Birds of Prey #2 - Old Friends, New Enemies

([March] 2003)

Wolves (Table of Contents: 1)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Dick Giordano

Inks

Wayne Faucher

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Jamison Services (Separator)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary; Oracle; Hodo (villain); Ukrainian Mob (villains); Craig Windrow (villain); Drew Fahrnum (villain)

Synopsis

Babs and Dinah take some time off from each other and still get into trouble. Canary is visited by an ex-boyfriend who is being chased by the mob. Oracle is wined and dined by a gang leader who decides to get violent.

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey: Wolves (DC, 1997 series) #1 (October 1997)

Indexer Notes

Credits note special thanks to Al Davison.

Birds of Prey (Table of Contents: 2)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Greg Land

Inks

Drew Geraci

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Android Images (Separator)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (a Spellbinder illusion); Mad Hatter; Joker; Spellbinder [Fay Moffit]; Blockbuster; Shotgun Smith; Oracle

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey: Batgirl (DC, 1998 series) #1 (February 1998)

Indexer Notes

Spellbinder makes Oracle hallucinate a Black Canary and Batgirl team. Mad Hatter, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Croc, Scarface, Ventriloquist, Two-Face, Bane, Kobra appear in hallucination.

Long Time Gone (Table of Contents: 3)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Greg Land

Inks

Drew Geraci

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Android Images (separations)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Hellhound [Kai]; Jason Bard (as "Reed Montel"); Jackie Pajamas; Blue Beetle [Theodore Kord] (as "Beeb", on computer); Chuck Dixon (mentioned); Brendan Fisk; Daria Fisk; Generalissimo Singh Manh Lee (dead, mentioned); Jackie Pajamas [Jackie Pamerjanian]; Lt. Providence; Major Van Lewton

Synopsis

Black Canary and Oracle investigate Asian mobster Jackie Pajamas, and find a collection of small valuable objects and body parts.

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey (DC, 1999 series) #1 (January 1999)

Keywords

Beeb.com; Diet Zesti (soda); Hellhound's dogs; Pentagon; Princess Patricia (boat); Rheelasia; Rollingthunder.com; Wings Over Gotham (book by Chuck Dixon)

One of Those Days (Table of Contents: 4)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Greg Land

Inks

Drew Geraci

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Hellhound [Kai]; Jason Bard (as "Reed Montel"); Reed Montel (mentioned); Jackie Pajamas [Jackie Pamerjanian]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord] (as "Beeb", on computer); Carlita Blanchard

Synopsis

Canary is captured and Jason Bard is blinded trying to help her. The place turns out to be a slave labor camp for rich kidnapped young people.

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey (DC, 1999 series) #2 (February 1999)

Keywords

Blanchard Fragrances; Rheelasia; Transglobal Insurance (fake company)

Hounded (Table of Contents: 5)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Greg Land

Inks

Drew Geraci; Ray Snyder (assist); Jim Royal (assist)

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary; Oracle; Robin [Tim Drake]; Hellhound; Jason Bard; Jackie Pajamas; Blockbuster

Synopsis

Oracle pays the Canary's ransom with Blockbuster's money, and finds her place of imprisonment with the help of Robin and satellite photographs. Canary escapes with Bard and defeats Hellhound.

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey (DC, 1999 series) #3 (March 1999)

Indexer Notes

Snyder and Royal credited in letters page of number 4.

The Ravens Strike (Table of Contents: 6)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Greg Land

Inks

Drew Geraci

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary; Oracle; The Ravens [Cheshire; Pistolera; Vicious]; Kobra

Synopsis

While on vacation, Dinah finds a dinosaur on the same Minnesota lake the Ravens have found a USSR satellite for Kobra. Besides, someone is watching Oracle, and Pentagon officers are trying to locate her.

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey (DC, 1999 series) #4 (April 1999)

Monster (Table of Contents: 7)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Greg Land

Inks

Drew Geraci

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary; Oracle; The Ravens [Cheshire, Pistolera, Vicious]; Kobra

Synopsis

The Ravens are trapped in the past, the Canary is in the lake and the military are coming.

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey (DC, 1999 series) #5 (May 1999)

Time's Rainbow (Table of Contents: 8)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Dixon

Pencils

Greg Land

Inks

Drew Geraci

Colors

Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary; Oracle; Ravens [Cheshire; Pistolera; Vicious]; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Blockbuster; Kobra

Synopsis

Oracle puts Batman in his place. Canary vs. Kobra vs. the Ravens. The military track Oracle to Blockbuster's quarters.

Reprints

• from Birds of Prey (DC, 1999 series) #6 (June 1999)