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A review by crookedtreehouse
Black Canary, Volume 1: Kicking and Screaming by Brenden Fletcher
3.0
This is a four star indie book slapped with a DC label and starring a character who simply doesn't exist outside this book. Apart from wearing fishnets, having a sonic scream, and having lost their dojo in Fletcher's tepid [b:Batgirl, Volume 1: Batgirl of Burnside|23164970|Batgirl, Volume 1 Batgirl of Burnside|Cameron Stewart|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499091545l/23164970._SY75_.jpg|42710991], Black Canary is completely divorced from every other title she's ever appeared in.
That's a bummer because this book is leaps and bounds better than Batgirl. The story and the character's interactions are fun and intriguing. They just don't make sense in the DCU. It's like the best Lobo books: sure, they're fun but I don't buy him existing in the same universe as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, or even Plastic Man.
[a:Annie Wu|3193036|Annie Wu|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s art is dynamic and perfect for this title, but, again, it doesn't really make sense in the context of the DCU, even the Nu-52 DCU. It's a bold experiment, and if other books had taken similar risks, it might have worked.
If you like [b:Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life|29800|Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim, #1)|Bryan Lee O'Malley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348109012l/29800._SX50_.jpg|30220] and don't care at all about other DC books, I think this is a solid four or five star book. I understand why some people aboslutely love this. I did it enjoy it more than some of the dreary Batbooks of the era, and, again, it's a vast improvement over The Batgirl Of Burnside. But I would have a hard time justifying putting this in a DC chronology.
That's a bummer because this book is leaps and bounds better than Batgirl. The story and the character's interactions are fun and intriguing. They just don't make sense in the DCU. It's like the best Lobo books: sure, they're fun but I don't buy him existing in the same universe as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, or even Plastic Man.
[a:Annie Wu|3193036|Annie Wu|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s art is dynamic and perfect for this title, but, again, it doesn't really make sense in the context of the DCU, even the Nu-52 DCU. It's a bold experiment, and if other books had taken similar risks, it might have worked.
If you like [b:Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life|29800|Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim, #1)|Bryan Lee O'Malley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348109012l/29800._SX50_.jpg|30220] and don't care at all about other DC books, I think this is a solid four or five star book. I understand why some people aboslutely love this. I did it enjoy it more than some of the dreary Batbooks of the era, and, again, it's a vast improvement over The Batgirl Of Burnside. But I would have a hard time justifying putting this in a DC chronology.