BATGIRL #20
by Gail Simone and Daniel Sempere
I decided to give Batgirl another chance. And look where that got me.
Batgirl #20 starts with a two-page sequence that could have been chilling and creepy... But really just sucked. Sadly, it just gets worse from there. First off, Batgirl's voice doesn't even sound right, and to think months ago, Simone's biggest strength was her characterization. And then, the Ventriloquist. She had the potential to be the next creepy-ass villain to the Bat-Family, but in the end, she's just poorly written and is cannon fodder. Even worse is the random inclusion of Knightfall, another boring antagonist from a few issues back. Also, reading Suicide Squad #20 takes out a lot of the emotion that could have been taken from the ending.
Daniel Sempere's art is so boring and generic, that I was yawning my way through the book, when paired with the already suckish story. I mean, Sempere doesn't lend a single ounce of creepiness to the opening two pages, and doesn't do anything special with the fight scene. The colors do look OK, but they're nothing astonishing, and really don't help the art.
Batgirl #20 is just bad. I mean, it's not even laughably bad. If I could go back in time, and find the trees that provided the paper for this sack of crap, and would cut them down, burn them, and spread the ashes around the world. But since time travel doesn't exist (YET), I would settle for just burning every copy of this atrocity.
STORY: .5/5
+ The opening scene had potential, just like the rest of this book...
- ...but Simone wastes it all.
- Batgirl acts very uncharacteristically and stupidly.
- The Ventriloquist is another boring villain
-Why is Knightfall even envolved in this?
- The ever so awesome Suicide Squad #20 takes away any emotion from the ending
ART: 1/5
+ The colors are... Okay, I guess?
- It retains the look the series has become famous for. Not that that's a good thing...
- It's really nothing special.
VERDICT: Because I'm not a terrible person... 1/5
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