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DC Revamp: Here's Where You'll Find the Women of Gotham City
I'll probably be buying Batgirl just because Gail Simone is writing it. Not too crazy about Babs not being Oracle anhmore, but, oh well. Definetley going to be picking up Catwoman too. And batwoman. Just not Birds of prey. i never thought there would come a time when I would drop this book, but these are not the Birds i know.
Where's Lady Blackhawk??
Every reveal makes me more and more excited. I'm really glad they decided to do this. To be honest I was getting bored with the DC Universe. They definitely made the right choice.
I'll be picking up Batgirl and BoP for sure. New Birds of Prey team looks awesome, I'm really liking Black Canary and Poison Ivy's new costumes!
Aaaand that's four more #1s to add to my September pull list. Damn, it's going to be an expensive month...
Birds of Prey is looking mighty good. I can't overstate how much I love Jesus Saiz's art, I couldn't be happier that he's staying on BoP after the relaunch.
I hope the tattooed lady is either Rose and Thorn or - let's be crazy - Rose Tattoo from the WildStorm universe - DC did say they would incorporate more WS and Vertigo characters in the DCU, didn't they? (Please bring over Jack Hawksmoor and Jenny Sparks! And the rest of the Authority, while you're at it.)
Also: Where is Cassandra??? Yes, I know, I'm a little bit obsessive, but they only just brought her back and already they yank her away. :( Lemme tell ya, being a Cass fan ain't easy...
I am happy to see a Batgirl series and happy to see that Gail is writing it. But what does this mean for Stephanie Brown
Batgirl and Birds of Prey were the titles I was most nervous about and now I find that I had reason to be. I am excited about Batwoman and a new Catwoman series, but BoP seems too far from the book I enjoyed. As far as Batgirl goes. . .I feel like they are taking too much of the mythology is being destroyed. It always seemed to me that Barbara seemed to be happy with her place in the superhero world and I think Stephanie earned her place as Batgirl.
Speaking of Stephanie, has there been any talk of if she will survive the shakeup? Also, I was just starting to get into Gotham City Sirens, so it kind of bites that it's going away.
Looks like I'll be dropping BoP, I rather like Stephanie as Batgirl, so used to Babs being Oracle. Hopefully it's just Steph wearing a red wig to help further disguise her. Hopefully this Catwoman will be better than her last self titled series.
This is a relaunch not a reboot.
Excited for Batwoman to FINALLY materialize. That #0 issue released months ago really piqued my interest, and I've been waiting ever since.
Also, Judd Winick writing Catwoman = me reading a Catwoman series. Cannot wait.
I'll bet that suit give Babs the ability to use her legs ^_^
But if we are to assume that Barbara is still around the same age as Dick (technically she should be older) then why call her batgirl in the first place? Why not have her be Batwoman instead? I'd prefer hear instead of Kate Kain...no offense.
Intrigued...Batwoman is the only one that's really exciting to me though. I don't quite like Steph very much but returning Barbara as Batgirl is kinda weird.
I am so incredibly scared and upset about this revamp, WHY EVEN BOTHER BUYING ANY COMICS UNTIL THIS REVAMP. Especially since it appears Stephanie brown won't be batgirl anymore, or the current bird's of prey roster won't last anymore. I dont know what to think anymore, my world's crashing around me.
@Tempest55 said:
I am so incredibly scared and upset about this revamp, WHY EVEN BOTHER BUYING ANY COMICS UNTIL THIS REVAMP. Especially since it appears Stephanie brown won't be batgirl anymore, or the current bird's of prey roster won't last anymore. I dont know what to think anymore, my world's crashing around me.
agreed i still will get the last batgirl, batman and robin and red robin b4 the reboot
I'm happy for the og batgirl coming back, but at the cost of one I already like and got attached too. I'll probably keep buying the current Batgirl and hope her ending is descent or she continues on as spoiler. However, I honestly feel like dropping Birds of Prey. The last run's ending was just so horrible, especially after that awesome Joker/Barbara confrontation. I don't feel so hopeful that this ending will be much better, especially since it's going to happen soon.
first of all Barbra deserves to knock kathy down a peg and become Batwoman
second of all, who in their right mind would put posion ivy on a superhero team, dont get me wrong she my fav female villain, but shes a villain & who is that in the middle of The cover.
last of all what do the bulbous goggles do for catwoman.
