Showing posts with label lady shiva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lady shiva. Show all posts

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Black Canary: Best of the Best #4-6

Happy Mother's Day and we continue with a look at the Black Canary: Best of the Best mini-series from DC Comics. Issue four has a great cover featuring Dinah Lance aka Black Canary kissing Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow. The issue starts with Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern talking and having a beer with Oliver. The fight between Lady Shiva and Black Canary continues with round four. Ted Grant aka Wildcat is taken away in an ambulance after being beaten by Lady Shiva. There is a flashback with him introducing a young Dinah to Oliver in his gym and it did not go smoothly. In another flashback, Dinah is having shots with her mom as they talk about Ollie.

Both Black Canaries are in their costumes on the cover of issue five. This issue starts off with a flashback of the mother in a hospital bed with her daughter sitting nearby in a chair. In the present, found five of the battle between Lady Shiva and Black Canary starts. Flashback to both Black Canaries in costumes talking after taking down a purse snatcher. There are some great flashback scenes at the hospital. The first being Dinah and Ollie hugging in the waiting room. The second shows her hugging her mom in the hospital room.

The sixth and final issue of Black Canary: Best of the Best mini-series starts with Vandal Savage visiting the young Dinah in the hospital. She tells him that her mother is dying. They talk about his cure for her and how she has to take a dive in the sixth round. The fight between Lady Shiva and Black Canary continue with the former pulling the blonde wig off the latter. There is a flashback of young Dinah talking to herself and losing it. The end of the fight is epic but so is the aftermath.


Saturday, May 10, 2025

Black Canary: Best of the Best #1-3

DC Comics released Black Canary: Best of the Best in November 2024. The following ad was in that issue and promised Lady Shiva vs. Black Canary.

Lady Shiva does start fighting Black Canary in the first issue. What surprised me the most was that the original Black Canary also appears.

Issue two continues the fight between Lady Shiva and Black Canary with flashbacks of the latter being trained by her mother. There are also flashbacks of a young Dinah when her mother was active as Black Canary. We also get to see her dad, Larry Lance, who is a cop.

Issue three opens with Ted Grant aka Wildcat being interviewed ringside. He has also been in Black Canary's fight with Lady Shiva. Batman pops up in a flashback and becomes Dinah's sparring partner. Green Arrow and Vandal Savage appears in another flashback. In the present day, Ted Grant attacks Lady Shiva in the ring when Black Canary goes down.


Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Women Wednesday: Batgirl #1 (January 2025)

Batgirl #1 (January 2025) was released today and features Cassandra Cain in her first solo series in nearly twenty years. The issue starts with Cassandra Cain aka Batgirl talking to her mother, Lady Shiva. They are attacked by ninjas in bright blue outfits that call themselves the Unburied. The mother and daughter fight each other and the ninjas before making their escape. There is an explosion at Lady Shiva's temple and they go there to find the high priest barely alive. He tries to warn her before being killed by the Unburied. Lady Shiva takes a stand against them and Batgirl joins her. Batgirl #1 (January 2025) also features "AEW Presents Darby Allin" bonus story with a special appearance by Sting. Overall, not a bad first issue if you are a Cassandra Cain and Lady Shiva fan but I find the Darby Allin story more interesting.