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Batgirl, Vol. 1: Beyond Burnside by Hope Larson, Raphael Albuquerque, Deron Bennett, Dave McCaig
xsleepyshadows's review against another edition
4.0
I love this Bat Girl so much. I've been very impressed with Batgirl, Volume 1: The Batgirl of Burnside series and I'm glad they are continuing with this one. You really take a journey with her as she is visiting Asia to learn some more things about herself including some martial arts. I love the idea of Fruit Bat but I wish they did some more background stuff on her because she's quite the mystery and they just kinda put her in there. She's believable as a wise teacher character with a very similar sounding history to batman. Honestly, with her even getting special training reminds me of batman and now with her having her own company I'm hoping that's where they take her. This book has a lot of characterization on Babs and is a great read.
The couple of things that bother me...
Some characters I think either need more work or not to be there at all. Like, I NEED to know more about fruit bat. Instead of having her in there for a brief moment they could have made the whole book with her instead of this Kai nonsense. A fresh young superhero pairing with a elderly one that has the skill to teach but needs the help would be amazing. I can even imagine her having moments with her family that they have no idea she's still doing hero stuff thinking she's a helpless young lady now vs. her being a hero and teaming up with bat-girl...GIVE ME THAT!
I like the villain in Batgirl, Volume 3: Mindfields because when a character you don't know arrives out of no where that we don't know but Babs claims they were friends as kids comes in you kinda have to take it on her word. Later you find out this out of the blue character is the villain who altered Babs mind and the Villain is actually crashing in our heroes' apartment was really unique and good...Kai is a childhood friend who happens to be the criminal she's after. It's kinda the same formula except bad because Kai is POINTLESS. Who cares about him? Throw him away and bring in Fruit Bat! Seriously, I also feel it's out of character for bat-girl to be I'm suspicious of this dude then I think I'm in love with him. Boo!
The art is good...but I really really really miss Babs Tarr. ~Ashley
The couple of things that bother me...
Some characters I think either need more work or not to be there at all. Like, I NEED to know more about fruit bat. Instead of having her in there for a brief moment they could have made the whole book with her instead of this Kai nonsense. A fresh young superhero pairing with a elderly one that has the skill to teach but needs the help would be amazing. I can even imagine her having moments with her family that they have no idea she's still doing hero stuff thinking she's a helpless young lady now vs. her being a hero and teaming up with bat-girl...GIVE ME THAT!
I like the villain in Batgirl, Volume 3: Mindfields because when a character you don't know arrives out of no where that we don't know but Babs claims they were friends as kids comes in you kinda have to take it on her word. Later you find out this out of the blue character is the villain who altered Babs mind and the Villain is actually crashing in our heroes' apartment was really unique and good...Kai is a childhood friend who happens to be the criminal she's after. It's kinda the same formula except bad because Kai is POINTLESS. Who cares about him? Throw him away and bring in Fruit Bat! Seriously, I also feel it's out of character for bat-girl to be I'm suspicious of this dude then I think I'm in love with him. Boo!
The art is good...but I really really really miss Babs Tarr. ~Ashley
readingwhereitrains's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
natopotato's review against another edition
4.0
A ver si se mejora lo que dejó Stewart. Entretenido, algo interesante pero esperando ver como evoluciona después de esta "introducción".
PD: Batgirl/Babs se sigue levantando la misma cantidad de hombres que Nightwing/Dick se ha levantado mujeres, ¿es una competencia esto?
PD: Batgirl/Babs se sigue levantando la misma cantidad de hombres que Nightwing/Dick se ha levantado mujeres, ¿es una competencia esto?
owlyreadsalot's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this graphic novel and especially loved that this took place in Japan, South Korea, and other places along the map. It was a nice change of pace, but also shows a superhero's job is never done, or on the back burner.
Babs is happy to get away for a little, but like I knew it would be, the villains are never that far away. Vacations are almost non-existent. She meets up with Kai, who is staying at the same place she is checked into. He ends up being at the center of most of what goes on in this read.
The villain in here being a girl whom Batgirl calls "Sailor Clown" with a connection to Kai, that Babs does her best to get to the bottom of. An appearance by her favorite Superhero Fruit Bat who is 104 years old and still has some fight in her, helps her with a fight against this mystery bad girl.
There's a lot going on in this novel, with her possibly starting a relationship, getting knocked out in a fight against an MMA fighter that has connections with the first villian of this story, more traveling locations that adds further to Batgirl Vol. 1: Beyond Burnside. And so much more.
I found that I really enjoyed most of this read and where it lead, how she got to travel around while figuring out what was really going on around her. It was fun and interesting. Looking forward to reading more like it.
***I received this copy from DC Comics via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.***
Babs is happy to get away for a little, but like I knew it would be, the villains are never that far away. Vacations are almost non-existent. She meets up with Kai, who is staying at the same place she is checked into. He ends up being at the center of most of what goes on in this read.
The villain in here being a girl whom Batgirl calls "Sailor Clown" with a connection to Kai, that Babs does her best to get to the bottom of. An appearance by her favorite Superhero Fruit Bat who is 104 years old and still has some fight in her, helps her with a fight against this mystery bad girl.
There's a lot going on in this novel, with her possibly starting a relationship, getting knocked out in a fight against an MMA fighter that has connections with the first villian of this story, more traveling locations that adds further to Batgirl Vol. 1: Beyond Burnside. And so much more.
I found that I really enjoyed most of this read and where it lead, how she got to travel around while figuring out what was really going on around her. It was fun and interesting. Looking forward to reading more like it.
***I received this copy from DC Comics via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.***
tomesproject's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5 - Honestly, not a bad starting place for Batgirl, especially for young readers. It's fun and adventurous and easy to get into. I actually quite enjoyed the main story of this, and now I'm excited to read more of Bab's stories with Larson and the past stories by Simone.
blairconrad's review against another edition
2.0
It was just sort of... okay. I found that the joy wasn't here that was in recent Batgirls.
cassie_grace's review against another edition
3.0
The cute little Poison Ivy team up one shot was my favorite part. The actual story wasn’t particularly thrilling, Babs does some traveling and fights some martial artists.
golden_lily's review against another edition
3.0
Oh goody, another reboot for Batgirl.
It's not a complete reboot. Frankie and the other Burnside characters are still around but seriously, can this character keep her canon for five minutes?
The plot's fine, the art isn't to my taste, Barbara definitely gave someone cancer.
It's not a complete reboot. Frankie and the other Burnside characters are still around but seriously, can this character keep her canon for five minutes?
The plot's fine, the art isn't to my taste, Barbara definitely gave someone cancer.
huhwait's review against another edition
4.0
this is probably the best DC stuff ive read all year ( minus some parts of action comics stuff ) .
davygibbs's review against another edition
3.0
A bit of a disappointment after the wonderful Stewart/Fletcher/Tarr trilogy. The real success of that run was based largely on the tension between the different aspects of Batgirl's life -- the superhero stuff, of course, but also the college student, in both its academic and social contexts. This new story puts Batgirl in Asia, which promptly removes an awful lot of material that I really enjoyed -- and suddenly, the whole thing rests on Batgirl being a superhero, which is an oversimplification after Batgirl of Burnside and leads to some awkward scenes. The art is still good, but it's also fairly unremarkable. It looks like a superhero comic, the sort you've seen before. Babs Tarr -- of the previous trilogy -- used a more playful, unhinged, exuberant style, and it suited the character perfectly.