Story: The first issue was pure character building and I loved it. The world building is find, I like this team and I like the cast of characters and the people in the DCU we meet, Roulette is very old school. The end of Source Code which was gorgeous ends with such a jarring art change that it makes.argh. World: I liked the art when Roe and Antonio are doing it but not in the same issue and not when other artists come in to fill in the pages cause they can't draw in time. I really liked this arc.except the constant artist changes. For the most part, the penciling styles complement each other rather well, albeit distinctive, making the artistic flow of the trade paperback somewhat smooth for the most part.Īll in all, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Source Code is a good continuation to what would hopefully be an equally wonderful series. Roge Antonio ( Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #8–13), Clair Roe and Breno Tamura ( Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #7 and 13 respectively) are the pencilers for the trade paperback. Blackbird is an interesting villain in that not only can she enhance powers, but take them for herself – okay, maybe my Robin affection may have jaded my opinion as Dick Grayson as Nightwing appears in this storyline. For the most part, it was written rather well. The team of Julie Benson and Shawna Benson penned the entire trade paperback. Meanwhile, the Birds of Prey fights Noah Kuttler as the Calculator with the aid of Selina Kyle as Catwoman and Pamela Isley as Poison Ivy, who has a connection to Yale's past. "Source Code" is a three-issue story ( Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #11–13) and shows the back story of Gus Yale – the new Oracle. In order to do this Black Canary goes undercover as Nightingale, putting her life in danger. "Blackbird" is a three-issue story ( Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #8–10) and has the Bird of Prey teaming up with Dick Grayson as Nightwing as they take on Gemini and the mysterious Blackbird. "Soldiers of Fortune" is a 0ne-issue story ( Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #7) and has the Bird of Prey taking on a villain called Zodiac Master who predicts crime, but commits the crime he predicts. With all the Birds firmly in place, onwards to the next thing.īatgirl and the Birds of Prey: Source Code picks up where the previous volume left off, collecting the next seven issues ( Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #7–13) of the 2016 on-going series and collects three stories: "Soldiers of Fortune", "Blackbird", and "Source Code". Soldiers Of Fortune is by Claire Roe who had been initially tapped as the series artist, but it seems Antonio has been able to swipe it out from under her probably because he's able to do six issues in a row, while Roe struggled in the first volume after three or so.Ī fun exploration of the three characters, and a good conclusion to the first year of stories. Speaking of consistent, six of the seven issues are drawn by Roge Antonio, an artist I'm glad is getting more regular work after propping up the Bat books for a while now with fill-in art across them all. The alternating focus is subtle and not overpowering, which makes for consistent reading with different aspects of the characters explored each time. If Who Is Oracle? from the first volume is a Batgirl story, Soldiers Of Fortune is a Huntress story, while Blackbird is a Black Canary story. It's a fun story, and it's nice to see the writers comfortable enough with Babs, Dinah, and Helena that they can introduce some more players into the mix now. Source Code itself is the culmination of the year-long Oracle storyline as the Calculator makes his presence known and the Birds have to rope in some unexpected help from Catwoman & Poison Ivy to diffuse the situation. Source Code is actually only a small part of this volume, which also collects a one-shot called Soldier Of Fortune that explores the Huntress's backstory, and another three part story called Blackbird, which sees Black Canary going undercover in a metahuman fight club with a sinister ringleader.
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