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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 76 |
| Subtitle |
Hero Hunters
part one: Teenage Wasteland |
| Date |
January
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Joe Prado,
Ed Benes |
| storyline |
Helena
spoke with one of her students who was going through
a tough time. Dinah followed the girl - Oracle had fingered
her as a suspect in the deaths of some local drug dealers.
The girl, calling herself Black Alice (much like Dr.
Fate), attacked some more, but Canary saved them. The
girl was able to take the magic of others and attacked
Canary as Zatanna.
Later, the girl found her boyfriend cheating and attacked
after shouting 'SHAZAM!' With the help of the girl's
friend, they stopped her and called in the real Dr.
Fate. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 77 |
| Subtitle |
Hero Hunters
part two: Harvest |
| Date |
February
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Tom Derenick,
Bob Petrecca |
| storyline |
A creature
in a cloak and hood grabbed a fisherman who'd accidentally
killed a girl years before. Barbara sent Helena, Dinah,
and Zinda into the town to check on things. The creature
had allegedly killed four others. Helena picked a fight
in a bar after asking about the "Harvest"
ghost. They split after the sherrif told them to "freeze."
Harvest found them and let them decide which of the
two she would kill.
Alone, Barbara put on a strange, electronic mask. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 78 |
| Subtitle |
Hero Hunters
part three: Moondance |
| Date |
March
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Tom Derenick,
Bob Petrecca |
| storyline |
Huntress,
Canary, and Zinda took care of Harvest, who disappeared.
Canary aged decades within the next hour before reverting
back to normal. Oracle checked her out and found nothing
amiss. Dinah explained that Harvest had stolen a move
from her - one it took her years to perfect. Now she
was unable to remember how to use it.
Zinda returned with some gossip: Harvest allegedly steals
the life force of the guilty and transfers it to sick
children. The town sheriff had a sick child.
Canary and Huntress tracked him down and found Harvest.
She told them they'd called off the deal, but the Birds
of Prey attacked her anyway. Canary unleashed a cry;
Harvest absorbed it and went down. When they checked
her out, she'd absorbed into the ground.
A week later, she turned up elsewhere. |
|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 79 |
| Subtitle |
Hero Hunters
part four: She Rides the Eye of a Hurricane |
| Date |
April
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Ed Benes |
| storyline |
Black Canary called
Batman. She asked him to lay off Huntress and apologize
to Oracle. Oracle reminded Helena she had a flight
the next day; Helena thanked her for the teaching
job she'd gotten her.
Thorn (half of the Rose & Thorn MPD), was attacked
by a man calling himself Deadlock in Metropolis. She
killed him.
Zinda went in to check on Savant, but he was not in.
Creote told her he'd not seen Savant in four days,
and would fulfill his obligation to Oracle should
he not turn up.
The Birds flew to Metropolis to investigate Thorn.
Rose woke up to the ring of the phone. A man told
her Thorn had killed a man the night before. Canary
and Huntress found her and gave chase. Canary got
with Oracle - Thorn's weapons didn't match the wounds
in the deadman from the night before. Thorn was shot
by police as the Birds chased her.
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|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 80 |
| Subtitle |
Hero Hunters
finale: The Cold Light of Day |
| Date |
May 2005
|
| Writer(s) |
Gail Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Ed Benes |
| storyline |
Rose / Thorn underwent
surgery to remove the bullet from her abdomen. Canary
asked Oracle to check out the cops on the case - she
believed most / all of them were dirty. Oracle used
the spy satellites she'd found that Luthor set up
to investigate. While Canary and Huntress spoke with
the detective, the cops snatched Thorn.
While searching, Black Canary found a bottle of bleach,
some loose hair, and a tied up nurse and cop. Thorn
got to the man who killed her parents - Quincy. He
was being arrested for hiring Deadlock.
Huntress left the team after having it out with Barbara.
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|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 81 |
| Subtitle |
Hero
Hunters finale: The Cold Light of Day |
| Date |
June
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Joe
Bennett, Jack Jadson |
| storyline |
Black
Canary and Wild Cat were sent to Singapore to investigate
a drug trafficker. Dinah called Oracle with an update
after their first meeting. Dinah was attacked by assassins
in an elevator, and Wild Cat was quick to take them
down. To prove their trustworthiness, Grant and Lance
were given a police officer to kill.
Helena, still at odds with Barbara, crashed a mob
meeting to stake her birthright.
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|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 82 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle Within: part two: The Long Count |
| Date |
July
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Joe
Bennett, Jack Jadson |
| storyline |
Dinah
upstaged their "hosts" by telling them how
ridiculous their test was. Back at their hosts' home,
Dinah challenged one to a duel. Their fight was interrupted
by Rabbit's boss, who was most displeased.
