A review by reader44ever
Batgirl, Volume 2: Family Business by Ming Doyle, Michael Lacombe, Juan Castro, Brenden Fletcher, David Lafuente, Bengal, Jake Wyatt, Babs Tarr, Cameron Stewart, Joel Gomez, Mingjue Helen Chen
3.0
This collection. . . Once again, I am finding it hard to enjoy a comics collection because the stories don't seem to fit together well. I tried to read this like I would an anthology of stories by different authors, but. . .
Anyway, while the writers stayed the same from issue to issue, the artist/s changed. And though the art made it clear who everyone was, I wish it had been more uniform. Babs's changing looks from comic to comic were especially maddening. :-(
Also, given that this volume was entitled "Family Business" and the description on the back was all about how Batgirl's father is the new Batman - and a major order of his business is to arrest Batgirl - I was expecting all of the comics to include this storyline. But they didn't. Batman was actually only even in the first two - of six? - of these comics. :-(
Batwoman and Dick Grayson - Robin - featured in later comics. And Grayson was just confusing for me. As was Luke Fox. (Where did Babs's attraction for both of them come from?)
Also, just how many people know that Babs is Batgirl? Both Fox and Grayson seem to, as do Frankie and Dinah. And her father. And. . . ???
And then there was the ending of the final comic. I didn't understand that at all. Who was that shadowy thing? And was he in the room with Babs while she was sleeping? ??? Hopefully Volume 3 will pick up where this left off. . .
Anyway, I guess I'd have to describe this volume as enjoyable but not very cohesive.
Anyway, while the writers stayed the same from issue to issue, the artist/s changed. And though the art made it clear who everyone was, I wish it had been more uniform. Babs's changing looks from comic to comic were especially maddening. :-(
Also, given that this volume was entitled "Family Business" and the description on the back was all about how Batgirl's father is the new Batman - and a major order of his business is to arrest Batgirl - I was expecting all of the comics to include this storyline. But they didn't. Batman was actually only even in the first two - of six? - of these comics. :-(
Batwoman and Dick Grayson - Robin - featured in later comics. And Grayson was just confusing for me. As was Luke Fox. (Where did Babs's attraction for both of them come from?)
Also, just how many people know that Babs is Batgirl? Both Fox and Grayson seem to, as do Frankie and Dinah. And her father. And. . . ???
And then there was the ending of the final comic. I didn't understand that at all. Who was that shadowy thing? And was he in the room with Babs while she was sleeping? ??? Hopefully Volume 3 will pick up where this left off. . .
Anyway, I guess I'd have to describe this volume as enjoyable but not very cohesive.