This story has enough excitement and mystery to hold readers’ attention and is balanced with some solid actions from Barbara’s former roommate, Alysia. In it, Batgirl takes on a case involving a mysterious instance of corporate sabotage and several deadly tigers. This entire chapter has little going for it and is a big strike on the book in general.įamily Business closes with one of its strongest storylines.

In addition, the interactions all feel incredibly shallow and add little to any character participating in them. Each of these team-ups is designed as a piece to a larger mystery, yet this mystery is never resolved or fully explained in any way. The chapter after this is an Annual that sees Batgirl team up with various characters in the Bat-family. It still reads alright but is decidedly average. However, it is too short to establish a serious threat or develop a meaningful dialogue between the Gordons. This story is moderately exciting and has a few touching moments between Barbara and her father. This volume opens with Batgirl facing off against/teaming up with the new Batman, who she discovers is actually her father.

The book starts to recover in the second half, where plotlines and characters are better, but is not quite enough to save the book as a whole. These problems range from small ones regarding lackluster subplots to larger ones regarding entire chapters that are simply not interesting. It is still a passable book, if you are ok with the young adult genre, but it has a number of problems preventing it from being as good as its predecessor. 2: Family Business, by Cameron Stewart and Branden Fletcher, fails to establish the same level of interest. Though the previous volume started with a lot of promise, Batgirl Vol.

Only pick this one up if you love the concept behind this new take on Batgirl and want to read more about her. Some of the arcs are still good, which should appeal to fans of the first volume. The subplots are lackluster, an entire chapter is uninteresting, and none of the book’s larger stories are developed enough to be worth it on their own. Overall: There are some moments where this collection appears to be trending upward but, unfortunately, these moments are outweighed by a number of negatives. One of the chapters is uninteresting overall. The series is still impressive and unique in terms of visuals.Ĭons: The book’s subplots are generally poor. Pros: Some of the storylines still have a nice level of excitement and fun.

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