I love Oracle! 
 
but i just don't like Hawk and Dove :(

Why is there a rooster in a nest full of chicken hens?

He looks so out of place, it's like he's about to lay an egg.

I'd pick it up solely because Gail Simone is writing this. She almost never disappoints. It should be good as it picks up, I hope it doesn't get cancelled.

I will totally check this out... I used the CV Birds of Prey page to get up to date on the team and the series a while back... and when I was so into these characters i went to the comic book store and looked for the current issue and the current issue was the LAST issue of the series, which was a let down for me... 
So now that #1 came out I am totally excited for it and I totally want to read this!

I really loved this issue!!! :D ,but I hope that a certain character , that appears at the end of the issue, doesn't turn out to be Cassandra Cain  or Lady Shiva !!! D: , and to my opinion on hawk and dove,...I think it will be interesting to see what there gonna do in next issues to come...  
EDIT:  but the real question is ,when is misfit coming back?? I really hate to see that character stay in character limbo! ;D

I still love the irony that Hawk in there as the token male character. Much in the same way super hero teams always used to have a token female character.
Speaking to Hawk being like a time bomb. Isn't that pretty much how people felt about Wolverine and Bishop to an extent? There was always concerned that the two were going to just snap and kill. This new Hawk and Dove team kind of intrigues me. Seeing how it was this Hawk that murdered the previous one. I know he was under the control of the Black Power Ring and didn't have any control over himself. Still, how could you  work with someone so easily knowing it was those hands that took the life of someone close to you? 
 
There is something that doesn't sit well with me along the lines of the design of Lady Blackhawk. It just feels that in a dimly lit room you could easily mix up Black Canary and Lady Blackhawk. Everyone looks rather unique in design, except those two.
 
I'm with Babs on the numbering. If they had just picked up from where they left off. It could of deterred new readers. Isn't that part of the reason for reviving a series? Seeing a #1 more encourages someone who has never read it to pick it up.
 
The Cassandra Cain part is rather perplexing. Why would she go from fighting as a hero for Bruce, but as soon as he's "dead" she turns to fight as a villain???? Oh well.

It's worth picking up to read the first story arc but it might be if-y  later on. Also it would probably take awhile till we really see how Hawk and Dove are a asset to the team.

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P.S. 
Whenever I hear about "Hawk & Dove" back when Dove was a dude, they always reminded me of SNL'sAmbigiously Gay Duo. 
 
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I had never read a "Birds of Prey" issue before so I appreciated the whole #1 aspect because it was more encouraging to jump in because I had expected to get some sense of this team and their world. I got that, and was treated to some great dialogue and art (never really read a book by Simone or Benes).  
 I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it. They offered up some interesting storylines so I'll be back.

I agree completely with G-Man about Hawk being a "time bomb." I seriously doubt he'll be an official member for long, if at all. Dove is a character I started focusing on during Blackest Night. Her abilities are pretty cool and I'm glad to see her in BoP. The whole, "Is it Cass or is it Shiva" was one of my favorite parts in the book. For me when Canary made that statement it was all about the overconfident demeanor that Canary associates with the Worlds two greatest martial artists. In her mind she's thinking only those two project such an aura of badassary (lol). She even comments on the "posture" of the White Canary which is what initially sparks the comment in the first place. There really isn't time to think about why Cass would be a villain again. Personally I took it as Gail letting the readers know that whoever this character is, she's a serious threat and she does that be associating her with Cass and Shiva's name. Just by dropping those two names, if White Canary turns out to be someone completely new, she's already been elevated to Shiva and Cass statues. Although I hope its Cass, I doubt it is. But I can think of a couple reasons why, or how, she'd be a villain again. 
 
As usual the art made the comic even though the story seemed to....slow down in places. The ending got me and I cant wait for issue #2.

This issue started out very strong but didn't really seem to hold together so well towards the end. Identities online seemed a bit of a shoehorn for the importance of oracle. It'll be interesting to have a guy on the team. I 'm not a fan off single sex teams so thats good :) That said hawk and dove are characters i'm not sold on yet so we'll see. 
 
I'm glad its an issue 1 and i really enjoyed the intro with Black Canary and Lady Blackhawk and on those merits i'd give it a 4/5.

why does cassandra cane not want to work with dick greyson? i forgot

  I am not sure how much I agree with relaunching the book with Gail Simone. When lesser known characters become to reliant on a writer I think it hurts them because no other writer will be equal in the fans eyes' or other writers will try that take on the characters and not their own.  
 
On what was said about Cassandra I think she left because she missed Bruce and her decision had nothing to do with Dick Grayson nor did she mention him at all.     

Here's hoping Oracle, Huntress and Black Canary can focus Hawk to give him enough action so he stays with the team but not so much that he ends up killing someone. I think its okay to have a guy or two on the birds, specially since his codename is a bird. So Robin or Red Robin could join but not Booster Gold. Heh.

