#but Helena? Babs she just helped you cure Gotham of Ebola for the second time
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zahri-melitor · 2 years ago
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Look, it’s comics, someone always misses the memo, but I can’t get over the timeline hilarity of Legacy and Birds of Prey: Manhunt being published simultaneously.
For my own sanity I have to assume BoP: Manhunt comes before Contagion and Legacy in the timeline, even though Legacy finishes well before Manhunt does.
Helena becomes THE sanctioned hero protecting Gotham in Shadow of the Bat #53, August 1996. Helena spends all of Legacy from here on out with Official Bat Approval to protect the city during Ebola Round Two.
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I mean, THIS is in ‘Tec #701, with a cover date of September 1996: Helena is not only sanctioned, she’s in a team up with Dick, Tim and Babs! Babs is cool with Helena! They work together smoothly!
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(Also incidentally, Tim teamed up with Selina to track down one of the survivors back in Contagion proper in Robin #27 and Catwoman #31, which he spent concealing his team up from Bruce with Alfred’s connivance, WHILE Bruce also sent JPV off to help as it was an emergency, who cares about your bad blood)
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But despite all this camaraderie in the face of disaster, over in Birds of Prey: Manhunt both Helena and Selina are “absolutely not, do NOT team up with this person” lines for Babs here in issues #1 & #2.
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I mean…cmon. Barbara Gordon you were completely chill with Helena taking on Ra’s al Ghul and Talia al Ghul over in ‘Tec and Robin, which are being published the exact same month that Manhunt starts. You were literally on the same group mission.
But now, over in Birds of Prey, the books that are WAY more ‘Oracle is an information dealer tangled in messier ethical situations’ stories, you’re being prissy about this?
This was 1996! Chuck Dixon you wrote ALL OF THESE COMICS (except SOTB). YOU WERE ACROSS BOTH STORYLINES. YOU KNEW.
But consistent characterisation is for the weak, right, even when, I repeat, you’ve got the same writer.
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