Batgirl (2000-2006) #48

Batgirl (2000) (Single issues)

by Dylan Horrocks, James Jean (Cover Art), Jason Wright (Colorist)

Batgirl's relationship with Batman continues to fray as she proceeds against orders in an investigation to find a missing girl. But when she traces the kidnapping to a worldwide white-slavery operation, will she be in over her head?

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics

24 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 29, 2003

About the author

Horrocks has been involved in the New Zealand comic scene since the mid 1980s, when he co-founded Razor with Cornelius Stone and had his work published in the University of Auckland student magazine Craccum. Later in the decade he began to get international recognition, having work published by Australia's Fox Comics and the American Fantagraphics Books. He then moved to the United Kingdom where he self-published several mini-comics and co-founded Le Roquet, a comics annual. Upon returning to New Zealand in the mid 1990s, Horrocks had a half-page strip called 'Milo's Week' in the current affairs magazine New Zealand Listener from 1995 to 1997. He also produced Pickle, published by Black Eye Comics, in which the 'Hicksville' story originally appeared. Hicksville was published in book form in 1998, achieving considerable critical success. French, Spanish and Italian editions have since been published. In the last decade Horrocks has written and drawn a wide range of projects including scripts for Vertigo's Hunter: The Age of Magic and the Batgirl series, and Atlas, published by Drawn and Quarterly.
Horrocks' work has been displayed at the Auckland Art Gallery and Wellington's City Gallery. In 2002 Hicksville won an Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition, and the same year Atlas was nominated for the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story in 2002. In 2006 he was appointed University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow.[1]
In an interview with Comics Bulletin, Horrocks claimed that his first words were 'Donald Duck'.

Reviews

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This rebellious youth Cass is having trouble taking orders from anyone, especially Bruce. Starting to feel "used" by everyone. This also dawns on Bruce after Barbara said the same thing a few weeks back. So this leads to alot of internal conflict, a screw up, and people almost dying.

[Freya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bruce talk to your kids challenge - failed. I love Bruce but I genuinely think it would kill him to have a normal conversation about his fears with anyone, and poor Cass doesn't deserve that. It feels like these past few issues have been showing her what she has to lose and I can't wait to see her hopefully discover who she is in the wake of it, as both Batgirl and Cassandra

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series of events was due. I'm not happy about it, but I know it's necessary.

Also, I'm pretty sure this story was advertised as #47, so I feel like they put a filler in on that last one. I wonder what held this one up?

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Horrocks's best issue thus far.
A new artist for a more serious tone. I like them.
Human trafficking a story. Good chase scene.