All week, author Kelly Thompson and artist Leonardo Romero have been sharing their lineup for a new Birds of Prey group on social media. Today DC Comics formally launched particulars for Thompson, Romero, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and letterer Clayton Cowles‘s relaunch of Birds of Prey. The group lineup consists of BoP mainstay Black Canary, plus Batgirl Cassandra Cain, Big Barda, Zealot, and Harley Quinn.
Here’s how DC describes the forthcoming Birds of Prey relaunch:
Dinah Lance is without doubt one of the DC Universe’s most elite fighters, and mixed together with her sonic scream, she’s a fearsome foe in any state of affairs…however typically even the Black Canary wants assist. Faced with a private mission delivered to her by a mysterious new ally, and up in opposition to near-impossible odds, she re-forms the Birds of Prey with an unequalled group—Cassandra Cain, Big Barda, Zealot, and Harley Quinn—with just one aim: extraction of their asset at any price. What may presumably go flawed? This all-new, all-deadly Birds of Prey remains to be breaking hearts and faces in spite of everything these years!
Originally comprised of Black Canary and Barbara Gordon’s Oracle, the group was launched in 1996 and would finally develop to incorporate dozens of feminine heroes from throughout the DC Universe. The Birds of Prey group was created by Jordan Gorfinkel and Chuck Dixon, and starred in a sequence of one-shots earlier than Dixon and artist Greg Land launched their first ongoing sequence in 1999. The group has gone by a variety of iterations and ongoing sequence since then, most not too long ago as Batgirl and the Birds of Prey as a part of DC’s Rebirth initiative.
Birds of Prey is the most recent teaming for Thompson, Romero, and Bellaire. The trio beforehand labored collectively on the Kate Bishop-starring Hawkeye sequence in 2016-2017. In a assertion asserting the new sequence, Thompson and Romero expressed their enthusiasm at reteaming and dealing for the primary time at DC on this specific sequence:
“When I say this is a dream come true for me, I mean not just working on the iconic Birds of Prey title, but also the characters we were able to fold in, and the creative team we assembled,” mentioned Birds of Prey author Kelly Thompson. “Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellaire were two of my first partners-in-crime making superhero books and I’ve been trying to make this happen ever since. It won’t surprise anyone to learn that Leonardo and Jordie are even better than they were the last time we worked together—and working together on this wild book is pure magic.”
“I couldn’t be happier to announce my first monthly project for DC! With this book, I’ve had the opportunity to not only draw some of the most badass women in the DC Universe, but also to work once more with the best people in our industry, Kelly Thompson and Jordie Bellaire” mentioned Birds of Prey artist Leonardo Romero. “I missed the dynamic we had on Hawkeye, so I’m very excited to have our team back together! Can’t to show you all what we’ve been doing!”
Check out variant covers for Birds of Prey #1 by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau (open-to-order), Chris Bachalo (open-to-order and 1:50), Nick Bradshaw (1:25), Romero (1:100), and Frank Cho (open-to-order gatefold) under. The difficulty is ready to reach in shops and digitally on Tuesday, September fifth.
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