Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell, by Paul Dini, ill. by Joe Quinones, 144 pages
The story is thus: Black Canary went undercover to break up a heist, but
things are getting scary now that everyone else involved is
mysteriously dying. She calls on the only person she can trust- her
good friend Zatanna, who tries to use her powers of magic to figure out
what dark powers are working and how to save her friend. I'm not very well-versed in my caped superhero stories, but I'm always happy to see strong, female superheroes not depicted as sexual objects. As usual, there is a fair amount of objectification, regardless, but at least these are two strong female characters who save each other instead of calling in the Avengers all of the time.
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Thursday, September 18, 2014
Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell
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