![]() She's dressed exactly like Dinah, only in white and from the moment she appears, is busy kicking butt, but it takes a special arm-lock throw for Black Canary to realise who she is. She fights crime, tutors martial arts students and is the chairperson of the JLA, all without a mask, and you're telling me no ever noticed she looked a lot like Dinah Lance? No wonder that Asian gal got as far as she did with her vengeance plan. and all that.Īlso worth notable mention is Zinda's faker-than-Kim-Kadarshian-slang and the generally cheesy events in the book. She does, however, successfully manage to get Savant and Creote together, so maybe she should consider matchmaking services. She's purportedly the premier info-jock of the DC Universe and can't stop a single TV broadcast from airing. Oh right, Barbara Gordon, the Oracle, is there too. The Penguin spends most of his time providing the panels detailing everyone's pin-up girl fantasies of the team and then suddenly gets up to show that gushing arteries never stop true villainy. That's the plot, and in between, there's a lot of Barbie-high-induced girl power friendship and tequila shots to go around. It's all honourable and full of integrity all round. She tortured poor Savant into giving it and I guess Creote was just watching from the sidelines and eating popcorn.Īnyhow, she's out to get some honourable revenge for the defeat of her 12 brothers - you know, the ones in Silk ('cos I don't know) - by blackmailing Black Canary into fighting her. Well, it's not so mysterious how she got it. By that, I mean she knows what brand of toothpaste Bruce Wayne uses on Tuesdays. So the White Canary is back and mysteriously gets hold of everybody's data. Either that, or it falls into the category of pompous books that think cheese is wine. It's pretty much laughing at itself as it goes. Honestly, this was more enjoyable than my first foray into the Birds of Prey - now we just got to give these ladies more practical costumes, instead of Miss Universe swimwear outfits!!ĬAUTION: This book is not meant to be taken seriously. The writing isn't the strongest I've seen from Simone, and then we have the sexist art which combined to take away a full star. I love how there are SO MANY women in this comic, how they have great interactions, how their concern is with fighting crime NOT who's in their bedroom. ![]() Simone excels once again at writing women as women - not frilly delicate things that (some) men think are women, nor the robotic killing machines that (some) people think are the only way we can write kick women. Otherwise, the story and characters and writing are solid. It's particularly stupid when SO MANY SCENES were drawn with the obvious fanservice intent. Really? I mean, REALLY?! Does that make any sense, to have a woman kicking crime's in a bikini that offers little to no protection? I know I sound like a broken record, but it's stupid. has to wear bikinis and fishnets as their superhero costumes. ![]() They are unique women, different and outstanding and defying stereotypical feminine stereotypes (meek, timid, shy - only Dove is somewhat like this, and even she has her breaking points). The characters are great, from Black Canary to Blackhawk to Huntress to Oracle to Dove, each unique and special in her own way (or in Hawk's case, his own way). Yeah, this book doesn't defy that stereotype one bit. You know that stereotype that all comic books/graphic novels are is just soft-core porn? A bunch of scantily-clad women in suggestive poses?
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