tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post7751948841571644872..comments2024-03-15T07:12:40.918-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Batgirl: Batgirl Rising trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-79290519589133439132010-09-24T18:00:13.045-05:002010-09-24T18:00:13.045-05:00CE, Caleb is pretty much your opposite in terms of...CE, Caleb is pretty much your opposite in terms of the percentage of current DC output he enjoys, so I'm surprised you took his bad review as any kind of warning for yourself. The strange thing is, I probably agree (with regret) with him more often than I do with you, yet I find what you have to say more interesting. Go figure!Carl Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844566112033689884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-11165434754735295032010-09-24T17:05:50.581-05:002010-09-24T17:05:50.581-05:00Yeah,that happened in a trade called ROBIN: A HERO...Yeah,that happened in a trade called ROBIN: A HERO REBORN....it's the lead story titled IDENTITY CRISIS...the trade also collected the original ROBIN mini by CHUCK DIXON & TOM LYLE....what's stranger,there was another trade called TRAGEDY & TRIUMPH...that collected a story BEFORE IDENTITY CRISIS, called RITE OF PASSAGE where Tim's mother gets killed by the Obeah Man & a story after ROBIN called THE JOKER'S WILD (ROBIN II).....or the story can be seen in a 3 parter from BATMAN 455-457,one of the umpteen titles IDENTITY CRISIS....well,there's a mini series, there was a SUPERMAN 4 parter in 1996 by MARK WAID & TOM PEYER, a one shot by PETER MILLIGAN & TOM MANDRAKE on which the episode of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES was based from DETECTIVE COMICS 633.....makes you wonder how much some editors can love a particular title or maybe it's like PROMETHEA...the "idea" travels from mind to mind through the ages......OK I'll stop now...Aalok Madhusudan Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837619279211378828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-14997008807799891932010-09-24T15:34:15.908-05:002010-09-24T15:34:15.908-05:00Come to think of it, Tim Drake got a major boost o...Come to think of it, Tim Drake got a major boost on his way to being Robin by saving Bruce in a Scarecrow case, too.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-12544019860436530092010-09-24T15:12:27.380-05:002010-09-24T15:12:27.380-05:00I agree. I think Bruce should embrace the new batg...I agree. I think Bruce should embrace the new batgirl as a member of the bat family. He should say something along the lines of: <br />Oracle approves of you, thats good enough for me. By the way good job on the scarecrow case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-54957323732269112122010-09-24T10:05:51.137-05:002010-09-24T10:05:51.137-05:00Miller's Stephanie Brown is kind of like Geoff...Miller's Stephanie Brown is kind of like Geoff Johns's Booster Gold or Beau Smith/Dave Gibbons/Peter Tomasi's Guy Gardner, in that Miller seems to get this editorially-flawed character despite the flaws, runs with it, and makes the character all the better for those flaws. And indeed, this was one of the first I felt "Batman Reborn" could really work; in the scene where Robin and Batgirl stand in front of the towering Batman, it's been a while since we've seen a Bat-family that <b>looks</b> like a Bat-family.<br /><br />My hope is that when Bruce returns -- rejuvenated, I imagine, and with a new perspective on things having been dead/time-lost, that he has absolutely no misgivings about Stephanie as Batgirl. That he takes one look, says "You've been doing the job and Oracle approves," and that's it. This "you're not qualified" silliness, still repeated in the final issues of Robin, seems like so much misogyny, and it's time I hope that the Bat-characters move past it.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-68270530520003659272010-09-23T11:37:08.215-05:002010-09-23T11:37:08.215-05:00great review. I also picked this one up. Its a gre...great review. I also picked this one up. Its a great book with beautiful art and wonderful characterization. <br /><br />PS: thank you for mentioning the paper quality of the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-6253227368496047792010-09-23T09:49:00.427-05:002010-09-23T09:49:00.427-05:00Great review, as usual. I picked up Batgirl Risin...Great review, as usual. I picked up Batgirl Rising yesterday mainly because I knew you'd be reviewing it this week, and boy am I glad I did. If it weren't for the matter of cost, I'd be adding this title to my pull list - especially now that Dustin Nguyen is taking over art duties. But I'm willing to tradewait for this one because it's also a fantastic example of storytelling; I read the whole thing in one sitting, which I almost NEVER do with trades longer than four issues (we get seven here - an added plus!).<br /><br />I'll be honest, I was reticent about this title. Writers kind of ran out of ideas with Cassandra (One Year Later, anyone?), and Stephanie's been mishandled more often than not. Fortunately, Miller knocked it out of the park; he really gets the character, and he's the first writer I've seen who didn't make "Batman Reborn" feel like a layover point between status quos. (Hopefully, with Bruce globetrotting in "Batman, Inc.," we'll still get the Dick Grayson status quo in place. Never thought I'd be cheering against Bruce's return, but at the rate Morrison's titles are being delayed, Bruce probably won't return until 2011 as it is.)<br /><br />Batgirl Rising was funny - I laughed out loud in a lot of places (but I should have expected that, since Batgirl #14 opens with Supergirl making a "That's what she said" joke) - but it was sincere, as well. I think Miller's got a winner here. If Cassandra ever comes back, I hope it's not at the expense of Stephanie losing the cowl. I'm DYING to see how Miller handles Bruce's almost certain indignation upon his return, but it's not like Stephanie would care.Zach Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905320964723323391noreply@blogger.com