A review by iam_griff
Birds of Prey, Volume 4: The Cruelest Cut by Christy Marx, James Tynion IV

3.0

Okay so this volume of Birds of Prey was better than it’s two predecessors. The new creative team of Christy Marx & Romano Molenaar did improve the storytelling of this book & on par with the art. The stories in this book are less confusing even though it still feels like too much action & not enough character development. I’m still disappointed with this version of Black Canary. She’s one of the DCU’s best martial artists & this new version has taken that away to make her more & too reliant on her “Canary Cry”. Stryx is still very reminiscent of Cassandra Caine’s version of Batgir (which I don’t know if she’s still a character in this universe). Condor comes across as waaay too needy & wanting love from Black Canary plus overly eager to prove himself. I’m still not entirely sure what his powers are.

One more volume to go before I’m done with this series.