To me, the worst of the book was the reintroduction of Grayson (at this point an agent of Spyral) sending Batgirl on a merry go round chase alongside Helena Bertinelli (Huntress) it was a pointless mission with an empty thread of a story with no real purpose other than to maybe get some interest for the Grayson series. However, it was simply too short and Stewart did not give enough time to get to know the pair working together, and again the villain was taken out far too easily. The best storyline in Family Business was her time working with Batwoman tracking down Gladius. I am not sure what Stewart was trying to do with her to be honest? It almost feels insulting to have to dumb down such an iconic character just to go after a new demographic of comic book readers. Many of her adversaries have been largely harmless or Internet based gimmicks and it’s so much worse in Family Business as it was in Batgirl of Burnside. Another was Livewire who felt forced into the book and as soon as she got going she was put away with another plot device.Īt almost no point during Vol 2 Family Business is Batgirl faced with any real threat or does something truly heroic. Forgettable villains, one was a cheetah rip off called Velvet Tiger who was a complete shell of a character with no history or real motives as well as a farcical master plan. Other than having a good time, I am not interested in any of those things and feel like Stewart has really not handled Batgirl well.įirstly, a book should have a strong and consistent storyline which Family Business didn’t. Stewart’s Batgirl has been designed for teenage girls (which is an understandable demographic to go for) who love pop culture references and having a good time. Barbara as Oracle or even Barbara as Simone Batgirl is the Barbara I know and love as a kick ass and serious crime fighter and genuinely good human being. It started off OK and then just got worse and worse. I might as well come out with the fact that I really didn’t enjoy Family Business.
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