"   I am not sure how much I agree with relaunching the book with Gail Simone. When lesser known characters become to reliant on a writer I think it hurts them because no other writer will be equal in the fans eyes' or other writers will try that take on the characters and not their own.      "

" @johnny spam said:

"   I am not sure how much I agree with relaunching the book with Gail Simone. When lesser known characters become to reliant on a writer I think it hurts them because no other writer will be equal in the fans eyes' or other writers will try that take on the characters and not their own.   On what was said about Cassandra I think she left because she missed Bruce and her decision had nothing to do with Dick Grayson nor did she mention him at all.      "

By that logic the DC universe shouldn't rely on Johnsd so mcuh. "

" why does cassandra cane not want to work with dick greyson? i forgot "

"   On what was said about Cassandra I think she left because she missed Bruce and her decision had nothing to do with Dick Grayson nor did she mention him at all.      "

" On what was said about Cassandra I think she left because she missed Bruce and her decision had nothing to do with Dick Grayson nor did she mention him at all.      "

" @Gambler:  And I think Cass a character who has the vibe of a child sometimes just would miss Bruce a little to much also I don't think Dick was Batman when Stephanie took up the Batgirl mantle. "

I wanted to enjoy this book.  I picked up this issue enjoyed the writing but I just can't stand Benes' art.  Maybe it's something I'll get over in time so I'll be finishing this arc at the very least.

This was my first Birds of Prey issue and i was kind of lost. I dont really know them as a team. I dont know Lady Blackhawk. Im not too invested in Huntress. I dont know much about Dove. So im a little lost for now. Ill be reading this because it seems interesting but im really lost.

This was day one pick up for me. I loved the first vol of Birds of Prey and the first issue of the second vol two was interesting to read. When I first saw that Birds of Prey was coming back, and they had the two darken characters on the cover, I thought one of them might possibly be Red Robin just because he was coming back to Gotham. It'll be interesting how Hawk and Dove interact with the Birds of Prey group especially for Hawk.
 
I hope White Canary is not Cassandra Cain. While I do want her to come back in the future, I don't want her to be a villain again. They already screwed that up with her already. Granted, I don't mine Stephanie brown being the new batgirl, but Cassandra made Batgirl 10 times better for me just like when Barbara was Batgirl.

I think the Cassandra Cain comment was just a statement about how she fought I think it is going to be someone else though

I loved the moment with Barbara, Dinah, and Huntress up top, it was cool.  I almost wish it were them and them only for this particular series.  Just to bring it back to basics.  But I trust Ms. Simone.  Thusfar it's not too many characters, and that's the only thing I worry about with the future of this title.  Hawk's going to be punching a lot of faces.

why dont you like stupid dc comics about dry girl characters ?????? you waste so many unscripteds on fluff babs reads next comic do buffy the vampire slayer lmao  

" I think the Cassandra Cain comment was just a statement about how she fought I think it is going to be someone else though "

" why dont you like stupid dc comics about dry girl characters ?????? you waste so many unscripteds on fluff babs reads next comic do buffy the vampire slayer lmao   "

" @johnny spam said:

" @Gambler:  And I think Cass a character who has the vibe of a child sometimes just would miss Bruce a little to much also I don't think Dick was Batman when Stephanie took up the Batgirl mantle. "

I agree that early on her mental state was child like, but she grew leaps and bounds before her first series finished. And her appearances since then depict her as having matured. I'm not entirely sure if Dick was officially Batman yet. But Dick was shown as Batman in Steph's first appearance as the new Batgirl. Cass leaving happens in a flashback in the same issue, so its hard to say when exactly it happened in connection with Dick's decision to wear the cowl. However Bruce was gone and everyone knew Dick was up for the role by the time Cass left. "

" In a flashback she was still Batgirl so at that period Dick may not have been Batman yet so she wouldn't know anything about it. In the Battle for the Cowl period Cass was still Batgirl and Dick was still Nightwing. "

It's great to see Zinda back in action she a real Ride or Die BoP, now Hawk on the other hand I don't really care for him that much, but I interested on seeing what Simone will do with his character. I also hope that Misfit will pop u soon if not to join the team than at least to explain what she has been up to.

This issue was sooo good! If I could have three wishes for this series, it would be that The White Canary is Cassie(though i think it's Shiva), Misfit comes back, and Stephanie  joins the Birds of Prey as an Indigo lantern!

I loved it!!! Gail promised and she deliverd!!! BIG TIME! Never read the original series but I'm totally sold on this one... Even though i HATE Hawk and Dove!!! 
 
Hope she can make them more likeable... this issue was a good start at that!

" im droping all(most) of marvel Dc is kicking ass right now "

I just think that, that lady black hawk always look so nice!! 

I bought it, I like it and I love Gail Simone. So I'm sure she'll do a great job with her run at the helm.

 Yes, and I should become more of a feminized western man and read this cr*p.

"  Yes, and I should become more of a feminized western man and read this cr*p. "

go huntress

Is it just me, or is the sound backwards on this video (he's on the right, but I hear him on the left, etc)?

I was happy when I learned about the new volume of Birds of Prey.