Feathers and Foes are back to talk about Dinah, or D.D.'s adventures with her indie rock band, Black Canary, where the group is riding along with a guitar wheeling child prodigy, who may be more than what she seems?  And there may be a new foe returning to the band to claim her spot.  Let us know your thoughts about the characterization of Black Canary, the character and/or the band, the return of Dinah's husband, and everything else at [email protected]

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AJ and Tim discuss The Outsiders #20 from 1987, “... An Ill Wind …”, freeways, doppelgangers, and fishing for aliens.

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Closing music: The Association - Windy

The Cassandra Cain Podcast is back to discuss where writer Tate Brombal left the characters of Cassandra Cain and Lady Shiva at the end of this six part story line, Mother.  Let us know your thoughts about this story, direction and art at [email protected]

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Feathers & Foes are back!  Let us know what you thought abbout issue 20 at [email protected]

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Birds of Prey: Issue 20       Released: April 2, 2025 

Writer: Kelly Thompson      Art: Sami Basri with Vicente Cifuentes    Colors: Adriano Lucas  

Lettering: Clayton Cowles    Editor: Jessica Berbey     Group Editor: Rob Levin

Title: On the Run Part 1

In Gotham, Batgirl Cassandra Cain is investigating an apartment crime scene littered with clues. She bumps into Batman who agrees the crime scene belongs to the Birds of Prey.

Back at the Birds’ Headquarters, Oracle attempts to go through all the evidence. The group knows this is all a trap of some sort but there needs to be several in person investigations to solve what has happened and how it relates to a stolen experimental drug. They split up.

That night in Gotham, Sin and Batgirl are on a stakeout. Sin is excited and apologizes for being a lot to put up with. Batgirl reassures her. They are a lot alike, trained to be weapons, bad people always want them. However they both are different inside and it’s good. Sin gives her a hug.

Meanwhile, Barda drops off Dinah in Tokyo. She makes her way down from the roof into a large theater where a demonstration of a new invisibility suit is underway. Dinah is shocked at how effective it is, Oracle calls it an industry game changer.

Barda has boom tubed into United Arab Emirates and a small town that appears deserted. She investigates a strange nearby skyscraper. Although it has power, it too is empty. After getting into the penthouse she hears someone from the air ducts call out to her. 

Back in Gotham, Sin and Bargirl are curious when their target leaves a club only to descend into the sewers. They carefully follow. 

Barda reaches up to the grate of the air duct when tendrils of black slice down upon her. She drops her Megarod. The inky creature quickly heads for it. The room tilts as an alarm sounds. Barda’s Megarod falls out the window with the ink creature. It grabs it and turns into a woman with glider wings. Barda is too busy to notice as the entire penthouse is launched into space.

Oracle is trying to get feedback from Black Canary as Barda’s intermittent communicator signal comes through. Oracle tells Barda all the Birds are under attack. Barda says she’s in space, right before she discovers a bomb's onboard. It goes off with a huge boom and the ship explodes.

Oracle frantically announces: “All Teams. This is a code black. Barda is down. I repeat, code black. Barda is down”.   Elsewhere a shadowy figures looks at pictures of the Birds saying “one down, four to go.”

AJ and Tim with special guest Clinton Robison celebrate #JSApril by discussing The Outsiders Special #1 “From Here to Infinity” and Infinity Inc Special #1 “Siding with the Outsiders”.

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Closing music: One Direction - Infinity

The Huntress Podcast is celebrating #JSApril by discussing Geoff John's Justice Society of America Annual #1 and Justice Society of America #20.  Artist Jerry Ordway, Dale Eaglesham and Alex Ross brings this modern cautionary tale to life with action, legacy, temptation and triumph.  From Magog to Gog, the JSA faces a foe who can grant each one of them their heart's desire, but of course, there is always a catch.  The JSA is split in half, divided by the issue is Gog GOOD or a false idol.  Time travel and false narrative wish fullfillment are involved as well.  We at the Huntress Podcast are truly honored to be custodians of this story during JSApril.  Please share your thoughts about this epic arc with us at [email protected] or www.thehuntresspodcast.com