If they fix Barbara's legs via healing or if they make her legs work thanks to some high-tech costume, it would be imo weird for her to become again Batgirl since she has worked as Oracle for so long and there is alrady one.
so what if they make Allen simply do something during his shenanigans with the timeline that would prevent "The Killing Joke" from happening? That would mean that in post-Flashpoint DCU, Barbara would simply have never stoped being a Batgirl, which would imply no other girl has been needed as a successor.
Cassandra is probably ok, becuase A, she is being recently used by writers who'll keep on writing for DC and she is Blackbat now, B, she is Asian and this fits very well to DC's new policy about diversity where they try to undone years of whitewashing. But what about Stephanie? Brian Q. Miller tweeted out he has not been approached for any series. So Brown goes back to Spoiler or is simply put out of canon.
well, let's wait
I am really getting really sick of this supposed "modernizing" of female characters. I understand not wanting female characters to be sexualized characters, but that is a matter of how they are written not what their costumes look like. It seems more sexist in trying so hard and setting a boundary that no women characters would be allowed to express their sexuality if they so desired to. Like Poison Ivy, that was always her character and making her wear that weird ass looking leotard -if that is in fact here on that picture- just seems retarded to me. I hope they change that stupid rule they set for themselves.
I have a bad feeling about all these reboots. A lot of people are saying "Hey, get used to it! This happens every few years"....well, great, I'll just make sure not to get too attached to the characters then seeing as how in a few years they could wiped from existence or horrendously altered.
Final Crisis made sense, the campy golden age DC stories didn't suit the franchise any longer but there seems to be no real reason for this sudden reboot.
And, once again, where the HELL is the Huntress?
Well just above them Catwoman is soaking herself with her suit practically zipped down to her waist.I am really getting really sick of this supposed "modernizing" of female characters. I understand not wanting female characters to be sexualized characters, but that is a matter of how they are written not what their costumes look like. It seems more sexist in trying so hard and setting a boundary that no women characters would be allowed to express their sexuality if they so desired to. Like Poison Ivy, that was always her character and making her wear that weird ass looking leotard -if that is in fact here on that picture- just seems retarded to me. I hope they change that stupid rule they set for themselves.
By the way, if they make her a prostitute in this universe I'll kill somebody.
Also I completely agree, if they use the prostitute thing I'm going to go take out some DC higher ups....
Look at it this way people....if alternate universes DO exist, then somewhere on an Earth like ours....Bob Harras and Dan Didio left DC in 2006, all people have a decent amount of comic book knowledge, One More Day was rejected and never published, and DC never did this relaunch.
........And the first two Transformers movies were robot-centric, no humans at all.
Poison Ivy's design sucks
Huntress is no where to be found
Babara as Batgirl? Fail!!
Btw is that blonde in the last picture Black Canary? She actually looks better than the hooker outfit she usually wears. This one is more practical. Which makes me wonder what will happen to Power Girl (bites nails)
@ComicMan24 said:Katana, Poison Ivy, Black Canary and who is the other one?IF that's what they have changed Poison Ivy and Black Canary's outfit's too i am disappointed and will hate to see Powergirls, Zatanna's, Supergirl's, blackhawk (or what ever that pilots name was on the BOP)
Rose from Rose and Thorn i belive
@mark5 said:
Poison Ivy's design sucks Huntress is no where to be found Babara as Batgirl? Fail!! Btw is that blonde in the last picture Black Canary? She actually looks better than the hooker outfit she usually wears. This one is more practical. Which makes me wonder what will happen to Power Girl (bites nails)
whats bad about it?
What a bunch of prudes the comic book industry has become. Don't our heroines look proper in their body-covers? This should make my grammy happy. Get out the soap grandma, cause I'm a cussing. This is effed up.
- I will continue to pull Batgirl. I trust Simone. (I will miss Steph.)
- I will continue to pull Batwoman, unless they manage to find a way to eff it up. Which is entirely possible.
- I will continue to pull Birds of Prey, unless I discover they effed it up too bad, then I will dump it.
- I'm not interested in picking up Catwoman.
By the way, if they make her a prostitute in this universe I'll kill somebody.Get in line sister.
Batwoman is a must. Catwoman is a maybe. The other two I'm OUT! I love Babs, but Steph had it going on.
Wow what's with all the negativity people?The costumes suck.
BoP spandex pants looks like Nickelodeon rebooted the team.
Please don't ask all of us to smile and nod approval over what many of us see as shovels filled with crap they are offering us.
The only thing good about anything that has been said so far, is that Simone is on board, to keep it from getting too messed up.
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