I'm continuing to enjoy this book very much, but I've come upon a couple of realizations. I don't know if the Bensons have ever written comics before. This is my first experience with them. I think they're going a decent job with the book, but I think the way they write, this book would be enjoyed more monthly. I say that only because I feel like when they're telling a story that gets published over six months, reading it over six months makes it feel like it's going at the right speed. Reading it in one fell swoop makes me feel like the story is rushed. Six months may have passed in the real world, but in the story, maybe six days have passed. Does that make sense? I'd like to have seen this story as maybe the third arc of the book. It feels like too much has happened too soon to me.
My only other gripe about this story is Huntress. It feels like they don't know who she is. She felt very empty. Lacking personality. Like, they could have had any character in that role and no one would have noticed a difference. Again, I wonder if this is part of the issue I mentioned above. They're trying to turn her from who she was in Grayson to who they want her to be here and it's too much, too quickly? I don't know.
But don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the fuck out of this book. I look forward to more.
Also, I'd be remiss not to mention the amazing variant covers collected at the back of the book by Yanick Paquette. Amazing, amazing stuff.
Batgirl And The Birds Of Prey Vol 2: Source Code
Written by: Julie Benson, Shawna Benson
Illustrated by: Roge Antonio, Claire Roe, Breno Tamura, Yanick Paquette
DC Comics
