It appears, with the recent disbandment of the Outsiders, that Batgirl is the only one hanging on to the dream. She's not very happy with the current crime environment in Gotham, and I think she wants to do something about it. She's drawing from all areas too. "An association of allies . . each possessing a skill set mirroring an aspect of Batman, to be called upon when the need arises." The list of possible candidates is . . eclectic, to say the least. So far she's looking at Black Canary, Catwoman, Green Arrow, Tim (obviously), the Riddler, the Question, Huntress, Spoiler, Wildcat, Vigilante, Man-bat . . the list goes on and on. Alfred, however is concerned that "Master Dick does not appear on your list." And he warns her, "If you're going to be a part of all of this . . be a part of this family . . they you and Master Dick will need to talk things out." In a couple of months we're going to have a brand new team here. I guess this issue is about laying the groundwork for that. Well . . this issue and next. Next issue's blurb reads, "Batgirl vs. Nightwing". That one should be a dozy. This issue's art was by Fernando Dagnino. It was ok. Not fantastic, but . . it was pretty good. However, I don't think that he'll be the regular penciller. My guess is that he's filling in for an issue or 2, and then when the new team arrives we'll get a new regular artist. Actually, I just went and looked. It looks like it's going to be Lee Garbett and Trevor Scott on the art chores. Also it appears that the new team is going to roll out in the Outsiders special, but then be back here for issue #15. And Peter J Tomasi will be the new writer. Wow! That's a lot of changes for one book. Especially for one not changing it's title, or missing a beat in the issue numbers. It'll be interesting to see what they have cooked up for us. I really like this book, and I hope it doesn't go away.
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