Third time's the charm? After reading DC Comics' newest Birds of Prey #1 (volume three), I'm not so sure. Was there never a Birds of Prey team before in the new DC Universe? Apparently not. And this time, they're made up of a bunch of bad-ass chicks. Think Secret Six with only women.
In this first issue, we meet Black Canary and a new character by the name of Starling. They're both on the run from the law. Black Canary killed someone? Hmmm...a mystery to be discovered. And the tattooed Starling sounds like she's just a crazy bitch.
Black Canary is trying to form a new team called the Birds of Prey. She enlists Starling and pays a visit to Barbara Gordon, the old/new Batgirl. At least they still have some sort of a past in the new DCU. Dinah tries to enlist Babs, but Babs shoots her down, suggesting Katana (from the previous Outsiders) instead. Black Canary isn't too keen on that suggestion (another mystery), but she must eventually invite her since Katana appears on the cover (although never in the issue itself). Poison Ivy also appears on the cover, but never in the book (she doesn't even get a mention like Katana does). I guess after the cancellation of her Gotham City Sirens, Harley Quinn going to the new Suicide Squad, and Catwoman getting her own series, DC wanted to give Poison Ivy some prevalence in a new series, too.
I'm not totally sold on this newest incarnation of Birds of Prey, but I'll stick around a few issues to see if I like it any better. I may just end up flying the coop.
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