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viera's review
2.0
The good: this comic takes its time to develop the world Stephanie inhabits under the dome, especially through the eyes of someone living a normal life. And it really cements how terrifying it would be to suddenly be thrust into the main conflict when you‘ve let all your training and physical skills disappear. She’s not ready and there’s no way for her to win. I also really like Stephanie’s narrative voice. She’s ruled by fear and insecurity and self-loathing in all the stories I’ve read of her and while it makes the people around her want to shake her, it also makes the reader want to root for her and watch her overcome herself.
The bad: The desert scene is garbage. The Gotham scenes shouldn’t have been a flashback. The were the main story so just start there. Then you could have ended with the arrival of either Catman or Grodd. You don’t have to start every story with an action scene, you know? But yeah, Red Robin is weirdly stupid in this. I thought it was supposed to be mind control but since he started off stupid and it isn’t addressed again, maybe not?
The art is inconsistent in style and quality.
While I care about each of these characters individually, this story is boring, predictable slog.
The bad: The desert scene is garbage. The Gotham scenes shouldn’t have been a flashback. The were the main story so just start there. Then you could have ended with the arrival of either Catman or Grodd. You don’t have to start every story with an action scene, you know? But yeah, Red Robin is weirdly stupid in this. I thought it was supposed to be mind control but since he started off stupid and it isn’t addressed again, maybe not?
The art is inconsistent in style and quality.
While I care about each of these characters individually, this story is boring, predictable slog.
ericbuscemi's review
4.0
Note that this review is for the both Convergence tie-in issues, not just the first issue.
This was definitely one of the better tie-ins. It was a good way to get to know the history of the Batgirl universe, and it also had a captivating climactic fight against both Catman and Gorilla Grodd.
This was definitely one of the better tie-ins. It was a good way to get to know the history of the Batgirl universe, and it also had a captivating climactic fight against both Catman and Gorilla Grodd.
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