Mark D. White

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I’m a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where I teach courses in philosophy, economics, and law, and the author/editor/co-editor of several books.

Some Mysteries Among the Female-Focused Bat-titles post-Flashpoint

Well, well… The Source brings us news of four more Gotham-related titles, all featuring female characters, though many are a mystery:

  • Bop Batwoman #1, by the familiar team of J.H. Williams III, Haden Blackman, and Amy Reeder
  • Batgirl #1, featuring the ominously red-headed character already famous from sneak peeks, written by Gail Simone with art by Adrian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes
  • Catwoman #1, by Judd Winick and Guillem March
  • Birds of Prey #1 (at right), featuring Black Canary, one character that looks like Katana, and possibly Poison Ivy (?), written by Duane Swierczynski with art from Jesus Saiz

With Simone writing Batgirl, it seems unavoidable that it's Barbara Gordon under the cowl–I suppose if someone gets a chance to change the timeline, one of the first things they'd do is prevent her from getting shot (after all, Booster Gold tried his best). Winick should be good on Catwoman, and March's art is topnotch. Birds of Prey is intriguing, if only because of the unknown characters, but the art by Saiz (who just started on the title) is a surefire winner.

Now what about Dick and Tim, people?

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