Reddit reviews Birds of Prey, Vol. 1: Of Like Minds
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Oracle is a female forensic scientist who uses a wheelchair.
I recommend Birds of Prey by Gail Simone which has her as the leader of a female superhero team.
Popular/acclaimed modern essentials:
You can skip to the 2016 Rebirth re-launch with the DC Universe: Rebirth event and then any Rebirth series #1.
Modern DC events/crossovers:
Most of Gail's run of BoP reads pretty well in trade format when read alone. I'd suggest starting at the beginning of her run, with Of Like Minds (Collects issues #056-061) and just going from there.
I've read the entire series of Birds of Prey. All the mini-series and one-shots, both volumes 01 and 02, and any tie-ins and related issues I could find. I think it is one of the best, most well-crafted comic series. And Gail's run in particular is phenomenal.
Once you read Of Like Minds, if you like it, continue. The entire rest of the series after that point is collected.
The Rest of Gail's Run
That's the end of Gail's run on volume 01 of Birds of Prey. There are further trades in the series, which collect the following writers' runs on the book. They are also really enjoyable.
Gail also did all of Volume 02 of Birds of Prey, which is collected and very enjoyable:
As Birds of Prey is one of my favorite comic series of all times, you can expect a lot of discussion about it over at r/WomenofDCU, if you'd care to join us!
Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man
http://marvel.com/comics/series/13831/ultimate_comics_spider-man_2011_-_present
It's a good place to start with Miles Morales as he's a very well-developed young lad who actually feels guilty for Peter Parker's death in the ultimate universe's continuity after receiving powers much like Peter's and yet not utilizing them. He then dons the original Spidey suit out of naivety not knowing that people at large considered him a mockery of the original Spiderman, as a common theme for Miles Morales is finding himself after taking on the mantle of Spiderman. It actually does address detractor's concerns that this would just be another "black-washed superhero" and goes in-depth into his familial relations with family members already related to the superhero continuity in same way.
That's all I can say without spoiling too much as there are really good plot developments with his family that contrast greatly with the original Peter Parker's origin story.
Birds of Prey, Vol. 1: Of Like Minds
http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Prey-Vol-Like-Minds/dp/140120192X
Any issue written by Gale Simone is a must read in my opinion. She also writes for the better Deadpool comics imo. There's a sense of wry, sardonic humor in the comics she writes for and it transfers well over into Birds of Prey. I even have a list of the greatest Gale Simone comics ever written if you want to pick and choose from that later on.
The comic itself brings Oracle, Huntress, and Black Canary together to fight the villains known as Savant and Creote (the latter in later issues I believe) whom have blackmail Oracle in order to find out the secret identity of Batman. If you like a comic more so centered around strong character building than overall plot/action (which were decent), this comic is for you. The series however accelerates after this issue quite well. Oracle, being confined to her wheelchair while being the most integral and intelligent of the group, sends out her birds of prey so to speak in the form of Huntress and Black Canary which I found was a really fun dynamic as they often have mixed views on how to handle the situation. Oracle being trained by the Batman with his set of ethics while operating from the sidelines to provide background information the team needs, Huntress who has legitimately murdered mafia members in the past being more violent and hostile towards enemies, and Black Canary who is more impulsive and stubborn to Barbara at first but in time, they become inseparable. Dinah being the legs and physically active extension of Barbara and Barbara being Dinah's voice of wisdom and source of intel with both becoming fast friends.
Spider-Gwen... I would recommend for people who already read the Spiderverse event where multiple Spidermen had to fight off cross-dimensional vampires as it's there that her origins story exists. Like the 1st issue starts off assuming you read that issue so it's going to be heavily confusing for new readers, but the style is nice and Gwen is a more blunt version of Spiderman than Peter. So it's really awesome to see how she handles situations differently.
I'm leaving out Batgirl right now and a lot of comics as I'm currently busy atm. But will make a personal message incase you want more comics to get into as I don't want to go too off tangent from the main topic at hand.
I like the majority of the "original" BoP collection. Chuck Dixon does ok, Gail Simone had a fun spin on her writing that suited the team well. DC released the first 3 volumes of the original series again, but not sure if they are continuing with the new printing, otherwise some stuff might be harder to locate.
Looking at amazon can be confusing for BoP so here's a list of some content I speak of (all pre n52):
https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Prey-Vol-Chuck-Dixon/dp/1401258166/
https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Prey-Vol-Chuck-Dixon/dp/1401260950
https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Prey-Vol-Hunt-Oracle/dp/1401264549/
Gail Simone's run (can just start here):
https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Prey-Vol-Like-Minds/dp/140120192X/
https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Prey-Vol-Sensei-Student/dp/1401204341/
Birds of Prey: Between Dark and Dawn
Birds of Prey: The Battle Within
Birds of Prey: Perfect Pitch
Birds of Prey: Blood and Circuits
Birds of Prey: Dead of Winter
Wikepedia's BoP page has a good list of collected editions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Prey_(comics)
> Suicide Squad v3-8
Do you have a link for these? Or a volume that contains all of them? I just see the movies and a bazillion other SS stuff on Amazon? Can you give me a link for the Stephanie Brown versions too?
So start here for the Birds of Prey? OOOOOO that looks so good!!!!!!! xD!!!!
This version of Birds of Prey by Simone, correct?
Thank you so much!
Yeah, definitely Year One. She also appears in Batman: Hush.
You can also look out for Gail Simone's Birds of Prey run (pre-New 52):
Birds of Prey, Vol. 1: Of Like Minds
Birds of Prey, Vol. 2: Sensei & Student
And so on...