#Huntress Cry For Blood

[dailytims]

Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #3

[toomanyf4ndoms7]

One of her students: Miss Bertinelli, what did you study when you were younger?

Helena: Oh, you know…

Helena: History.

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[mzminola]

Now I'm thinking about which comics titles I've read and what I'd recommend to people jumping into DC comics. These are all in the Post-Crisis Pre-Flashpoint era, so not only are they finished running, the universe they're in is closed too.

Robin minis I, II, III: 15 issues total, from 1991 - 1993.

Establishing character stories for Tim Drake as Robin, with some interesting geo-political time capsule elements because they're all from the very early 1990's. This is when Tim is a relatively new vigilante, and each story has a reason for Batman to be mostly out of the picture so we see what Tim is like by himself, rather than as Batman's Partner. Spoiler: Tim by himself will always find people to team up with, and not just other capes! Very much plays into the struggles of having a double life.

Also serves as a good introduction to the city of Gotham & the crime stories the Bats handle, covering the mafia, international organizations, and various levels of Rogues.

Young Justice 1998: 55 issues, 1998 - 2003.

Fun ensemble cast, whacky adventure stories, with a solid emotional core running through it. In an era when more adult oriented comics were trying for realism by going Grim & Gritty, Young Justice said "How about we tackle realistic Teen Issues by putting them in the zany shenanigans that the golden/silver age would've had?"

This can create some mood whiplash, but also really works. Probably because that's often what being a teenager is like.

Batgirl 2000: 73 issues, 2000- 2006.

Speaking of what being a teenager is like, Cassandra Cain's Batgirl run my beloved. Lots of snark. Both Cass and her primary mentor are disabled women, and though Cass's disability is based on Comics Logic, it's internally consistent for the story, and her illiteracy has real effects on the plot and her life. Coming of age story, gifted kid burnout, the lengths you'll go to to get being the best back, wrestling with guilt, heroism, & self-worth.

Cass has a language disability and is one of the deadliest physical fighters in the world. Her mentor Barbara Gordon is paraplegic, a librarian, and information specialist. They have some shared experiences and values, and some wildly different experiences and values, and they clash! They care about each other deeply! They tease each other! Barbara fucks up sometimes, and also sincerely apologizes when she does.

Huntress: Cry For Blood: 6 issues, published in 2000.

Solid short noir mystery & rehash of Helena's origin story. Has a very poetic vibe. I was able to follow it after only seeing Helena in crossovers rather than reading her solo series.

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I got the number of issues from the fanwikis, and should note that Young Justice & Batgirl issue count does not include crossover events, where issues in other titles may be needed for the full story. I found Batgirl mostly understandable without reading the crossovers, but with Young Justice I needed to either track the issues down or search fanwikis for context.

What are some titles or story arcs you all recommend?

[theresistanceneverquits]

My current favorite Catholic disaster

[mysterycitrus]

“[x] male character is woman coded!” “[x] male character has so much female rage!” “[x] male character is a feminist icon!” have u considered caring about women instead

[helenababs]

helena bertinelli & vic sage | barbie & ken.

parallel meme.

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[fantastic-nonsense]

the Big Two need to hire more women to write comics not just for gender parity's sake or so we can get better-written female characters or any of the other dozen completely valid reasons why we need more women in comics, but also because the perspective a lot of women bring to the superhero genre is fundamentally different from the mostly middle-class white men who dominate the genre

like Ivory Madison portraying the cycle of violence and abuse through the parallel institutions of marriage and the mob in Huntress: Year One to showcase how Helena is both a victim and freedom fighter in the context of her family and cultural history....what man would have thought of that? even Greg Rucka didn't do that, and he basically wrote the book on how to write traumatized religious female vigilantes who have complex relationships with their families

[vlueberries]

Screaming into the void about Nightwing and Huntress. They’re two of the most wholly, almost religiously, dedicated people to the cause. One is ostracized for her methods and is often alone, the other is trusted and beloved by nearly the entire vigilante/hero community (and by Bruce). Still, they are both lonely. Neither of them have faith in the other. Neither of them will change their core beliefs. They can’t talk for long without arguing. Batman hangs around both their necks like a rosary or a chain or an omen. They clash and bicker exhaustively. They care so much it’s painful. It isn’t enough. They’re drawn to one another and it means something but it doesn’t matter because they will each always be more devoted to something the other is not fully privy too. They know this. They know this in the same way they know they can look each other in the face, orphan to orphan, and find the same steely resolve reflected there. It isn’t enough.

