The idea of pitting Black Canary against Lady Shiva has been done before, most notable during Gail Simone’s Birds of Prey run. I’m all for a single issue to see the warriors square off, under the right circumstances with motives that make sense for both characters, but a six-issue mini-series setting up a prize fight seems a bit much.
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This series has begun to spin its wheels. With the novelty of the team’s makeup worn off and no effort to really explain just what the hell the Megaera is or what it wants (other than Sin‘s body) there’s not much of note in this issue except for repeated sequences of scenes we’ve already seen before, only less effective the second time around. For example, we get Barda versus Wonder Woman again, except this time Diana is mind-controlled by the Megaera making her a far less imposing threat leading to a different outcome.
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The Birds of Prey have managed to infiltrate Themyscira and find Sin. Now all they have to do is escape. Sounds easy enough, but Wonder Woman just arrived. Birds of Prey #4 offers us Wonder Woman versus the Birds of Prey and a lesson for both friend and foe why you shouldn’t pick a fight with Diana.
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The suicide mission of invading Themyscira begins. All things considered, Harley Quinn‘s insane plan works as the Birds of Prey are able to sneak onshore from the ocean and Black Canary is successfully able to find Sin. However, there are some unexpected twists involving Zealot making a pact with the island, Barda loosing her favorite thumping stick, and Green Arrow distracting Wonder Woman from events on the island not going exactly as planned.
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Implicitly Pretentious examines the relationship between Green Arrow and Black Canary on Justice League Unlimited.
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