While I was on vacay, I missed out on BoP #1. However, Ed used his Jedi powers to foresee that my LCS would screw up and not hold down a copy of ish #1 for me, so he picked it up and sent it to me. Many thanks to Ed for that.
So the story itself was okay, nothing special but a simple re-introduction of the main players: Babs, Dinah, Helena & Zinda along with the intro of Hawk & Dove. The story was interspersed with bits of action & Simones brand of humor. The art was fantastic. People (XIII) tend to rag on Benes for being a cheesecake artist without any substance but I think its looks and flows wonderfully.
Most of the enjoyment I got from this issue was just reading BoP all over again. I'm definitely looking forward to to the upcoming issues.
Birds of Prey #1 Variant Edbert Edition
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Glad it was well recieved and safe on delivery.
I agree, it was a great read, and really simple to jump into and follow, and this coming from the point of view of someone who'd never read BoP before. But after that issue, I wish I had. Really simple story to open up with Dinah, and the main idea to bring them all back together was kind of a.. I don't know, used method?, but I did like the intro at the end. I'll definitely be following for awhile.
I agree, it was a great read, and really simple to jump into and follow, and this coming from the point of view of someone who'd never read BoP before. But after that issue, I wish I had. Really simple story to open up with Dinah, and the main idea to bring them all back together was kind of a.. I don't know, used method?, but I did like the intro at the end. I'll definitely be following for awhile.
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You really need to check out the the old paperbacks of BoP by Simone & Benes. They are simply fantastic and though Benes leaves the art duties later and is replaced by someone else, the story is still top notch. I highly reccomend them.Tragic Angelus wrote:and really simple to jump into and follow, and this coming from the point of view of someone who'd never read BoP before. But after that issue, I wish I had.
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