The H2SH storyline continues as Hush‘s machinations have turned the Bat-Family against Batman. It’s not really explained how he did that in this issue, but it’s happened enough times over the years that even if you are picking up this issue without reading the larger storyline it’s easy enough to go with the flow. The art is good, the yellow oval Bat-symbol is back, and we get plenty of Bat-on-Bat action.
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Led by the journals of her mother, through battles with both the Unburied and the Blood, Batgirl‘s globetrotting travels have now taken her into the shadows as “The War of the Shadows” begins. Now in the company of the Jade Tiger and Jaya Jayesh, the trio train and continue to follow the path laid before them as old nightmares return for Cassandra Cain and her life in Gotham begins to become a dim memory blotted out by her need for vengeance.
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Birds of Prey #22 features the team in search of the missing Big Barda whose Mega-Rod they come across abandoned. Eventually the group does run into a possessed Barda while Oracle has her own problems which involve the destruction of the team’s headquarters. Like many DC Comics, we’re still seeing the effects of Absolute Power as the power boost of one of the villains the team comes across is suggested to be fallout from Amanda Waller‘s shenanigans.
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Following the apparent death of Shiva in the last issue, Batgirl #7 kicks off a new arc diving into the origins of Cassandra Cain‘s mother as we launch into the first chapter of “The Book of Shiva” when Cassandra receives both a memoir and recording. If this issue is going to be the template we’ll likely get little of Cassandra, who we really only see at the beginning of the issue then stepping away as Shiva’s story is told to her through flashbacks.
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Wrapping up the title’s opening arc, Batgirl #6 reveals all of the trouble Shiva and Batgirl are having with the Unburied was caused by Shiva herself. As the pair escape, thanks to something Cassandra learned from Batman, the conflict within Batgirl towards her mother continues. At one point we even get Cassandra Cain washing her hand of Shiva, although the latter’s sacrifice to end the issue (and the tease of what is coming starting next month) suggests the two aren’t done with each other just yet.
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