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Birds of Prey 75

BIRDS OF PREY #75

Cover Date: December 2004
Cover Price: $2.95

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jason Pearson


Story: "Breathless" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGail Simone
ArtEd Benes
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
ColorsHi-Fi
Color separationsHi-Fi
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
EditingJoan Hilty

Feature Character(s):

Black Canary II (last in the second story in this issue)
Oracle (last in Batman Vol. 1 #633; in flashback in Detective Comics #800 between pages)
Huntress II

Guest Star(s):

Ted Kord (last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Lady Blackhawk (last in second story in this issue; next in issue #77)

Villain(s):

Tom Paul Jussub

Other Character(s):

Ron (an employee of Kord Industries)

Comment(s):

This story takes place between War Games and Identity Crisis.

Synopsis:

Following the gang war in Gotham and Oracle's desperate attempt to save Batman, the Clock Tower is rubble and she no longer has a home. She decides to leave Gotham, and turns to Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle, for help - he assists her to adapt a hi-tech plane for their use. Together with Black Canary and Huntress, she brings drug baron Tom Paul Jussub to justice and the trio leave Gotham behind them, on their new base piloted by the legendary Zinda Blake, Lady Blackhawk. They head towards Dayton, Ohio, and Oracle reveals that she doesn't plan to return to Gotham for quite some time.


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Second Story: "There Would Be No Spring" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGail Simone
ArtEduardo Barreto
InksAndrew Pepoy
LetteringJared K. Fletcher
ColorsHi-Fi
Color separationsHi-Fi
Assistant editingHarvey Richards
EditingJoan Hilty

Feature Character(s):

Lady Blackhawk (last in ???; next in first story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Black Canary II (last in ???; next in the first story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Todd (a member of middle management at Blackhawk Inc.)

Synopsis:

Life is not sweet for Zinda Blake, Lady Blackhawk. She has recently attended the funeral of Wu Cheng, the only other surviving Blackhawk, and she feels out of place in the modern world. The new company based around Blackhawk finds it hard having her around, and she is rarely allowed to pilot a plane. Until, that is, Black Canary comes to her with an offer. With a little bit of help from one of her few close allies at Blackhawk Inc., Zinda absconds with a new plane, the Citation X. From now on, she'll be piloting for Oracle and her agents.


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