Birds of Prey #50 Talkback (contain spoliers)

[Storm]

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Writer: Gilbert Hernandez
Artist: Casey Jones
Cover: Phil Noto
Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Premise: Black Canary's had it! After one exhausting adventure after another, she's ready for some downtime. But first she's abducted by an apelike creature in protective body armor — the caveman bodyguard of industrial entrepreneur Simon Stagg! Meanwhile, Barbara is "bothered" by an old acquaintance...


Storm Says: This issue starts the 6 issue run for artist, Mr. Gilbert Hernandez and writer, Mr. Casey Jones. Can I say that Hernadez is a fantastic writer and I'm a big fan of Casey Jones' art. It's so cartoony and unique but still can be taken seriously. "Busman's Holiday" wasn't the usually serious issue of BOP it was just a fun issue. We get to see Dinah get a little "me" time and fight off this huge ape type creature. On the other side of town Oracle get kiddnapped by this mysterious guy. Anyway I can't wait for next issue. I give this issue 4 stars.

[Ed Liu]

Howdy,

I got this issue because Gil Hernandez was writing it. I thought it was OK, but nothing spectacular. Funky artwork, a few amusing bits throughout the issue. I was never crazy about Chuck Dixon's run on this book, but I did like his approach of treating both BC and Barb as adult women. The ones drawn in this issue looked a bit too much like teenagers for my tastes.

I'll probably get the rest of the run for Hernandez's work, unless the book goes off a cliff.

-- Ed/Ace