Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
{{Short description|American comic book series}}
{{Infobox comic book title
| image = Batgirl and the Birds of Prey 22 Textless.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Textless artwork for issue #22, art by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson.
| schedule = Monthly
| ongoing = y
| Superhero = y
| publisher = DC Comics
| date =
| startmo = September
| startyr = 2016
| endmo = July
| endyr = 2018
| issues = 22 + Rebirth one-shot
| main_char_team = Batgirl
Black Canary
Huntress
| issn =
| writers = Julie Benson
Shawna Benson
| artists =
| pencillers = {{List collapsed|Rebirth #1; #1–3, 7
Claire Roe
#4–6, 8–13, 15, 19–22
Roge Antonio
#14, 16–18
Marcio Takara}}
| inkers = {{List collapsed|Rebirth #1; #1–3, 7
Claire Roe
#4–6, 8–13, 15, 19–22
Roge Antonio
#14, 16–18
Marcio Takara}}
| letterers = {{List collapsed|Rebirth #1; #1–2
Steve Wands
#3–8, 10, 16
Deron Bennett
#9, 11–15
Josh Reed
#17–18
Dezi Sienty
#19–22
Saida Temofonte}}
| colorists = {{List collapsed|Rebirth #1; #1–13
Allen Passalaqua
#14, 18
Jordan Boyd
#15–17, 19–22
Marcelo Maiolo}}
| editors = {{List collapsed|Rebirth #1; #1–13
Chris Conroy
#14–17
Mike Cotton
#18–22
Katie Kubert}}
| creative_team_month =
| creative_team_year =
| creators =
| TPB = Who is Oracle?
| TPB1 = Source Code
| TPB2 = Full Circle
| ISBN = 978-1401268671
| ISBN1 = 978-1401273804
| ISBN2 = 978-1401277819
| subcat = DC Comics
| altcat =
| sort = Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
| nonUS =
}}
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey is an ongoing American comic book series published by DC Comics and written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson, starring the eponymous team. A one-shot was initially released in July 2016 as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch, before beginning publication as a monthly series in August. The series ran for 22 issues until May 2018.
Publication history
Announced as part of DC Rebirth, the title debuted in July 2016 with the one-shot Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth #1, before being released monthly. The first story arc follows Batgirl, Black Canary and the Huntress as they battle the Snake Men and Oracle, a villain using Batgirl's former codename.{{Cite news|last=Rogers|first=Vaneta|date=March 26, 2016|title=DC REBIRTH - BATMAN Family Creative Teams|work=Newsarama|url=http://www.newsarama.com/28572-dc-rebirth-batman-family-creative-teams.html|url-status=dead|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329040015/http://www.newsarama.com/28572-dc-rebirth-batman-family-creative-teams.html|archive-date=March 29, 2016}}
The series is written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson. Claire Roe illustrated the Rebirth one-shot and the first three issues of the monthly series. Roge Antonio took over illustration duties beginning with issue #4, finishing the art for the remaining of the first story arc. Issue #22 was listed for release in May 2018 as the final issue, in which the team finally confronts Calculator.{{Cite news|last=Johnston|first=Rich|author-link=Rich Johnston|date=February 20, 2018|title=The Full DC Comics Catalogue for May 2018|work=Bleeding Cool|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/full-dc-comics-catalogue-may-2018/|access-date=December 4, 2020}}
Collected editions
Critical reception
The initial one-shot received an average score of 6.9/10 based on 32 critic reviews according to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup,{{Cite web|title=BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY: REBIRTH #1|url=https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/dc-comics/batgirl-and-the-birds-of-prey-rebirth/1|url-status=live|access-date=September 22, 2016|website=Comic Book Roundup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721195305/http://comicbookroundup.com:80/comic-books/reviews/dc-comics/batgirl-and-the-birds-of-prey-rebirth/1 |archive-date=2016-07-21}} while the overall series had a score of 6.9/10 based on the average of the 22 issues.{{Cite web|title=BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY|url=https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/dc-comics/batgirl-and-the-birds-of-prey|url-status=live|access-date=February 14, 2021|website=Comic Book Roundup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823165952/http://comicbookroundup.com:80/comic-books/reviews/dc-comics/batgirl-and-the-birds-of-prey |archive-date=2016-08-23}}
References
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{{Batman publications}}
{{Batgirl}}
{{Birds of Prey}}
{{DC Rebirth}}
{{Black Canary}}
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