Realm of Nothingness

{Barbara Gordon, librarian! My segway into the BOP review}

Birds of Prey 93
Dinah Lance continues her brutal and demeaning training at the hands of - Lady Shiva's mother? The issue opens with the Black Canary fighting some guy-
"Shouldn't you be preparing my evening meal? Naked? Surely you know that is all your sex is good for?" The lesson is that by engaging her emotionally, he had the first strike. Shame destroys confidence.

Oracle sends Shiva to get Bethany, the conniving little daughter of the Crime Doctor. Little Bethany does get a few zingers in-

To Zinda: "if you and your teeny little skirt don't mind" and

"Oh look, it's half a six pack of hookers, how sweet."
Lady Shiva soon throws her doll out the window spouting, "Dolls bring bad fortune"

When the Crime Doctor is taken from the hospital, a cryptic message "There was a crooked man" is left on the wall.
"It means we're facing the man who beat Batman. Maybe the one guy on the planet who can beat even Shiva. We're up against Prometheus."
[DC Comics Encyclopedia: 3rd Prometheus by far the deadliest. He has turned himself into a master assassin. Found way to the realm of nothingness he calls the Ghost Zone, where whe built a Crooked House patterned after his warped soul.]

Desolation Jones 6
Aah..it's true what they say. Death really means nothing to you.
Every issue I would try to reaquaint myself with which dark-haired of the 3 daughters DJ was chasing. There was the loyal filmmaker one, the oldest, and the youngest trying to prove she is a badass. I know Ellis likes dark haired women, but either my overloaded brain or the schedule made them not so memorable from issue to issue. And I didn't love this enough to put in the time to go back and reread. All in all, kind of glad Desolation is done, for now? or forever? The artwork is frazzled and burned out from J.H. Williams.

Just read Ex Machina special 1, Marvel Team Up 19, Batman and the Monster Men 6, JLA C 20. Since I didn't pick up comics from Wed, that leaves me with only the Green Arrow 61 and the Ex Machina TP3-- the smallest stack I've had in a long time.