![]() Ultimately, I really enjoyed Birds of Prey even though I agree it would have been stronger if the Joker had been the primary antagonist instead of Black Mask. The chase scene and final confrontation between Quinn and Black Mask, on the other hand, was great. A big brawl just feels like a wasted opportunity.īesides, simply going bigger doesn’t make a fight scene better. Booby traps, clever defenses, using the location to their advantage, taking out thugs one-by-one. The final showdown should have taken some cues from Home Alone. Honestly, it’s not even that they were able to win it’s that they were able to win without doing anything very clever. Those aren’t great odds when you only rely on fists instead of wits. Huntress, Montoya and Harley Quinn are all great fighters, but we’re talking about a group of four adults and one young teenager outnumbered maybe 5 to 1 by a bunch of armed thugs. Other than Black Canary, none of these characters has any real super powers. Each of these women is established as a serious fighter, and that’s great.īut I’m still not sure that such a small group could take down dozens and dozens of armed opponents with essentially just their fists. And Harley Quinn takes down all sorts of bad guys and cops (usually non-lethally) with style and pizaz. ![]() Huntress is a stone cold assassin out for revenge. Black Canary beats up two guys outside Roman’s club who were trying to abscond with a very drunk Harley Quinn. Throughout the movie we see the various tough female protagonists deliver some pain to the various thugs and goons. My other big gripe is with the final fight scene, so this is a bit spoilery. I also like how it really emphasizes tough female characters and think it’s sort of a shame that it isn’t more appropriate for younger girls. It would have been a better movie with a less edgy tone and it would perform better at the box office if families could go see it. There doesn’t need to be the sexual assault stuff which is basically the line I draw for showing this one to my kids.īirds of Prey should have been PG-13. Harley Quinn doesn’t need to be as drug-addled as she is she doesn’t need to curse so much more than she did in Suicide Squad (which is an odd tonal shift to say the least). Most of the R-rated stuff is completely unnecessary. There will also be a blank sketch cover available.Black Mask and Victor Zsasz with Harley Quinn Credit: Warner Bros.įirst off, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere, this movie did not need to be R-rated. “I missed the dynamic we had on Hawkeye, so I’m very excited to have our team back together! Can’t wait to show you all what we’ve been doing!”īirds of Prey #1 will be available at local comic shops on September 5 with a main cover by series artist Leonardo Romero, variant covers by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau and Chris Bachalo, a 1:25 variant by Nick Bradshaw paying homage to the first Birds of Prey series cover by Greg Land and Brian Stelfreeze from January 1999, a 1:50 variant by Chris Bachalo, a 1:100 variant by Leonardo Romero, and a triptych gatefold variant cover by Frank Cho. “I couldn't be happier to announce my first monthly project for DC! With this book, I've had the opportunity to not only draw some of the most badass women in the DC Universe, but also to work once more with the best people in our industry, Kelly Thompson and Jordie Bellaire” said Birds of Prey artist Leonardo Romero. It won't surprise anyone to learn that Leonardo and Jordie are even better than they were the last time we worked together-and working together on this wild book is pure magic.” ![]() “Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellaire were two of my first partners-in-crime making superhero books and I've been trying to make this happen ever since. "When I say this is a dream come true for me, I mean not just working on the iconic Birds of Prey title, but also the characters we were able to fold in, and the creative team we assembled,” said Birds of Prey writer Kelly Thompson. Birds of Prey #1 triptych gatefold variant cover art by Frank Cho
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