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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
I love Cassandra Cain as Batgirl. I don’t have a lot of fierce DC opinions because it’s not my playground but if you put my back to the wall, I can talk a mean game about how they never should have made Barbara Batgirl again (she was perfect as Oracle) and they never, ever should have screwed over Cassandra so much before deleting her from reality in their stupid drive to reboot everything for a temporary sales bump. This is Cassandra Cain at her best—confused, compassionate, and capable—and I love everything about this comic except for the art, which is fairly lackluster to me. But it’s worth a hundred looks, especially for Cass’s awesome take on the Batgirl costume.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is an interesting iteration of Batgirl. I enjoyed the story well enough. Considering I'm also reading Marvels X-23's trade paperback, it makes me wonder about mute, vengeful, deadly women as heroes as a genre.
Great introduction to Cassandra Caine. She's one of the best new characters I've read in a while.
4.5 stars
I've encountered Cassandra Cain stans on almost every place where comics fans congregate and I didn't believe the hype. Until now. This first handful of issues of her Batgirl run does a fantastic job at defining Cassandra as a unique and incredibly compelling protagonist. And I'm absolutely hooked to see more.
I've gone on record to say I love legacy heroes and Cassandra here represents so much about what I love about these stories. Cassandra's relationships with Batman and Oracle are some of my favourites and define her character in great ways. Her desire to prove herself
Cassandra is just also such a unique hero her struggles specifically with language are so well rendered in this regard.the give and take of her desire to communicate and the drawbacks it has on her instinctual fighting style was such a great conflict in the series and defines her motivations in such a unique way. seeing someone who's always found fighting easy have to learn and work for it for the first time in a long time was so fascinating. it makes her rimus and successes all the more satisfying
I also loved Cassandra's relationship with lady shiva. it's a great contrast to her mentorship with batman and oracle because of her moral ambiguity. her choice to sacrifice her life in favour of skill is such a great character-defining moment and this book is just filled with them. her guilt for her past murder is so well rendered. her adaptability and resilience in the face of new problems are fun to watch. there's this moment around issue 6 where she makes the choice to take a bullet because she doesn't want a goon behind her to die. and it's such a great moment.
finally, I'd like to gush about the art for a moment. [insert artist] captures a fantastic bold dynamism that renders the action that's so central to the series fantastically. I will say some of the layouts of the art is a tad too busy and cluttered
I've encountered Cassandra Cain stans on almost every place where comics fans congregate and I didn't believe the hype. Until now. This first handful of issues of her Batgirl run does a fantastic job at defining Cassandra as a unique and incredibly compelling protagonist. And I'm absolutely hooked to see more.
I've gone on record to say I love legacy heroes and Cassandra here represents so much about what I love about these stories. Cassandra's relationships with Batman and Oracle are some of my favourites and define her character in great ways. Her desire to prove herself
Cassandra is just also such a unique hero her struggles specifically with language are so well rendered in this regard.the give and take of her desire to communicate and the drawbacks it has on her instinctual fighting style was such a great conflict in the series and defines her motivations in such a unique way. seeing someone who's always found fighting easy have to learn and work for it for the first time in a long time was so fascinating. it makes her rimus and successes all the more satisfying
I also loved Cassandra's relationship with lady shiva. it's a great contrast to her mentorship with batman and oracle because of her moral ambiguity. her choice to sacrifice her life in favour of skill is such a great character-defining moment and this book is just filled with them. her guilt for her past murder is so well rendered. her adaptability and resilience in the face of new problems are fun to watch. there's this moment around issue 6 where she makes the choice to take a bullet because she doesn't want a goon behind her to die. and it's such a great moment.
finally, I'd like to gush about the art for a moment. [insert artist] captures a fantastic bold dynamism that renders the action that's so central to the series fantastically. I will say some of the layouts of the art is a tad too busy and cluttered
This was good, but not great. It's really interesting, and Cassandra Cain is an intriguing character. It's just a bit uneven and slightly chaotic--at times it's difficult to follow.
I will read more, maybe this is just a rocky start.
I will read more, maybe this is just a rocky start.
This is the start of the Batgirl series featuring Cassandra Cain, who came to take up the cowl after the events of No Man's Land. Ms. Cain is the daughter of an assassin who trained her since childhood to be the perfect assassin. She is now seeking redemption, and Batman and Barbara take her under their wing. I definitely like Cassandra, but this particular volume seemed a bit convoluted at times in terms of plot as well as the panels, so there were parts of the story that I found a bit difficult to follow. Still, the story overall and the character are appealing, and I will seek out other volumes hoping things will get better.
3.5 Stars.
I didn't love the art, and I thought the story could have been stronger. But I love Cass and I love Babs, and there was some good dark humor. So it was worth reading.
I didn't love the art, and I thought the story could have been stronger. But I love Cass and I love Babs, and there was some good dark humor. So it was worth reading.