I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Birds of Prey Vol 3: Full Circle by Julie Benson (Writer), Shawna Benson (Writer), Roge Antonio (Artists), Marcio Takara (Artists), Marcelo Majolo (Colorist), Jordan Boyd (Colorist), Saiba Temdfonte (Letterer), Josh Reed (Letterer), Dezi Sienty (Letterer), Deron Bennett (Letterer)


In one of the stories, Barbara Gordon's father gets his first sick day on the job and winds up in the hospital he's so badly ill.  Lois Lane had come over from the Daily Planet to work on a story and found herself roped into this intriguing story where all these people are sick including the mayor. Lois has come over to Commissioner Gordon to interview him too.  Oliver Queen flies in to visit Laurel Lance.  Huntress's boyfriend Nightwing comes down with the illnesses and Harley Quinn is caught by Black Canary trying to steal medicines for the Joker even though she doesn't like the way he treats her.  Even Bruce Wayne is sick. It turns out that only men are getting sick but Batgirl/Oracle, Huntress, and Black Canary can't seem to find out who is behind it.  They join up with Harley, Cat Woman, and Ivy and Batwoman, Gotham Girl, and Orphan Girl and Wonder Woman decide they can work with them too.  Ivy gets to work on a cure as soon as blook samples start coming in.

Meanwhile, Oliver comes into the hospital with a sore wrist with Harley, Ivy, and Black Canary as nurses.  A bad nurse tries to inject Oliver with something and Harley stops her with her bat.  They capture the woman and Ivy takes the serum to study with another female doctor.  Olver plays it safe and goes and hides out in the Clocktower.  Wonder Woman goes and rescues a group of men from under a bridge and gets them to the makeshift hospital at the stadium.  A group of women dressed in medieval gas masks and long cloaks attack the women with gas and kidnap Batgirl, Black Canary, and Batwoman.  They explain their plan is to use the blood of a Super Flu Immunity patient from 1918 to create a killer dose of the flu to use on the men and kill them.  After all, what have men ever done but caused wars and hurt women?  Will the other women find them in time and will they stop these evil women before Waller firebombs the city?

In another story, Gordon has been using Gordon Clean Energy, her business, not just as a cover, but as a way to do some good, such as help Ivy stay on the right side of the law.  But she's been slipping where the right and wrong side of the law are concerned.  She's been hacking Calculator's feed, piggybacking on it to find who his clients are so she can send the intel to Huntress and Black Canary so they can get the bad guys.  Now Calculator has sent Burnrate, an evil robot to find out who is Oracle.  Huntress and Black Canary are furious with her for lying to them and for putting them into this position.  But not just them. Also, Gus.  When they are too late to save and who died rather than give up Barbra's name as Oracle.  Now they're all mad at each other as they process their grief.

On top of that, Helena has been visiting her mom in prison hoping that her mom can change.  Her mom is brought before the judge who is paid off to put her mom in Arkham. She goes off to torture the judge and gets attacked by Burngate.  Laurel finds that she is afraid to use her cry because she worries that she'll kill someone.  Barbara feels guilty over Gus.  Meanwhile, Calculator breaks out of Arham Blackbird and Helena's mom.  Blackbird can hypnotize people and Helena's mom can control the mobs.  Worse, now Helena\s identity is revealed.  Is her mom truly hypnotized or is she her true self?  Can Oliver help Laurel find her cry? And what did Gus leave the Birds of Prey?   This was a stellar book and the Birds of Prey are great characters.  I five give a five out of five stars.

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