Birds of Prey

ARTISTS

Writer: Gail Simone
Penciller: Inaki Miranda
Inker: Inaki Miranda
Colorist: Nei Ruffino
Letterer: Steve Wands
Editor: Janelle Siegel

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CHARACTERS & SETTINGS

hero: Booster Gold
villain: Rocket Red Brigade

Setting: 21st-century Moscow, Russia

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ISSUE SUMMARY

Cover Description: The avatar of Oracle leads the assembled members of the Birds of Prey and Batman Incorporated. (No Booster Gold.)

Brief Synopsis: The Birds of Prey exact revenge on Calculator for assassinating Oracle.

Costume Worn: MARK I.v2 power-suit

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ISSUE ANNOTATIONS

Page 16, panel 1
Booster Gold is being chased through downtown Moscow by two members of the Rocket Red Brigade. The armor worn by the Rocket Reds appears to be based on the armor of former Rocket Red Captain Gavril Ivanovich instead of the armor worn by the Rocket Red brigade as seen in Justice League: Generation Lost #4. The two signs written in the Cyrillic alphabet on the street behind Booster translate to "stop, danger for life" and "happy holidays." Note that the reflection to the right of Booster shows a missile that doesn't exist between Booster and the window.

Page 18, panel 4
SPOILER WARNING!: Oracle's monitor reveals that Booster has defeated the Rocket Reds without her help. Oracle did not help Booster in order to foster the notion that she is dead. Both Batmen in the room (Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson) are aware that Booster Gold is a time-stream policeman, and both must assume that Booster will no doubt discover that Oracle is not dead. By letting Oracle exclude Booster Gold, they are revealing that they do not want Oracle -- or someone else in the room -- to know the truth about Booster Gold. Also note that although Booster has beaten the Rocket Reds, he has not resolved the international incident that he was concerned about in the previous panel. Reveal

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ISSUE REVIEW

Boosterrific Review: A satisfying resolution to this cliched superhero-fakes-her-death-to-be-a-better-superhero story is marred considerably by very sub-par art. It is hard to take these characters seriously when it looks like they were drawn by children.

Boosterrific Rating:

• Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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