Batgirl #14 review

Our story starts on a rooftop, where two young heroes are attacked by a pair of familiar looking villains. They’ve no chance against Batgirl and Nightwing, but that’s not the point – they’re there to send a message. Be the message. Their familiarity to someone in Barbara’s past cues a flashback to her early days […]

Batgirl Annual #1 review

Everything old is new again as Batgirl and Supergirl meet for the first time. The occasion is a visit to Project Cadmus, to find a psychic who’s pleading with Kara for help. I like that Babs is as cynical as me about the obviousness of the trap Kara is being dragged into. Actually, ‘cynical’ is […]

Batgirl #8 review

This is the sort of thing that happens when Barbara Gordon goes on a date. The cocky young man is Ethan Cobblepot, tech whiz and son of the Penguin. Barbara is wary, but as she said to Nightwing last issue, ‘It’s 50/50 he’s evil, but are those odds really worse than anyone else I could […]

We Are Robin #7 review

The Gotham authorities have cracked down on the We are Robin kids, locking several up in a new, decidedly dodgy, prison facility. Alongside them is current official boy wonder Damian Wayne and below, ordered by the Court of Owls to fight to the death, Robin graduates Red Hood and Red Robin. Elsewhere, original model Dick […]