They’re buddies though.

[armed-with-a-waffle-iron]

English student 1: So, Ms. Bertinelli, what did you study at university?

Helena: Oh, um...

Helena: Well, I studied-

English student 2: -Duh! She's an English teacher, she probably studied Eng-Lish.

Helena: YEs! I studied English...... and a bit of Italian History too.

[anthyies]

CRY FOR BLOOD

[apopcornkernel]

personally this is MY vichelena roman empire. like he was literally sitting on the bench before this but he took off his coat and sat down on the ground and looked up at her listening attentively as she told him her life story...... sincerely how dare you, greg rucka!!!!

[dailytims]

Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood #5

[toomanyf4ndoms7]

Her expression is funny.

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

[madelynpryor]

dc let tim and helena have silly interactions again pls ty

[mintchocochipsposts]

Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #4

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[alexrusso-]

Huntress: Cry for Blood

I'm now in the early 2000s of my Batman/Batfam read through, and got around to reading Huntress Cry for Blood for the second time - I like it even better now.

I first read it back in like 2017, I think, when I first got into Batman and DC comics. I had zero context for Huntress outside of loving her in Birds of Prey. I didn't realize how much I was missing from 90s Batman content, and that added context just makes me love her even more, holy shit. What an underrated character.

Huntress's rage is such a deeply rooted characteristic of hers. And when you get her full backstory, you understand why. Rucka basically took her original backstory from her 1989 miniseries and ramped it up to an 11. I liked seeing her rage explored, loved seeing her work on trying to find calm and peace outside of it and her thirst for vengeance.

I know very little about Question tbh, especially Vic Sage's Question. But he gets a million brownie points from me for treating Helena decently.

I adore Tim's relationship with Helena. The sibling dynamics are lovely, and they're on full display here: Tim checking up on her once she's back in town, raiding her kitchen, questioning who this guy is that's with her. Not to mention his refusal to believe she's guilty (listen, I love that his argument is basically "if Helena was gonna kill someone, she wouldn't be dumb about it"), and his determination to clear her name. I just love Tim in general, he's a good egg.

I find Dick's relationship with Helena fascinating. Not so much in that I actively want them to be together as a couple (I'm into it more on a platonic level). I just find their interactions interesting.

Now to get to the Batman of it all... Listen, I love Batman but I really wanna punt him into the sun every time he interacts with her. His behavior toward her is so fucking hypocritical when juxtaposed with how he treats Azrael. Around the same time Cry for Blood was being published, there was an arc in Azrael’s comics where he gets framed for murder, with an actual “witness,” not just “oh these are Huntress’s crossbow bolts.” Az is being framed, but Huntress doesn’t believe him and wants to bring him in. Batman’s the one who sticks up for him, and orders Huntress to back off.

Where’s that faith with Huntress? Especially after the events of No Man’s Land, and her getting shot by Joker. Which don’t even get me started on Helena’s stint as Batgirl and how fucking terrible Batman is to her then.

To be clear, I understand why Bruce doesn't trust Helena at first. I get that Batman has a code. My issue is that he's not consistent in how he treats people who violate it. It's an even bigger issue when you take into account that during No Man's Land, when Batman was gone, Huntress was abiding by his code. She's shown she's capable of doing it, but Bruce still treats her like shit. I guess I just fail to understand why when it comes to Huntress, there's no winning with Batman.