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A review by captwinghead
Birds of Prey, Vol. 6: The Battle Within by Gail Simone
3.0
This was a pretty loaded volume. I double checked but it seemed to have twice the number of issues as the others which is odd. It went over a few different storylines.
The first is about a teenager with magic abilities to steal the powers of other magic users like Zatanna. Dinah and Helena rush to stop her from using her abilities to kill others.
The next was about a villain called Harvest who had the power to steal force from others. She was using them to kill murderers and heal sick children. Helena struggled to find a reason to believe Harvest wasn't doing more harm than good. I appreciated seeing her worry and get really protective over Dinah. Their relationship gives me life.
There's a story that was a bit hard for me to follow but Dinah travels to Singapore and goes undercover with a drug smuggling ring in efforts to help Helena with her ploy to stop mobsters in Gotham.
As this is happening, my favorite bits are (of course) the character work between the ladies. Helena is still struggling to feel like she belongs and apparently is (perpetually) on Batman's bad side. Dinah actually calls a meeting with Bats to pressure him into being nicer to her which was wonderful to see.
Babs' plans to manipulate Helena into making better decisions is discovered and Helena is heartbroken. She quits the team and refuses to ever work with Babs again.
Here's something interesting: we have Dinah asking Helena to forgive Babs. Dinah also yells at Babs and tells her its her job to fix this and get Helena back on the team. We then have Babs meeting with Helena to tell her its okay to be mad at Babs but not to take it out on Helena. So, this volume was a lot of Dinah and Babs trying to protect each other and fix their interpersonal relationships... behind each other's backs. Have I mentioned they're married?
Anyway, I liked seeing everyone come together to support Babs in the hospital. It was especially cute seeing Dinah camped out in the chair at her bedside. Again, my favorite parts of this series are the relationships between the ladies.
The first is about a teenager with magic abilities to steal the powers of other magic users like Zatanna. Dinah and Helena rush to stop her from using her abilities to kill others.
The next was about a villain called Harvest who had the power to steal force from others. She was using them to kill murderers and heal sick children. Helena struggled to find a reason to believe Harvest wasn't doing more harm than good. I appreciated seeing her worry and get really protective over Dinah. Their relationship gives me life.
There's a story that was a bit hard for me to follow but Dinah travels to Singapore and goes undercover with a drug smuggling ring in efforts to help Helena with her ploy to stop mobsters in Gotham.
As this is happening, my favorite bits are (of course) the character work between the ladies. Helena is still struggling to feel like she belongs and apparently is (perpetually) on Batman's bad side. Dinah actually calls a meeting with Bats to pressure him into being nicer to her which was wonderful to see.
Babs' plans to manipulate Helena into making better decisions is discovered and Helena is heartbroken. She quits the team and refuses to ever work with Babs again.
Here's something interesting: we have Dinah asking Helena to forgive Babs. Dinah also yells at Babs and tells her its her job to fix this and get Helena back on the team. We then have Babs meeting with Helena to tell her its okay to be mad at Babs but not to take it out on Helena. So, this volume was a lot of Dinah and Babs trying to protect each other and fix their interpersonal relationships... behind each other's backs. Have I mentioned they're married?
Anyway, I liked seeing everyone come together to support Babs in the hospital. It was especially cute seeing Dinah camped out in the chair at her bedside. Again, my favorite parts of this series are the relationships between the ladies.