Birds of Prey: Progeny

Birds of Prey (1999) (New Editions)

by Gail Simone, Paolo Siquiera (Illustrator), Nicola Scott (Illustrator)

The latest collection of writer Gail Simone's classic Birds of Prey stories unleashes a shocking new lineup with a bold new mission!

It’s been one year since we’ve last seen the Birds of Prey, and the team returns with a new lineup—headlined by Black Canary, Huntress, and Oracle with new member Lady Shiva! When the Birds of Prey are targeted by villainous super-group the Society, it leads to battle with one of the most dangerous people in the DC Prometheus! 

DC’s collected editions of writer Gail Simone’s classic Birds of Prey tales continues! This volume follows Birds of Fighters by Trade. Collects Birds of Prey #92-103.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Dc Comics

304 pages, Paperback

Published March 26, 2024

About the author

Gail Simone is a comic book writer well-known for her work on Birds of Prey (DC), Wonder Woman (DC), and Deadpool (Marvel), among others, and has also written humorous and critical commentary on comics and the comics industry such as the original "Women in Refrigerators" website and a regular column called "You'll All Be Sorry".

Reviews

[Viola · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love them your honor <3

[Joel Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume shakes up the status quo when Black Canary decides to leave in order to be a mother to an adopted little girl who was formerly being trained as an assassin. Big Barda joins the team and some other characters who I don't know much about and some of whom I couldn't identify--nor did I learn much about them in this volume, except maybe for Manhunter. The story is quite entertaining despite Simone's penchant for sprinkling in innuendo.

The art has moments where it shines, but it is certainly not as consistent as the Ed Benes era.

[Tim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Look, Gail Simone writing comics is better than 90% of people writing comics. Gail Simone writing Birds of Prey is stronger than most comics. This wasn't bad, it was just utterly forgettable. It features Babs refreshing the Birds of Prey team. There's one or two pieces of interesting character development, but otherwise is a fairly forgettable, and skippable volume with some fairly standard plots. I didn't hate it, but I would never revisit it, and I don't think that one needs to go out of their way to read it, regardless of reading Simone, Birds, or the bat Family.

[Marie Ducote · Rating 4 out of 5]

I support women’s rights and wrongs.
-but anyway here is my tiny review: it took me a while to get into the story. I found the beginning a bit slow, but I was determined to finish this part of the series and overall the pace picks up as you get more into the story. Lot’s of twists and turns!

[Beth Kakuma-Depew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a DC fan but something about this girl group is fun .

[Jota Houses · Rating 2 out of 5]

Entretenida visita a la última (1999) encarnación de las Aves de Presa, dirigidas por Bárbara Gordon. Lo peor el Cliffhanger.

[Highland G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started out better than it ended. I think I prefer the core Birds, the more members added, the less I care about them.

[Larakaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who only reads these DC superhero stories selectively/occasionally it was a bit hard to get into the story but it worked.