Reading Trouble In Mind is a lot like watching an action-packed blockbuster movie...there's not a whole lot of depth or character development, but that doesn't make it any less fun!A faceless monster is haunting Gotham City, turning unsuspecting people into living weapons. Even more frightening is that this may just be the first step towards a much larger terror plot. Now, a team of women on the run from the law try to save a city that wants them brought down. Sometimes the best person for a di

Meh

Well this wasn't as good as I hoped. I usually dig a lot of what Duane writes but this new team of birds of Prey just didn't gel with me. Right off the bat we have Black Canary kind of building her team from the scratch up. Gone are Huntress and Batgirl (mostly) and instead we have a new team with the likes of Katana and Poison Ivy on it. However, the big nasty here as planted a bomb inside of people so that they can use regular humans as weapons. This of course leads to one of our teammates get...

Black Canary, EV Starling, Katana, Poison Ivy, and Batgirl join forces to defeat a villain, Choke, who controls people through nursery rhymes implanted in their heads. But it seems almost anyone can fall under the power of Choke’s words… even the Birds of Prey. “Trouble in Mind” has a lot of cool action, the characters have some nice dialogue, and the mystery of Choke was interesting, as were his murky goals. That “Birds of Prey” has killers on the squad adds a nice edge to the stories as more t...

I love reading about tough, independent ladies. Positives of this reboot are that teamwork is strong, and Black Canary's narration drives the story. Also, Batgirl does not smile even once. I love her when she has gravitas, and here she has it. Some downsides, though. Poison Ivy's powers and personality confused me; she seemed both misplaced and overpowered. And though the premise was fascinating, it failed to make me suspend disbelief. One hard thing about superhero comics is that they have to b...

(B) 75% | More than SatisfactoryNotes: Distinctly ordinary, it pays no mind to raison d'être; while both characters and art lack depth, detail and roundedness.

Probably more like a 3.5 stars.Birds of Prey sees four female superheroes - Black Canary (Dinah), Starling (Evelyn), Katana (Tatsu), and Poison Ivy (Pam) - team up to solve a crime. It seems that someone named Choke is able to control a person's mind, turn them into anything from a silent radio to a human bomb. Occasionally Batgirl joins them to help them out.I liked the actual characters for the most part (even if I felt that Batgirl's appearances were just to show off Batgirl, not because Batg...

Birds of Prey1Ugh Duane, and you were doing pretty well otherwise - interesting dropped-in-the-middle mystery, getting a team together, and even generally intelligent and no-more-than-needed dialogue. Characters even behaving unusually to keep me interested. But good lord of the hunt, there's got to be a better way to drop in info on our characters than their own inner monologue. "Most people don't expect the skilled martial artist to also have sonic super powers." Take a few lessons from noveli...

I'm honestly shocked that I enjoyed this as much as I did. On the surface, it's a pretty straightforward superhero mystery tale. A shady organization and/or person is turning regular civilians into walking bombs unbeknownst to them, and the Birds of Prey are out to figure out who's behind this scheme and why. It could've been very been-there-done-that.But Swierczynski manages to elevate this premise to something much more fun and action-oriented. His dialogue is quick, playful and smart, only oc...

Birds of Prey is a on-going series published by DC Comics and is the New 52 reboot of the team of women that fights crime in Gotham City. Birds of Prey: Trouble in Mind collects the first seven issues of the 2011 on-going series that covers seven interconnected one-issue stories.The first three interconnecting one-issue tells the team creation: "Let Us Prey", "Trouble In Mind", and "You Might Think" (Birds of Prey #1–3) has Dinah Drake as Black Canary join up with Evelyn Crawford as Starling, Ta...

I enjoyed this book! I'm fairly new to DC, I've been slowing inching in for the last 2 years and all I hear is "Be wary of the N52. There's bad characterization and unnecessary changes to backstories." I get where that comes from, Marvel retcons a lot but usually keeps that to different universes. Anyway, luckily, I started with pre 52 Birds of Prey books so I have some reference for how this series was different.I am a huge fan on pre 52 Birds of Prey. Even with an ever changing lineup of chara...

Bear in mind that I'm new to Birds of Prey, so I have no idea how Trouble in Mind compares with older titles.Once again, this doesn't seem like much of a reboot due to the feeling that this is an ongoing continuation of older stories. Maybe it's not, but certainly didn't have an origin story feel to it.For a newbie like me, I would've liked to have known a little more about each of the Birds, and why they decided to start the team to begin with. However, I still thought the story was very entert...

I loved Starling. This was my first time seeing the character and I want to know so much more about her. I liked the story and can't wait to read the next volume.

Mixed feelings here. On one hand, Birds of Prey is a fun action comic. On the other, it's ultimately a little shallow. There are questions that are left unanswered here, but it's done in such a way that leads me to believe that the writer didn't know the answers at the time. The characters have interesting enough personalities (Starling is likely to be the breakout star of the book) but act in sometimes inconsistent ways. For example, Dinah seems to be just fine with killing... except for when s...

This was not as good as I was expecting it to be, but it was still enjoyable. I liked seeing how the conflicting personalities of Black Canary, Starling, Katana, Poison Ivy, and Batgirl interacted. With saying that, the characterization was pretty good. The dialogue was alright, nothing to complain about from me. The artwork was also pretty good, too. The plot wasn't amazing, but it served its purpose and was sturdy. I'm really glad it didn't fall into the trope of a new plot every issue. Also,

Women and comics, women in comics, is such a point of contention that it's hard to broach the subject in a manner befitting the gravitas of the situation, as well as without ruffling feathers. I'm a huge fan of women creators, and great female lead characters in books. I'm a minority in that, though, it seems. Especially when it comes to the current heads of DC. It's a big good-ol'-boys-club there and shows no sign of opening their doors any wider to let in the plethora of female talent begging

Once there was this costumed crime fighter known as Black Canary, whose trademark was fishnet stockings, martial arts, and a blonde wig to disguise her short, dark hair. Then, somehow, she was a "meta-human" with an odd, unexplained vocal/sonic power, and she dated Oliver Queen. Now, another somehow (called Flashpoint), she's always blonde and I'm not sure who she is anymore.Except the fishnets.So now, she lives somewhere in some city, on the run from the law for murdering someone and hangs with...

The book starts off decently enough, but since the footing wasn't great to start off with, the "Night of Owls" completely derailed the book.

This needed more substance but it was till fun

Is it okay that I have a huge crush on illustrated comic book babes? When I was a kid I was in love with Rainbow Brite, so I guess I've just graduated to the big leagues. I've always thought Black Canary was just awesome; so calm under pressure, and just real. Her and Green Arrow were always a good team. Love Katana, and her conversations with her sword. Starling is just the coolest, most reckless, and gorgeous super heroine in Gotham. And, I can't forget, Poison Ivy and eventually Batgirl round...