of the way James Jr. was portrayed. Things are about to change for the Batgirl series. Anyone who has been a fan of the…
I can't say I cared much for this one and now that this short 2-part story is over it definitely looks like it was all little more than filler. It's as if we were supposed to get a Barbara vs. James Jr. arc but that simply wasn't possible so instead that concept was merely teased…
Batgirl Volume 1 dealt pretty heavily with Barbara's lack of confidence and struggle to re-adapt to the cape and cowl again while pitting her against villains that reflected her own inner demons. Volume 2 continues that pattern but it goes bigger. Much bigger. Not only do we dig deep into The Killing Joke, but we take a…
The solicits I saw for this week's Upcoming Comics article were wrong and now is indeed the time for Ray Fawkes to begin his two month stint on Batgirl. As you'll recall, there was a big controversy in which Gail Simone was fired via email. Her fans rallied loud enough that DC brought her back…
So basically it looks like every Death of the Family tie-in this month will have the same final page and you'll have to wait for a real conclusion to happen in Batman #17. The past couple issues of Batgirl were phenomenal but this one was severely disappointing. I get the feeling that Gail Simone had…
Just days after being fired, writer Gail Simone is back on Batgirl. The internet made a lot of noise when the news of Simone's abrupt termination was revealed. It seems like DC listened to what the fans had to say and had a change of heart. Simone confirmed the news on Twitter last night: Here's…
Last month's Batgirl #14 laid it's claim as the best Death of the Family tie-in yet (overthrown, in my opinion, by Batman & Robin #15) and one of the best cliffhangers this year: Joker proposing to Barbara with her own mother's severed ring finger-- if she says no then a nail bomb explodes! How messed up…
I don't usually look at the solicits because I like to be surprised with my comics but the latest news on Gail Simone had me wondering what DC would advertise for the month of March. According to the solicits at DCComics.com, Ray Fawkes will be taking over writing duties on Batgirl starting with issue #18.…
Last week there were rumors floating around that Gail Simone had left the Batgirl title she's been writing ever since the launch of the New 52 more than a year ago. Soon after the internet started to buzz, Gail herself came out to fans and said that there was no truth to the rumors and…
The first of the real Death of the Family tie-ins is a good one. Better, I believe, than any of the Night of Owls tie-ins. There's actually something at stake here for Barbara, an emotional weight to the scenes. What happens matters not only for Barbara but for the entire Death of the Family event…
The Court of Owls is alive and well in Gotham and they have a plan for revenge against Bruce Wayne. The first step is hiring the homeless to burn down some buildings and cause the deaths of countless innocents, deaths that will be tied back to Bruce Wayne who wants to buy those buildings, demolish…
If you want to see Batgirl kick some butt, you've come to the right place. Issue #13 is being marketed as a major prelude to the Death of the Family crossover event and its even been given a snazzy die-cut cover this week advertising the fact, but that's some pretty false advertising if you ask…
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