A review by geese82
Batgirl Vol. 1: The Darkest Reflection (the New 52) by Gail Simone
4.0
I really liked it.
This is a great book if you have not read a work by Gail Simone. Superb storytelling where it brought me to point B from point A without too many existential philosophy like any of the DC New 52 books that I have read before.
Speaking of existential philosophy, the entire volume has 2 antagonists that dealt with surviving death in two different ways, one from a burning car where his family died and he was saved and the other, shot to the head which gave her psychic abilities to control men. I've been reading up on death lately, writers who faced cancer and wrote about it, even great men like Steve Jobs, and so much more I can't list them all.
I am glad that I am sticking to the bat family from DC New 52 even if there are some kinks that I am concerned and worried about. Like now that Barbara Gordon can walk why is she totally different than her Oracle version, mentally?! You can't be one one awesome character and completely change within "3" years. This is one of many reasons I do not like reboots. I wished they kept the other Batgirls and have Barbara a supporting character, maybe in the future Gail Simone will surprise us.
This is a great book if you have not read a work by Gail Simone. Superb storytelling where it brought me to point B from point A without too many existential philosophy like any of the DC New 52 books that I have read before.
Speaking of existential philosophy, the entire volume has 2 antagonists that dealt with surviving death in two different ways, one from a burning car where his family died and he was saved and the other, shot to the head which gave her psychic abilities to control men. I've been reading up on death lately, writers who faced cancer and wrote about it, even great men like Steve Jobs, and so much more I can't list them all.
I am glad that I am sticking to the bat family from DC New 52 even if there are some kinks that I am concerned and worried about. Like now that Barbara Gordon can walk why is she totally different than her Oracle version, mentally?! You can't be one one awesome character and completely change within "3" years. This is one of many reasons I do not like reboots. I wished they kept the other Batgirls and have Barbara a supporting character, maybe in the future Gail Simone will surprise us.