{"id":1147,"date":"2016-05-17T12:16:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T16:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2016-05-03T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T23:22:00","slug":"review-birds-of-prey-volume-2-by-chuck-dixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Review: Birds of Prey volume 2 by Chuck Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1148 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds2-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"birds2\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birds2.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a> ISBN: 9781401260958<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Still hunting down the sleaze of the world Black Canary (with Oracle at the assist) stumbles into a slave ring with a twist. These slaves are also kidnapped heiresses, business moguls and other member of the One Percent. The scheme is a good one (forced labor and ransom? Score!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Also included in this volume is a semi-romantic interlude with Nightwing, and the adventures of the female mercenary group, The Ravens, who cross paths with the Birds off and on. And sea monsters, for good measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dixon expands all of our troubled favorite ladies and challenges them in less than physical ways. Oracle dodges the military and Batman&#8217;s babying. Black Canary tries to help people who really need it, sometimes even if they don&#8217;t deserve it. It&#8217;s nice to see them come together to a place where they&#8217;re standing up for people because it&#8217;s what&#8217;s right, not because they&#8217;re invincible or martial arts masters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1149\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop2-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"bop2\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop2-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop2-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop2-1024x950.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bop2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dixon also touches on the issues that super powered people would bring, like people suddenly becoming weapons in the nuclear arms race. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This volume has its fun moments, but also has a more sober tone that the first book. Still, it&#8217;s a fantastic read, very recommended for comic fans, and public libraries wanting to build a collection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISBN: 9781401260958 Still hunting down the sleaze of the world Black Canary (with Oracle at the assist) stumbles into a slave ring with a twist. These slaves are also kidnapped heiresses, business moguls and other member of the One Percent. The scheme is a good one (forced labor and ransom? Score!) 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