An excellent series overall, keeps you on the edge of your seat from the first issue to last.

HEAVY SPOILERS AHEAD...

Personally? I found this to be pretty excellent. I've loved this series' combination of off-the-walls humour and ideas, horror and character moments of all kinds. It's DC meets unleashed Sam Raimi and/or Tim Burton at his most Tim Burton-esque (so Batman Returns).

Vampire Nightwing finally clicked for me as an antagonist in this issue. The reveal was pretty cool, but after that we mostly followed the heroes so he was too much out-of-focus. He needed that "sneaky-little-bastard" energy that he gets here and I like that his motivations feel even rational enough from his POV even though they're completely twisted. But if there's a prequel showing more of him, I'll buy :) He had this combination of pure evil and character sincerity he needed finally. I lveod that moment where he tells Babs he loves her.

And, I don't know how controversial it'll be, but I actually liked Babs' character a lot in this. I'm a sucker for a good twist ending and I thought it worked well. She wants revenge on Nightwing at all costs and ultimately, the cost is her humanity. She couldn't have murdered him as a human, but as a vampire she has no such qualms, but then of course the price is that Vampire Babs takes his place. It's was a pretty good reversal and I get why it was "necessary" to make her the new queen from a narrative perspective, even if personally I would have prefered someone else (like Wonder Woman, I want evil Vampire Queen Wonder Woman)

I really liked their scenes on the tower and I loved that the story ended... Quietly. This second half was getting too much event-itis for taste and while I like action, I though it was the way to go. I'm not the biggest Harley fan and originally I didn't like that they seemingly gave her plot armor but man, I really liked her role in this. She's comic relief, the only sane woman (ironically enough) and ultimately an unwitting pawn.

I'm not sure how well the ending works as an ending though. It worked for me, it was a dark, twist ending with a sliver of hope. Though for others it may feel too much like a "to be continued". Which I wouldn't mind, I'm dawn (:P) for Batgirl v Supergirl, but I get some would want more finality instead of a dark version of "the evil and the fight never end".

I read that Tynion plotted the Birds of Prey/Babs story (which makes senses, it's where Punchline appeared) and Rosenberg added the Green Arrow stuff and, given how much it interacts with the Tynion-less spin-off, probably the Supergirl section as well, or at least its ending. This is pure speculation on my part, but I wouldn't be surprised if Tynion's original ending was simply a dark one (given his horror sensibilities) with Babs getting turned and Kara dying on the explosion, and then they added Green Arrow and Supergirl getting saved to soften the blow and perhaps get a sequel down the line.

I'm all for exploring more of this setting though, specially now it's become this Castlevania/Vampire Hunter D-esque world. And to explore other characters as well, the vampire side has admittedly been sidelined this second half.

All in all, an awesome series for me, from the beginning to the end. Well-paced, funny, tense, scary and surprisingly character-based, which is always a plus in my book. 10/10.
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I just binge-read this whole series today and I lvoed it!