Again I have to praise Gail Simone. Up until a few years ago, I don't know what she was doing, but she seems to have the knack and style to come up with interesting thought provoking stories. I also like the new penciller, Paulo Sequeira. He is also improving with every issue. He's developing a real flair for these characters. And what a bunch of characters we have now. We have Oracle, Lady Blackhawk, Huntress, Black Canary (with her semi-adopted daughter Sin), Gypsy, and next issue maybe the new Batgirl/Woman. Right now they're dealing with Black Alice. She's a relative new comer, previewed back in issue 78 or 79 I think. But apparently she's one of, if not the, strongest magical weilders in the DC universe right now. She steals Cheetah's and Felix Faust's magic from them this issue. Which is, I guess, what her schtick is. She steals magical powers and then uses them against the weilder. Anyways, Talia, Cheetah and Faust come after Black Alice in her home in Dayton, Ohio. They've come to recruit her for the society. But, coincidentally enough, they come after her the same time the Birds decide that they need to check in on her. Of course a battle ensues and Alice is left not knowing who to believe. When Faust shows her her dead mother, that's when she decides she's had enough. So she vanquishes them all. After she steals their powers. And they're only vanquished to the outskirts of the city. So I guess she's not all bad. Yet! She then tries to take her Dad and her newly revisited mother home to calm them down. We also see a glimpse of Batgirl/Woman fighting crime in Gotham. Not much of her, but, she'll be in the next issue. I still don't know what Black Alice is doing with the black Wondergirl T-shirt on though. And she also has a copy of the Lariot. What's that all about?? I guess we'll just have to watch and wait to see this story unravel.
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