"Oracle dies. Once and for all."
The Death of Oracle story arc is finally here. Will it truly be the death of Babs or something else?
Pros:
Babs hasn't had much to do lately in BoP other than patching things up with Creote and Savant, but it was great to see her being a bad chick instead of in front of a computer. I was beginning to feel uncomfortable with her. It was also great to see her interacting with the recently return Bruce Wayne. Babs has something planned for her Oracle persona, but it's hard to determine what. With the other BoP girls, I thought ran into my mind when I first turned to that page: What are they exposing Dawn to?! Still, it was all in good fun to see the ladies have some fun after the ordeal they've been...until someone had to ruin it.
Calculator is back, and it makes sense to bring him back, after all, I consider him to be Babs arch enemy. He also brought in someone new called Mortis, who has some crazy problems.
Artgerm always provides some incredible art covers. I want to say that the artwork finally found some grounds now since Ardian Syaf is taking Adriana Melo's place. It looks great so far.
Cons:
Birds of Prey not focusing on Brightest Day? I can live with that (I guess?). After this issue, I guess it's safe to say that Brightest Day won't be playing a role in this series, especially with that certain scene in Brightest Day 14. I don't know if this would considered to be an error on DC part or Gail's part. Which brings me to another point: didn't Calculator get busted recently in Batgirl?
Overall: I seriously doubt that Babs will die in this arc, but changes might be headed for her and will possibly affect the other Birds of Prey members. Nevertheless, a solid issue to start out. I'm hoping to see some old members of BoP showing up like Misfit. You can't have too much of "Dark vengeance!!"