Gail Simone: writer
Ardian Syaf: penciller
Vicente Cifuentes: inker
The Solicitation
• "NIGHT OF THE OWLS" continues here!• BATGIRL faces off against the Court of Owls to protect the life of her father, Commissioner Gordon!
Preview
The Comic
Batgirl vs. a female Talon. That's the premise, and they are sticking to it.
To put it bluntly - nothing, and I mean nothing in this comic book inspires me to see what is still going on in the regular series. I admit it - I picked it up because it was Night of the Owls. But I really wish I didn't.
First, the premise. Why must Barbara be the only one who gets to fight a female Talon? Isn't that sexist in some way? And then we have James Gordon taking a threat from a member of the Court of Owls seriously. Unless this Gordon is a pussy-whipped version of the previous Gordon, this just sticks as to being out of character for him. (And yes, I get the not so veiled idea that the man who warned Gordon was the same man who recruited the disfigured female Talon from the circus so many years ago, it was that obvious.)
Let's find some good here. What did I enjoy?
...
Probably knowing that I never have to pick up another issue of Batgirl again.
The Art
I just can't look at it anymore. I can't. I can't. I can't. The art is decent of itself, but anytime I think to what the story is about and how it is being broken down then I can't say anything. Check out previous reviews to get a sense of how this artist works. Honestly, there has been some consistency with the art duties from previous issues, but I just can't stand it anymore.
The Cover
Try holding either of those poses that are on the cover. Then try to find where the perspective point is. Does everything seem unbalanced and not natural? It does, just like the female Talon's pose.
Grades
Words: 1/10
Pictures: 3/10
Recommend: Negative.
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