World Famous Comics: Birds of Prey Vol. 5: Perfect Pitch
Birds of Prey Vol. 5: Perfect Pitch
By: Gail Simone Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 224 Publication Date: February 21, 2007 Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: February 21, 2007
Product Description: After being paralyzed by the Joker, former Batgirl BarbaraGordon became Oracle and formed a crime-fighting team with other femaleheroes including the martial artist with a devastating sonic scream, BlackCanary, the vigilante known as the Huntress and the mysterious LadyBlackhawk!In this volume, the Secret Society of Super- Villains takes one of theBirds of Prey hostage and demands their leader's secret identity as ransom. The Birds will have to save their friend and battle the superhumanmercenary known as Deathstroke in order to defend the security of theirleader.
As part of the whole One Year Later deal, the Birds of Prey have a new member - Lady Shiva - the Canary has gone off for some further training, leaving Shiva replace her as part of this deal.
Needless to say, the international assassin and mega-martial artist and the rest of the Birds have different working styles.
Or, what do you get if you stone cold deadpan killer, ex-mafia chick, and a librarian?
4 out of 5
Consistently good I first started to like this book with Chuck Dixon. No disrespect to him but Gail Simone is very good. I recommend all the Birds of Prey titles with her writing. Too bad she has moved on to Wonder Woman. The art is also very good.
Gail Simone does it again! Although I disliked previous TPB , I must admit this one has plot, humor and everything that made me start collecting Birds of Prey! Not many people can write like this, and art is good or great, like always.
"Perfect Pitch" review This book collects yet more of writer Gail Simone's run on DC Comics' Birds of Prey series. Collects issues #86-90 & 92-95. Issue #91 was omitted,but doesn't hurt the collected storyline(as #91 was just a 'standalone' story).
review of "Perfect Pitch" (since some have apparently not found my review helpful, I have re-written it...!)
I have read and enjoyed all the previous BOP graphic novels. The art and writing have been consistently entertaining. Especially appealing was the penciling of Ed Benes. I was eagerly awaiting the current compilation, and pre-ordered it...
The cover features work by one of my favorite artists, Terry Dodson, so I was looking forward to his work inside. Unfortunately, I couldn't even manage to finish reading this book. The artwork is not by Benes, or Dodson, it's by Paulo Siqueira, a gentleman who seems to have no business penciling comic books at all. The artwork is amateurish at best. The compositions and layouts are lifeless, and the rendering of the human form is crude. I am sorry to say this is a real fall from grace for a book that has enjoyed a several years as one of the best in the DC lineup. It is a shame that Ms. Simone's skillful writing has to be interpreted by this low-rent hack of a artist.
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