Spoilers The Huntress #6

[Jake1823]

I'll be honest, this mini had so much promise, but just seemed to fall apart at the end.

First off, Ivory Madison is a pretty good writer. Her pacing towards the end of the mini was rushed, imo, but for the most part, she was pretty good.

But I really dislike her take on Batman.

The dialogue, first off, was un...Bruce-like. "You're fired"? (And what happened after that? I thought Bruce fired Babs? But she's back with him after?)

Second, where was Batman when Helena was cutting the tongue off the assassin? The mini showed that he was better than her. How the heck did he let her get away with that, clothesline Babs off a bike and still let her get away. The house wasn't THAT big.

I just did not like how Madison portrayed Batman here. Look, he's not Bat-God. We can all agree there. But he's not this incompetent. Even in his early years, he would have tried to stop Helena.

And Babs was pretty portrayed as a rank amateur here, as well. Wasn't a fan of that.

I'm rather disappointed, as I was really digging this mini. But, two positives I have is that Ivory is a pretty good writer, although she needs a better editor, and Cliff Richards' art needs to be showcased on Birds of Prey.

[seth]

the "you're fired" bit came across to me as a tongue-in-cheek joke the first time i read it. and the second time...

i haven't re-read the mini, which is quite dense for a six-issue story of This Deconstructed Era, but i didn't get the sense that there were any mischaracterizations. i did think that cramming in catowman, batman, and batgirl (and wasn't robin there, too?) towards the end was a bit much, but i guess they were all established players at that point. it's certainly a slight change from what we've been told about huntress' origin.

i DO agree that richards needs to be drawing BoP, ASAP.