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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 96 |
| Subtitle |
Headhunt
part one: Through the Shards of a Looking Glass |
| Date |
September
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Paulo
Sequeira, Robin Riggs |
| storyline |
Barbara
and the gang welcomed Dinah back after a year away. She
introduced them to her new "sister," Sin. After breakfast,
they went to take a look at the new Ted Kord memorial
statue.
In disguise, Felix Faust, Cheetah, and Talia watched Black
Alice and discussed her powers. Oracle got wind of the
Society visiting Dayton, Ohio - Black Alice's home. Talia
bought her father's company and had a talk with him. That
evening, the three Society members came to the Zechlin
home to offer her a scholarship. She could see through
their disguises. They warned her that the "good guys"
were coming to lock her up. Later, the Birds of Prey showed
up, and Black Alice attacked them.
In Gotham City, Batgirl stopped a street gang from mugging
a couple. |
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 97 |
| Subtitle |
Headhunt
part two: The Piper Must be Paid |
| Date |
October
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Paulo
Sequeira, Robin Riggs |
| storyline |
Though
she could have easily taken down the Birds and the Society
members, Lori's father convinced her to flee. She flew
off with the Society following her. The three factions
met at an air force base. Talia called in reinforcements
to take on the Birds while she tried to woo Black Alice.
Neron brought her mother back from the dead as a tease.
She used Faust's magic to teleport them all out of town.
She, her father, and her mother headed home. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 98 |
| Subtitle |
Headhunt
part three: False Idol |
| Date |
November
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
James
Raiz, Robin Riggs |
| storyline |
Mobsters
picked up a woman who was being released from prison.
On the drive home, they warned her to stay away from
Helena Bertinelli. The woman took their guns and killed
them. She didn't want to associate with cowards.
Dinah told Helena and Barbara that she wanted to keep
Sin. Helena said she could tutor the girl. That night,
Barbara sent them out after the impostor Batgirl.
They found her - just a kid in a makeshift costume.
Odd thing was, she called them both by their real
names. She also appeared to have some meta powers.
The mob queen took a shot at Huntress; Batgirl jumped
in front of her and took the bullet. She then disappeared.
She reappeared in their headquarters and hugged Barbara.
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|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 99 |
| Subtitle |
Headhunt
part four: Class Dismissed |
| Date |
December
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
James
Raiz, Robin Riggs |
| storyline |
Huntress
and Black Canary chased the shooter and called for
Oracle - she didn't answer. Barbara attacked "Batgirl."
The two fought it out. While Barbara was pulling
herself back into her chair, the impostor created
a file for herself in her computer. Barbara convinced
her not to be Batgirl by giving her the bullet that
was taken from her spine and showing her what happened
to Stephanie Brown.
Huntress caught Yasmin (the shooter) and gave her
a good kicking for threatening her students. The
woman gave her word not to harm them as Huntress
held her off a rooftop.
Dinah announced she was leaving the team. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 100 |
| Subtitle |
Blood
& Circuits part one: A Chance to do Good
Keepsakes |
| Date |
January
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone
Tony Bedard, Gail Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Nicola
Scott, Doug Hazlewood
Paulo Sequiera, Robin Riggs |
| storyline |
Oracle
began a recruitment drive: Dr. Light, Grace, Hawkgirl,
Bumblebee, Wonder Woman, Rose / Thorn, Phantom
Lady, Power Girl, and virtually every other female
in the business were invited.
Attorney Kate Spencer visited a Mexican prison
to help an inmate named Tabby Brennan. Barda emerged
as a distraction; Judomaster, and Huntress
went in for the rescue. Kate had the girl make
a break for it. Cars began exploding in the parking
lot. Zinda picked them all up and Tabby was reunited
with her father. He'd turned state's evidence
in order to get her cleared of the fake drug charge.
Spysmasher, from the Pentagon, ordered their helicopter
to be shot down.
Dinah
and Sin packed things for moving; Dinah told Sin
about her mother and Ollie. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 101 |
| Subtitle |
Blood
& Circuits part two: Broken Wing |
| Date |
February
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Nicola
Scott, Doug Hazlewood |
| storyline |
Barda
jumped from the helicopter and latched herself
onto one of the pursuing jets. She broke through
the cockpit and forced the pilot to eject. The
other jets fired on the helicopter and blew
it out of the sky. Barda boom-tubed them out
of it in time. They arrived at a fully stocked
limo just as planned.
Kate got into her Manhunter costume and headed
back to the prison. She attacked a prisoner
transport van.
Oracle spoke with Spy Smasher - she promised
to shut down Barbara's organization within 48
hours. Lois Lane arrived at the BoP headquarters
as an unexpected guest.
When the Birds handed their mob boss off to
the authorities, they were placed under arrest.
"Misfit," the girl who'd been masquerading as
Batgirl was in the control room again. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 102 |
| Subtitle |
Blood
& Circuits part three: Freedom of Motion |
| Date |
March
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Nicola
Scott, Doug Hazlewood |
| storyline |
Barbara
and Lois had lunch. Lois seemed to have the
goods on her, and Barbara got a sinking feeling.
Misfit teleported herself to the Birds of
Prey as a distraction. It did the track, but
the girl they'd broken free of the Mexican
prison was captured.
Manhunter was captured and taken in for questions
(and beatings). Gypsy became visible after
taking down some of her captors.
After her meal with Lane, Barbara got a call
from Spy Smasher and realized Manhunter had
gone rogue. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 103 |
| Subtitle |
Blood
& Circuits part four: Truth or Dare |
| Date |
April
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Nicola
Scott, Doug Hazlewood |
| storyline |
After
a nice chat with Spy Smasher, Oracle got
back online and in touch with Manhunter.
She was secretly working with the DEO and
patched Oracle in with Mr. Bones. They were
shutting down the human (or rather, metahuman)
trafficking going through that prison. When
she got in touch with Huntress, she learned
that their target had been captured, and
her father had been shot three times in
the chest. Huntress tracked her down - she
was holding a smoking gun and standing over
the bodies of two agents. Huntress realized
the girl had shot her father, too.
Spy Smasher finally got Barbara to give
up by using her father as a pawn. |
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| Notes,
references to time, and chronology: |
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Oracle's
records show Black Alice (Lori Zechlin) as being 16 years old. |
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Per
Dinah, Sin is 9 years old. |
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The
impostor Batgirl listed herself as "a very mature 16" when she
created her profile in Barbara's computer system. |
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Spy
Smasher = Katrina Armstrong, a college friend of Barbara's.
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