The only babs as batgirl story I've really loved
That all? I guess I can just look up a wiki page.
It's a clumsy issue. Doesn't fit very well.
Not Simone's run?
Court of Owls is Snyder's biggest contribution to Bat lore (before Metal). They were a pretty big component of all the Bat books in the New 52. The first Talon is Dick Grayson's ancestor; Strix was a major player in Simone's Batgirl and later the New 52 Secret Six run. There was a solo Talon book for a wee bit. The Talons were a core component of Forever Evil: Arkham War.
Yea I didn't like the move at all. Her as oracle generated so many interesting stories. And now that they've done it there's no going back. They'd catch too much hell.
Eh not really. I read it all and it was ok at best. Simone is really hot or miss with me and that run felt like it had no real direction. Babs wasn't written as strongly as I would have liked. She's constantly self doubting herself at every turn throughout the whole run. Not like she was as Oracle at all. I know having some trepidation getting back in the game but it never seemed to stop.
They reverted that? He still wore hearing aids in All New Hawkeye and I assumed they kept it going forward after that. I haven't read anything with him since then though.
Yep, and he has the hearing aids during Occupy as well.
I've been reading it, and I disagree that it has no direction. Barbara doubts herself a lot early on, but grows stronger. The run is entirely focused on Barbara recovering from her trauma and becoming Batgirl again, which is hard for her, given that she spent years not being able to walk. She's basically reintegrating into normal life, and as she does so, her past is coming out of the woodwork to haunt her. Take the reemergence of James Jr. and the return of her mother. Not only that, she has to face many just like her: survivors of great trauma who chose to use their pain into a form of vigilantism, but have gone down a much more twisted direction. I think Simone really captures a strong inner voice for her that provides a great narrative.
Daredevil's blindness as a disability changes with the writer. The thing about Matt is that he's extremely capable, and years of training and honing his abilities has made him to function normally. His blindness is typically used as a guise, almost, to fake out his opponents. People would never suspect a blind lawyer to be a superhero. Stan Lee and Bendis' runs go into this a bit. In Soule's run, it does actively show the downside to his ability. For example, he goes to disarm a bomb, but he can't see the timer because the screen is digital and therefore has no physical moving parts that allow him to see what's on it. He also is incapable of differentiating the wiring because he can't see color.