Booster Gold contacted Oracle - Blue Beetle was missing.
Helena played her cards well with the mob bosses.
In return, she got one week to show them she was worthy.
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|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 83 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle Within: part three: A Fighter by his Trade |
| Date |
August
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Joe
Bennett, Jack Jadson |
| storyline |
Huntress
set up a petty crook as an informant on the mob. She
gave him the means to enter the witness protection
program.
Rabbit was shamed by his boss, Tan. Wildcat helped
the cop escape. Tan gave the drug shipment to the
Americans.
Barbara worried that she couldn't find Blue Beetle.
Zinda called Dinah - Barbara was unconscious, but
still running her computers. Ted and Dinah headed
in to help; they were stopped by a roadblock looking
for drugs - Ted found 2 pounds of cocaine under his
seat. They made it to the plane, but Zinda was hailed
by F16s. They got away thanks to the modifications
Ted Kord had made to their plane.
Huntress went after a new mob muscle guy on a crutch
- Dick Grayson.
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|
 |
| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 84 |
| Subtitle |
Knock-out |
| Date |
September
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Joe
Bennett, Jack Jadson |
| storyline |
Huntress
and Dick came to an agreement on their separate undercover
gigs and parted ways. Helena found Barbara back at
her place. She told her all her secrets and apologized
for how she'd used her.
Dinah and Zinda took Barbara to JSA headquarters where
Dr. Mid-Nite ran some tests on her. The thing Braniac
put in her was some sort of cybernetic sentient tumor.
She took a nap; Batman came in while she slept and
kissed her on the cheek.
Huntress put the hurt on some mobsters and let Dinah
know the Tan shipment was coming into Gotham.
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|
 |
| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 85 |
| Subtitle |
A
New Morning's Resolution |
| Date |
October
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Joe
Bennett, Eddy Barrows, Jack Jadson, Robin Riggs |
| storyline |
Black
Canary welcomed her "friends" from her last
trip to the US. Flanking her were Green Arrow (Hawke),
Wild Cat, Huntress, Richard Dragon, Savant, and Creote.
All hell broke loose between the two sides. With the
good guys on the losing end, Zinda flew in and bombed
the drug shipment. The fighters agreed to call it
a draw after seeing their shipment up in smoke. Tan
heard of his failure and asked that his respirator
be removed.
Dr. Mid-Nite was suspicious of who his patient might
actually be - money didn't seem to be an issue and
nothing but star-studded visitors came to see her.
She tried to tell her dad some things, but he wouldn't
let her - he insisted she tell him after the surgery.
Dr. Mid-Nite, Superman, and Cyborg prepared for surgery.
Dinah and Helena arrived shortly after the successful
surgery was completed.
Barbara moved her toes.
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|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 86 |
| Subtitle |
A
Wakeful Time |
| Date |
November
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
as
noted |
| storyline |
Part
1 (art by Adriana Melo, Will Conrad)
Dinah and Zinda took Barbara too her new home in New
York. A surprise party was waiting for her when they
arrived. Dick and Barbara came to somewhat of an agreement,
and made plans to talk. After the guests left, Zinda
took them to the roof and showed them the new helicopter.
The Daily Planet building was visible nearby.
Part 2 (art by Bruce Timm)
With Superman out of the country working an earthquake,
Black Canary went on patrol. She found a man calling
himself Tonantzin, who was taking hostages in some
sort of Native American garb. She realized the man
was a former talk show host and appealed as a fan.
Then she took him down and rescued the hostages (all
while being filmed by the press).
Part 3 (art by David Lopez, Fernando Blanco)
Helena got some advice from Oracle on how to handle
a situation with a brother of one of her students.
The advice went well (she strong-armed a mob boss),
and she officially joined the team.
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|
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| Issue |
Birds
of Prey 87 |
| Subtitle |
Perfect
Pitch part one |
| Date |
December
2005 |
| Writer(s) |
Gail
Simone |
| Artist(s) |
Joe
Bennett, Eddy Barrows, Jack Jadson, Robin Riggs |
| storyline |
Calculator
upped his efforts to find out what the "little
green mask" represented. Senator Pullman told
two of his agents the mask belonged to a woman with
the code name Oracle.
Oracle sent Black Canary and the gang (Zinda, Huntress,
and Creote) to Istanbul. Helena met with a major mob
boss and declared war. She gave a two day ultimatum
for cutting ties with another group. Leaving, they
were fired on by four men in an armored limousine.
They were able to crash the car and send a message
to their boss.
Calculator got intel on Oracle's partners. He sent
Deathstroke and Talia to kill Black Canary, Huntress,
and Creote.
Oracle had a check-up with Dr. Mid-Night. On the flight
home, Dinah called Oliver.
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