The core Birds of Prey team is Black Canary, Oracle and Huntress. All three of them were somewhat forgotten characters given new life in the series.
Oracle is Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl, confined to a wheelchair after being shot by the Joker. Not letting that stop her, Babs sets herself up as the information specialist in the DC Universe. Black Canary is one of the oldest DC characters and one of the few not created as an adjunct to a male character. But that hasn’t stopped writers from shoving her to the background in lieu of her lover, Green Arrow. Helena Bertinelli aka Huntress is a character that was created to replace the popular alternate Earth Huntress who was the daughter of Batman and Catwoman. She’s generally been treated as a third, fourth or even fifth wheel in the Batman books.
All three band together as an espionage team that operates underneath the superhero radar. During Dixon’s run, lots of forgotten DC characters showed up. Simone’s run specialized in giving panel time to forgotten female heroines, especially Zinda, Lady Blackhawk, who became the team’s pilot.
This is a street-level comic, fast-paced, loaded with wonderful dialogue, memorable villains and some of the best panels of hand-to-hand fighting in the DC Universe.
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