Birds of Prey v1 023 - The Hostage Heart 02

It increases the hairy situation which has started in the previous issue when gorillas of Gorilla City rush our heroes.

Gorilla Grimm is immediately wounded and captured and the rest flee. The girls, Black Canary and Lady Vic are separated from Deathstroke. Oracle advises to Dinah that they surround themselves (in the background, Ted Kord aka Blue Beetle is whining). She argues that they have the ace of spade, Deathstroke, they pass him to the gorilla king, Grodd, or they keep quiet about him and they trust him to save them (the girls). 

Lady Vic does not consider this a good idea, so Black Cabary knocks her. (Incidentally, I think Lady Vic is right because Oracle's arguments are not very convincing about Deathstroke). Thereafter Black Canary and Lady Vic arrive to Gorilla City as prisoners of the gorillas. It turns out that huge transmission towers can help make invisible the before the satellites. And, of course, the radio connection is lost to Oracle when they cross the border. Oracle decides to call upon the light cavalry, but, unlike Ted Kord's advice, she doesn't call some Justice Something, but Blockbuster for help (it is logically, they are saving his life).

Meanwhile, Dinah is taken before King Grodd's feet.

She doesn't spit Deathstroke, but she pointed out that Blockbuster needs a right gorilla heart for much money. It is confirmed by Gorilla Grimm who has recovered. Grodd thinks tempting the offer, but he throws everyone in prison.

But never mind, because Deathstroke is still free.

It runs out the soufflé from Chuck Dixon's story in the middle, so the plot sits down. In addition, you can read Ted Kord's lamentation instead of Dinah's punch lines for placeholders. It's hard to believe that this gutless loser is a superhero.

Butch Guice's draws are still pretty bad, but as I have noticed some improvement in facial expressions. Fortunately, it is no sign the schematic draws from the previous issue, so it was clearly a sign of slapdash work. The coloring is also improved (although it is still made by Shannon Blanchard), but these pink laser rays are very rough:

The original Hungarian blog post is here.