Huntress vs Lady Shiva
Just like the cover suggests, it's a duel to the death between The Huntress and Lady Shiva.
Pros:
This is for the Huntress fans out there. For those who don't know Helen, she does not take crap from anyone. The words to describe her are brash, arrogant, loner, impulsive, and yet, she's a softie at heart. She will stand up to anyone...even if it's the deadliest woman on Earth. I give Huntress credit for standing up to Lady Shiva in order to help Dinah. Even when the odds are against her, Huntress doesn't know when to quit. Gail Simore does a wonderful job with Huntress characterization.
Once again, I love Alina Urusa's cover. I know I have a minor complaint about Alvin Lee and Adriana Melo sharing art duties, but they both do a great job with this issue. The fight between Huntress and Shiva was drawn well.
Cons:
Again, don't expect too much from Hawk and Dove in this issue. This also applies to those following Brightest Day.
The way Sin is rescued was far-fetched. This was one of the reasons why Dinah was forced to come with White Canary, and yet, there's no guards to watch over Sin, let alone how easy it was to get to her?
This may be the most controversial part for me in this issue, but having Lady Shiva losing the advantage over Huntress is a huge blow to her character. Shiva is one of the deadliest assassins in the DC universe, and when she's in a duel to the death, odds are that you will die. There are only a few exceptions to that since her first appearance. I don't know if this was out of cockiness, but this is unacceptable. I do however, like how Shiva gave Huntress some respect giving her the name, Iron Owl.Overall: What started off in the first part strong ends with part II to be a bit disappointing. This wasn't such a bad issue as I did enjoy Gail's writing of Huntress. I am looking forward to the next issue seeing that it's the apparent death of Oracle.
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