Birds of Prey, Volume 1 by Duane Swierczynski

Starling was a very cool character, who (after some research on the web) I discovered is brand-spankin' new to the DC universe. I'm unclear on whether or not her being a fugitive was part of an older story line, or if this is something new to this title. However, I still thought the story was very entertaining, and I have no complaints about the actual plot itself.īlack Canary, who is wanted for her husband's murder, is the leader of the group. Maybe it's not, but certainly didn't have an origin story feel to it.įor a newbie like me, I would've liked to have known a little more about each of the Birds, and why they decided to start the team to begin with. Once again, this doesn't seem like much of a reboot due to the feeling that this is an ongoing continuation of older stories. No time is given to the old plot and there is literally no resolution to be found anywhere in Volume 2.Bear in mind that I'm new to Birds of Prey, so I have no idea how Trouble in Mind compares with older titles. So, instead of diving further into this story of biological weaponry and clever brainwashing, we are dropped ass-first into a totally new arc that looks to be about Black Canary’s New 52 backstory. Evidently, I was the only one who liked that. In my review of Trouble in Mind, I noted that by the end of the collection, they had only really gotten one layer off the onion-like mystery that was the first story arc. But even the two arcs that belong to the Birds feel clunky and don’t have the same storytelling hook present in Swierczynski’s first arc.īut before I can get into the details, we have to go back to the end of Volume 1. Some of this is due to the Night of Owls and Issue #0 ‘crossover’ events, which derail the existing plot lines in really jarring ways. Between the jerky plot jumps and the ill-conceived Poison Ivy arc, the issues in this volume never really get down to business. I really enjoyed the first collection of the new Birds of Prey, so it is with mixed feelings that I report that Volume 2 leaves much to be desired. Profile: Comics, Mystery, Science Fiction Collecting Issues #8-12 and Issue #0 of Birds of Prey (N52) Target: Duane Swierczynski’s Birds of Prey: Your Kiss Might Kill.

Birds of Prey, Volume 1 by Duane Swierczynski