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Red Hood And The Outlaws, Vol. 2: The Starfire (2013)

by Scott Lobdell(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1401240909 (ISBN13: 9781401240905)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

DC Comics

series

Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. I

review 1: There is a significant drop in quality between the first volume and, this, the second volume of Red Hood and the Outlaws.The bulk of this collection follows the exploits of the trio as the embark on some half baked mission to add depth to Starfire's character (she's not just a space-bikini, you know). But the narrative is so sped up by Arsenal's "Then this happened" and "Then we did this" approach to storytelling that there is barely anything left to the script other than forwarding devices. By the end, there is no doubt that Starfire is simply a bikini in space. The only chapter that I felt was worth reading was the Night of the Owls tie-in, and even it didn't provide any added substance to the main story it ties into.What's worse is the silly, random mini story about E... moressence that was stretched out over two issues.This was a total mess with none of the sharp humour and meta-awareness of the first volume. Where the first volume was laced with sexual tension and genuinely funny jokes, I found this volume to rely mostly on crude, even sexist, humour. To me, they sacrificed all of the team's dysfunctional dynamic to try to establish stable relationships instead. Such a shame. It was better when everyone was at each others throats and not trusting one another.2/5
review 2: Okay. I said I wasn't going to read any more of this series, but I wanted to see how it connected to the Night of The Owls, and I finished it because I like reading things cover to cover. I'll be honest, the crossover wasn't too bad. It wasn't great, but not too bad. I think they fixed starfire a little bit, she seems much more Starfirish now. However, the space adventure in this seems a little out of nowhere. and I really didn't like how the art style changed for no reason. I know it was different issues originally, but the shift is so drastic and disorientating, especially since the newer artist has a habit of making the characters have fat faces for some reason. I'm definetly done after this, unless I'm going to read the Death Of A Family crossover. And if I do, I'm just going to read until that's done. Because I'm done with this series. less

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