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The Huntress Podcast is back to talk about Batman: Huntress Cry For Blood 3, where the creators of this story stop, slow things down, and analyze the true struggle and pain of Helena Bertinelli.  Contact us at www.thehuntresspodcast.com [email protected]

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Huntress: Cry for Blood 3

Cover Date: August 2000

Writer: Greg Rucka

Artist: Rick Burchett

Colorist: Tatjana Wood with Seperations by Jamison

Letterer: Clem Robins

Associate Editor: Joseph Illidge

Editor: Dennis O’Neil

So Much To Learn, If She Is To Survive

Helena awakens in a cabin in Canada where a man introducing himself as Richard Dragon offers her tea and is repairing her Huntress costume. He says The Butterfly brought her to him. We can only assume he means the Question, who after all is the one that kicked her in the head last issue. Helena gets frustrated and threatens Richard before Vic Sage comes in. He comments that Helena’s anger is like looking in a mirror.

“We’ve come to know the world through violence and rage. We wear masks to hide from ourselves as much as others.” Then he reveals he is the Question and formally introduces himself to her. She quietly does the same.

Meanwhile in Gotham, Tim Drake/Robin is meeting with Barbara Gordon aka Oracle. Tim doesn’t believe the Huntress is the killer; it’s too sloppy and she’s too smart for this. Barbara is skeptical but Tim insists they have to learn the truth. 

Back at the cabin, Vic explains that Richard can teach Helena how to live, not just how to not die. Vic understands how isolated Helena is and that if she returns to Gotham now, she’ll soon be dead or be forced to kill. Leaving her to think, Vic tells Richard he’s returning to Gotham - he’s got some questions.

In Gotham, Tim returns to Barbara with newspaper clippings from Helena’s past. They acknowledge that while Helena and Bruce both lost their parents at 8, in Helena’s case all the Bertinelli’s in the city were systematically eliminated, whether they were in the mafia or not. The real question is why and why Helena was left alive.

Helena is doing Tai Chi with Richard. He explains, “Passion and rage as fuel. Fear and vengeance as destination. And the faster you move, the more your past drags at you, the more of you that breaks away.” She needs to remember to breathe.

As Helena trains she acknowledges to herself that she lost her breath long ago, She’s been running scared her whole life, trampling anyone or anything that gets in her way. But blood cries for blood and her family’s is calling for her. How dare she refuse that?

Later inspecting her costume, she tells Richard how the Huntress scares her. He says she should, that Huntress is a killer. But also that Helena no longer needs to don the mask, to be someone else. She already is the Huntress.

Vic finally returns to take Helena back to Gotham. She seems calmer and more at peace. As the two walk down the mountain, Vic lets her know he stopped by Helena’s apartment to help out with bills and chores and noticed it’s being watched.  She’s not surprised.

As they sit at a little town’s bus stop, Vic asks her to tell the story of how she became the Huntress. Helena says: “It started in Sicily…”

AJ and Tim discuss The Outsiders #19 from 1987, “The Winds of Change”, pink elephants, blueprints, and double teaming.

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Closing music: Scorpions - Wind Of Change

The Huntress Podcast is back to talk about the Wonder Woman #296 back up story, The Huntress is Back in Town, where the Joey Cavalieri and Paul Levitz story places Helena in a more gritty, urban backdrop with brillant artwork with the can't lose team up of Joe Staton and Jerry Ordway.  Knives, drugs and graffiti sets the scene as our returning characters, Helena, love interest Harry and others try to take on crime while still trying to stay inbounds of the law.  

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The Cassandra Cain Podcast is back to talk about issue 5 of the Mother saga.  There's action, trippiness with some familiar faces.  Cassandra Cain's life is turned upside down...will she be able to get her situation and relationship with her mom, Lady Shiva, turned right side up?  Let us know your thoughts at [email protected]

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