Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies [Paperback]

Chuck Dixon (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563899396
• ISBN-13: 978-1563899393
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,018,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

CHUCK DIXON
Born in Philadelphia, Pa.

Chuck Dixon has more than twenty-five years of experience in the graphic novel field as an editor, writer and publisher. He has contributed well over a thousand scripts to publishers like DC Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse, Hyperion and others featuring a range of characters from Batman to the Simpsons. His comic book adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit continues to be an international bestseller. Considered to be one of the most prolific writers in his field, this award-winning storyteller currently writes G.I. Joe and A-team for IDW, The Good the Bad and the Ugly for Dynamite, The Simpsons for Bongo Comics along with many creator-owned projects for various publishers. He is also the co-publisher of an ambitious line of graphic novels based on the American Civil War.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful beginning for the Birds of Prey, April 7, 2006

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bOoKwOrM (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies (Paperback)

Collects the first six issues of the Birds of Prey comic book, when only Oracle and Black Canary formed the team. If you're a fan of the Black Canary or Barbara Gordon, then this is the book to check out. See how the Birds of Prey comic book(as of 2006, it's still going strong) began!
These early BOP adventures were written by Chuck Dixon.

NOTE:
Also contains two Birds of Prey one-shots(stand alone comic books), called Birds of Prey: Wolves & Birds of Prey: Batgirl.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read by Dixon, June 4, 2009

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Kauffinbauchser (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies (Paperback)

This book opens with two one shot stories. "Wolves" and "Batgirl" then collects the start of the monthly with Birds of Prey 1-6.

That's a lot of pages beautifully drawn by Greg Land and inked by Dick Giordano, and of course written by Chuck Dixon. Although the first two stories are one shots the whole volume flows together and adventures start and end with overlying plot elements. A lot of cool imaginative stuff here.

In particular I like the strong leading women who don't need men while in the field but have no problem talking boy trouble over a dish of ice cream. Cool hero stuff but no lectures to be endured or bones to be picked.

Great superhero story telling.

4.0 out of 5 stars Oracle, November 7, 2011

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gothicserpent - See all my reviews

This review is from: Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies (Paperback)

I take issue with the reviews describing Oracle as "confined" or "bound" in her wheel chair when clearly from how she gets around and even fights,she is far from confined or bound,I find these words rather in a negative connotation,yes,she is in a wheel chair but by no means is she limited by it.