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catherineldfI'm a tad behind on my comics readings so yeah I know this one's been out for a bit. I just picked it up at DreamHaven the other night and got around to reading it last night though so for me it's newish.
I like a lot of things about BofP. There's a bunch of tough women who learn to depend on each other, snappy dialog, often decent plots, some good artwork. The boob and crotch shots abound in irritating ways but the rest of it makes up for quite a bit. That said, this wasn't what I'd call the strongest collection of the bunch.
It might have been the Nyquil but the plot left me going "Huh?" at regular intervals and the cover art for the individual issues was not particularly appealing, not to mention just a tad objectifying. Why exactly is Huntress doing a backbend around what looks like a bunch of gears and a motorcycle engine? Oh wait, the crossover market between Harley riders and comic geeks! Silly me!
Then Vixen, an African American model/superhero, makes an appearance. Vixen can channel the powers of various animals - okay, that part I can live with. The part where she's drawn to the (evil) charismatic religious cult leader because her daddy was a preacher and this guy can manipulate her faith but said leader can't really control her because her powers are "close to Nature and chaos," this was harder to swallow. Perhaps if I had washed it down with a helping of Dragon Lady and an oakey glass of cultural assumptions?
On the plus side, the part where Oracle diverts a drug lord's economic assets to the Darfur relief effort was rather sweet. And I did like some of the snappier lines.
I shall miss Gail Simone on this one; at its best, the series rocks.
I like a lot of things about BofP. There's a bunch of tough women who learn to depend on each other, snappy dialog, often decent plots, some good artwork. The boob and crotch shots abound in irritating ways but the rest of it makes up for quite a bit. That said, this wasn't what I'd call the strongest collection of the bunch.
It might have been the Nyquil but the plot left me going "Huh?" at regular intervals and the cover art for the individual issues was not particularly appealing, not to mention just a tad objectifying. Why exactly is Huntress doing a backbend around what looks like a bunch of gears and a motorcycle engine? Oh wait, the crossover market between Harley riders and comic geeks! Silly me!
Then Vixen, an African American model/superhero, makes an appearance. Vixen can channel the powers of various animals - okay, that part I can live with. The part where she's drawn to the (evil) charismatic religious cult leader because her daddy was a preacher and this guy can manipulate her faith but said leader can't really control her because her powers are "close to Nature and chaos," this was harder to swallow. Perhaps if I had washed it down with a helping of Dragon Lady and an oakey glass of cultural assumptions?
On the plus side, the part where Oracle diverts a drug lord's economic assets to the Darfur relief effort was rather sweet. And I did like some of the snappier lines.
I shall miss Gail Simone on this one; at its best, the series rocks.
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Date: 2007-09-29 08:53 pm (UTC)Manhunter
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