That's not without its challenges, however it's no surprise that Batgirl fits right in with Gotham Academy given that Fletcher writes both titles, but the "Batgirl-ed" Spoiler comes off sillier than in the Batman (and Robin) Eternal books, and it's hard to reconcile the love-struck Dick here with his more stoic Grayson portrayals. That's a whole lot of the larger world crashing down on the tonally-different Batgirl, and it's a credit to the writers that it's all made to feel a natural part of the Batgirl universe. I'm glad this book continues in the same vein into Rebirth, but it's more than a little shocking that the next volume is this creative team's last.įamily Business begins with a two-issue team-up with Batman: Superheavy's new robot Batman Jim Gordon, and then goes straight into an annual that teams Batgirl Barbara Gordon with Grayson's Helena Bertinelli and Dick Grayson himself, Spoiler, Batwoman, and the kids from Gotham Academy then the final three issues have former Batwing Luke Fox and still more Dick Grayson. Visually and conceptionally, Batgirl entertains. On the other hand, Family Business is rife, almost overflowing, with Bat-guest stars, an uneasy mix that works when it works and is sure to be controversial when it doesn't. Stewart and Fletcher's stories range from the thrilling to the mundane to the silly, and at times this title finds itself more in the realm of the Harley Quinn-esque situational comedy than the straight superheroics of the rest of the Bat-titles, not that there's anything wrong with that.
1: Batgirl of Burnside looked like nothing else in DC Comics's line the first time around, and that's even more true now. The very origins of DC Comics' DC You era begin and end with Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, and Babs Tarr's Batgirl series, and it's only right that this title's first DC You volume should up the ante in "Batgirl-ness." This is most apparent in Tarr's use of the super deformed style and other manga tropes to express the characters' emotions, not nearly so pronounced in the previous volume, as well as letterer Steve Wands's word balloons sans black borders. 2: Family Business, one can clearly see a comic coming into its own.
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