{"id":1192,"date":"2015-06-29T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2015-06-29T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T18:50:09","slug":"black-canary-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2015\/06\/29\/black-canary-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Canary #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did something for the first time this week, I went to the local comic book shop (convieniently called The Comic Shoppe) and picked up a comic to which\u00a0I have subscribed.<\/p>\n

I felt like a member of the other half.<\/p>\n

And what was that comic that made me plunk down a deposit, you ask?<\/p>\n

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Yup, the first issue of the new Black Canary series. This series sees Canary as the lead singer of a rock band. \u00a0The famous fishnets? \u00a0Are part of her onstage outfit, as are the kit boots. \u00a0There is even a scene where she switches from her daily combat boots to the black heels.<\/p>\n

I am going to stop here and say SPOILERS. \u00a0Because I will be discussing the issue. \u00a0So stop now if you want to read the issue before you read my thoughts about it.<\/p>\n

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Black Canary is the name of the band. \u00a0Our heroine is known as “DD”, so it appears that writer Benden Fletcher is calling back to the Dinah Drake name of Black Canary I. \u00a0The discription on the DC website calls DD, Dinah Lance and there appears to be a link for the Dinah of the new 52, the spy and vigilante. So maybe DD has taken on the Drake name to hide. \u00a0Within the comic, there are references a marriage and the Justice League, but the real tip off to DD’s back story are the repeated attack by badguys, from gun-totting musicians to ninjas. \u00a0The band is having trouble getting paid given that their venues keep getting trashed.<\/p>\n

It all comes to a head one night when DD spotes some strange things in the audience, which turn out to be aliences. \u00a0Using her mike as a weapon, she takes them out. As the leader of the alliens fades away, it indicates that they were not here for DD, but for the band’s teenage guitarist, Ditto. \u00a0Who doesn’t speak, but appears to be able to manipulate sound. There is a heated discussion about keeping the band together, and when her bandmates refuse to abandon Ditto and DD to fate, DD announces that hand to hand\u00a0training will commence in the morning.<\/p>\n

And that ends the first issue. Some interesting set-up. \u00a0DC has rated this title as\u00a0teen, seemingly going after the same market as Miss Marvel. \u00a0Which is wierd, because by seemingly linking DD to the New 52 history, she is not a teen. \u00a0We’ll see if that holds. \u00a0Maybe the focus will become Ditto. \u00a0Art by Anni Wu is what I call messy modern, which fits the story\/setting of this comic. \u00a0I will definately be picking up the next issue. \u00a0Heck, it’s Canary, I will be in for the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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