I know I bought a few issues of this: it was fast-paced, fun, colorful, a fan-favorite setting itself apart from other Bat-titles.
Of course it only lasted like a year and a half. From 2023,
Batgirls #19, "From Hell's Heart, finale" Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, art by Robbi Rodriguez.
Because internet searches are kind of garbage now, I haven't been able to figure out if the creative team was leaving to do something else; or if editorial wanted to move Cassandra Cain over to
Birds of Prey, or if sales really just weren't what they wanted them to be; because Google will find you stories about the
tax write-off Batgirl movie or the cancellation of
the CW's Batwoman. Still, the Batgirls go out on a high note, as Gotham rallies behind them.
Stephanie Brown gets to win a fight, taking down Gunbunny with the Deadpool-mouth-off technique: everybody knew, the one in black was the asskicker. I'm hoping both Batgirls are still out there kicking ass, but Steph probably got sent back to the minors, for like the fifth time. Still, just a matter of time before there's another
Batgirl series. Probably.
I bought the first 6 issues. I liked some of the character moments between the cast, but pacing was kind of weird, Cloonan and Conrad seemed to expect me to care about the Seer character that was hounding the cast without explaining anything about why she was doing it.
ReplyDeleteAt least up to that point, they didn't demonstrate what Stephanie brought to the team. She falls under Spellbinder's control, her detective work in trying to find the mysterious killer is played as unserious, what's she doing Cass or Barbara can't?
Rule #1 of Team Books: Everyone has to be useful! Or why are they there?