While Batman is famous for lurking in the shadows, Beatty and Dixon’s Batgirl is in the shadows for an altogether different reason. Barbara Gordon is the daughter of Gotham’s top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon. No matter she does, she’s Commissioner Gordon’s daughter. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons that the Commish doesn’t want his daughter fulfilling her dream of becoming a cop. “One in the family is enough!” he says. Does he mean one family member under constant scrutiny, or just that he doesn’t want […]
Small Victories: At Least They Aren’t Wearing Heels Most of the Time
I started reading the Birds of Prey series back in CBRIV and then I learned that Gail Simone didn’t start off writing the series and what I thought was Birds of Prey Volume 1 was actually Volume 3. And since I’m a completionist, I had to go back and get the real Volumes 1 and 2. And if Volume 1 is any indication, I can see why DC essentially rebooted the series with Volume 3 when Simone took over. I knew Simone was heralded as […]