What makes me most excited about this title is that I've never been a fan of Batgirl, nor am I partial to Black Canary or Huntress. I've always tried to ignore the expanded Bat-family because I thought they cheapened Batman, making him appear too overly humanized. After reading both the Rebirth one-shot and now this inaugural issue, the Benson sisters have changed my tune. It's refreshing to have Batgirl and the Birds of Prey being written from the female perspective; it's the first time ever in fact that I've read a comic with a female lead, that's also written/drawn by female creators. It's a much more honest and authentic tone, and it elevates the feminine prowess inherent within the characters. The world of comics has been a boys club for far too long. It's exciting to have such a powerful and palpable female-lead creative team and I await eagerly for what is to come in the weeks ahead. Read Full Review

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #1 is a great character drama that's not only fun, but action packed. It may lack a proper villain and high stakes (so far), but the characters certainly carry it with their strong personalities. Read Full Review

I'm definitely keen on this series but this issue doesn't expand things enough just yet. It's a solid base run when I was hoping for something a little more exciting. Read Full Review

If you've been a fan of these characters' previous books, this is a must-have. Even if you weren't, now's the time to start. Read Full Review

Strangely, it can be hard to do street-level super-tales in the mainstream shared comics universes, but this book nails the tone and also gives us some lovely interplay between the three heroes. Black Canary is low-key hilarious and witty, Batgirl smart and determined, and Huntress driven and mostly hostile, making for a good balance between the three main characters. Read Full Review

In Conclusion: An action packed romp through the history and present of the Birds of Prey. Read Full Review

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey is a good book, and one that lives up to the significance of its title. Both Batgirl and Birds of Prey have historically yielded great stories about women and, even more importantly, great stories coming from great female creators. It's clear that the Bensons are comfortable working together and their scenes flow together so well; this isn't a case of two different writing voices being mashed together. It's nice to see the Bat-family open up a little bit without involving Bruce Wayne or Dick Grayson right off the bat. The women in Birds of Prey are more than capable without leaning on A-listers to help sell the book. There is an obvious connection but these women are carving out their own niche in the DCU, and that's a very, very good thing. Read Full Review

All of this praise is warranted, the Bensons and Roe succeed in the creating a world and characters to be proud of. Unfortunately, this first issue's storytelling is not executed as well. The story moves from one chase scene to another and unfortunately Roe's excellent depiction of the characters does not carry over into excellently choreographed fight scenes. On those merits, the book is a solid middle of the road 7.0. But the character dialog, friendship, and tension combined with the strong art direction elevate the book to an 8.0 and any reader not stuck in the muscle bound 90's would do well to keep an eye on this creative team. Read Full Review

The interplay between the three main characters, particularly Babs and Helena, is the obvious driving force of this book and the Bensons deliver an entertaining script filled with drama and quite a few laughs. Read Full Review

The first issue isn't bad in any way, it just is a bit predictable and the tone and interaction between the characters is a bit uneven. There's potential with these three characters, so we'll see where it all goes, but the first issue doesn't knock it out of the park unfortunately. Read Full Review

So far, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey does a better job of reintroducing the Birds of Prey concept than the New 52 version. However, it is a bit of a mixed bag in that the characterization of the individuals doesnt fit as well as the dynamic between the characters. This issue was stronger than last months Rebirth issue, but the "DCYou" characterizations are distracting and remind the reader that this is not the classic Birds of Prey and that something is just not quite right. Read Full Review

The comic is generally enjoyable despite its flaws. Barbara's reactions are often entertaining, mostly due to Roe's ingenuity in her visuals. (And there was one obvious quote from Han Solo and Indiana Jones in this one issue, so I can only assume the writers and I all share the same kind of love that never dies for Mr. Harrison Ford.) It's going to take some work distancing these characters from their New 52 counterparts into some semblance of the beloved relationships and interactions they shared pre-Flashpoint. This" is a shaky start. Read Full Review

Hopefully they find that element in the future that really takes this series to go places. Read Full Review

While this issue wasn't earth-shattering, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey certainly does show a lot of promise. I recommend sticking around to see how the first arc pans out. Read Full Review

If I had a way to summarize Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #1, it would be: it both works and doesnt all at once. The nods to continuity both recent and distant are helpful in framing the context of the story, but between characterization, interaction, and visuals, the story ends up being a bit confusing as to the purpose. I have a lot of mixed feelings, but these are also some of my favorite characters so I have faith. Im not sure where the story is headed, but there could be something awesome in the works. Read Full Review

BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #1 is a hit-or-miss issue in both its story and, at times, its art. The well-done character work leaves me with hope that the series will be able to steadily improve as the creative team gets more comfortable with the comic book format. Read Full Review

This installment of Batgirl and The Birds of Prey doesn't have the same impact on me that the previous issue had and that's because both the writing and the art seemed to be off a bit from what we got for the Rebirth issue........ Not to mention our heroes acting really strange when presented with a crime.  Overall, I still look forward to this series, I just hope that it picks up from here. Read Full Review

If you're a fan of the characters, you'll enjoy seeing them come together, and will be interested in the stakes it raises. If you're not already a fan, this might not be the issue to draw you in. Read Full Review

Batgirl & the Birds of Prey hits many of the right notes, but it's a messy arrangement when the "song" comes to a close (largely due to the art). Consistency and the art could potentially plague this book, but it's the title's potential that is keeping me excited and positve. There are so many good stories lined up, and if the execution can match, this will be a title worth reading! Unfortunately, at the moment, Birds lost a little bit of my favor" Just a little though. Read Full Review

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #1 is worth a look if it has staying power remains to be seen. Read Full Review

Regardless, even though it doesn't quite make sense for the Birds to team up yet, the Bensons do handle their interactions well. Perhaps the issue's best moment comes with a splash page that features all three characters. While Barbara and Helena argue in the foreground, Dinah stands in the back, rolling her eyes at them. Oddly enough, it's strikingly similar to a page that appeared in the first issue of the revamped Betty & Veronica from a few weeks back. That page perfectly summarized who the characters were and the relationship between them. This does something similar, but without the clever meta self-awareness. Instead, Barbara (the Betty) and Helena (the Veronica, which makes Dick Grayson the Archie of the group) basically just state their differences for the audience, as if they weren't already clear from their actions. It's a great idea but the execution isn't quite there. The same could be said for the whole issue. Read Full Review

The Birds of Prey can be great and should be great. But right now, it's less than average. Read Full Review

There's really not enough here to make a judgment about the new Oracle as a villain, since we don't even have any suspects yet. In theory, a hacker who can outwit Barbara Gordon should be a formidable foe, but the Barbara Gordon Batgirl that we got in this issue was seriously off of her game. The Bensons had such a good take on Black Canary that it's curious that both Batgirl and Huntress came off poorly by comparison. For this revival book to work, all three leads have to be well-rounded characters and worthy heroines. Though they were not in this issue, we are hopeful that the series will develop each character individually. Read Full Review

While I think the pairing of this trio could work under the right circumstances, it doesn't work for me here. Nor, based on what we see here, is there any reason to expect that this trio would stick together after their common goals have been met. Pass. Read Full Review

I enjoyed this book about as much as I liked the Batgirl solo book. I find it really solid. I like the dialogue between the three main characters and there is a lot of room for them to develop as the a team over the course of this series. It seems like a lot of fun to me.

A very fun book that seems like it will have pretty consistent entertainment throughout. Only problems with the book is that the art gets strange looking in the faces, occasionally, and sometimes the dialogue can be a bit off. Overall, I would recommend this to anyone would like fun comics that offer a different take than the typical darkness that most comics have nowadays.

I really like the art and the characters are great, but I'm just not feeling the story and the inserted arguments among the heroes, which seems unnecessary and we all know the way it's headed (they'll find out they all work well together). Probably going to stop following this now.

This series is off to a slow start. Nothing about it really stands out as wrong, but nothing stands out as right, or as great, or as memorable. Batgirl, Black Canary, and Huntress (I'm less familiar with the last one) all read like themselves, they don't seem poorly characterized. The art is pretty good, and the villain is... well, present. I think that's actually the main problem with this issue - nothing is memorable, or makes we want to know what's going to happen. That's a bigger problem than some might think - you can have the best of everything going for you, but if there's no reason for me to care, there's no reason for me to come back. I want this book to work, I want it to succeed, but this was not a good first issue (especially after an average at best Rebirth issue). Hopefully next month's issue will be better. more

Pacing of the dialogue is off, and the personality clashes are too on-the-nose. A disappointing debut.

I don't understand why they have to draw Batgirl like a cave troll. Seriously. Do a Google image search for "ugly cartoon" and you'll see pages of what must be inspiring the artist for Batgirl. Somehow, if you can read the words while ignoring how ugly they've made the main character, you'll find a half-way decent story.