Except for the 3 page history lesson on Cassandra . . I thought this was a great book. First of all I couldn't be more thrilled with the creative assignments. Adam Beechen is doing the stories and Jim Calafiore is doing the art. Both of which are huge talents. After his run on Gotham Underground, Jim should be all psyched for a further stretch in the Bat-universe. Look at that cover. Is that fantastic, or what? The actual cover looks even better. The way they did the different blacks, and then made Cassandra's suit shiny . . it looks like she's jumping right off the page at you. It's really sharp looking. Anyways, Cassandra is back in Gotham, and working under the tutelage of the Batman. At least . . that's what she's allowing him to believe. She actually has a mission of her own . . to find and kill Slade and Cain. She's telling herself that the real reason she rejoined 'the family' is to have access to Bruce's vast resources. But she's gotta' know that Bruce is smart enough to figure out what she's up to. He didn't get to where he is by accident. Nightwing is against her return, and Robin is trying to find every reason he can to stick up for her. At the end of the issue, when following some leads on Cain, she comes face to face with another killer who looks like . . . her sister? We'll find out more about that next issue. Anyways, I'm thrilled that she finally has her own series again. With everything that she's gone through, over the last couple of years, I can understand why it would've been difficult for her to have a solo book. But now . . she's back. And right now . . she's better than she ever was. Let's get this ride a'rollin'.
I'm thrilled as well that Batgirl's back in action. But the art is blocky, everyone looks eerily the same, and the writer has somehow turned Batgirl into Ravager.
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