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Birds of Prey #114

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birdsofprey.jpgWhen I read this issue, I felt it was the closest thing to a pure DC book I’ve read in a while. What I do enjoy about DC Comics is that DC from cover to cover makes me excited to read the comic. When I read the first page, I keep thinking, “yeah, this is why I love this medium.” Even though it’s far different than the Battlestar comics I’ve fallen in love with recently, This comic was vibrant. It left me wanting more, which is far more than some titles DC has released recently can say. The plotting was smooth, but I have to say I was even more impressed with the dialogue. I chuckled at the scene in the bar, where Linda tries to out drink her buddy, and I felt myself even becoming a little worried about Barbara Gordon. What’s my point? That comics today often lack the characterization necessary to allow readers to empathize with the superheros. This is why comics, especially early Marvel and DC became successful to start with. The art is also very clean, detailed and transitions from panel to panel and page to page easily. It looks almost effortless. So kudos to DC for keeping this book in print and also putting together a top notch creative team. I give this book a more than solid seven out of ten. If DC keeps this up, they’ll be back on track.


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