Batgirl #20 - Oracle helps Steph and Proxy figure out where all the money is going and the route it'll take. Steph hurries to the location and sure enough, Slipstream shows up to steal everything. Fortunately, Steph has developed a theory about him as a speedster (basically, the suit is fast, but his reactions aren't), and uses that - plus some nifty stuff Oracle loaded her new cave up with - to bring him down in about two pages. It's almost an anti-climax, except that Miller tells us a little something about Detective Gage, and we see this was only the beginning of whatever plan the person running the Reapers has.Ramon Bachs handles art chores again, and at least he's credited on the cover this time. His art is still fine. I don't love it, but there's nothing wrong with it. It gets all the important information across in a clear manner, and I like the stance he gave Stephanie in the panel after Babs makes her encouraging speech. It's not quite slack-jawed, but it's funny. I wonder if Miller plans to use Steph's new ride frequently. If so, I hope he's not going to continue with it saying 'I'm sorry. I didn't catch that' to all of Batgirl's mumbles. That could get old fast. He doesn't have to give a personality, where she could argue with it, ala Nova and the Xandarian Worldmind (she already has Proxy for that), so silence would be fine.
R.E.B.E.L.S. #27 - Lobo and Smite pound each other while boasting about their great battles. Blackfire tries to fend off Starr-controlled Rannians, as Starro himself shows up to take over. Adam Strange brings back a few reinforcements, but the main tide changer seems to be Lyrl Dox has finally got Tribulus up and running again. His electric bolts are quite effective at dislodging Starro's. I'm a little surprised it can control them enough to not fry the hosts, but what the heck.Things are slowly starting to turn against Starro, though he really only had the advantage for about one issue. I wonder if Bedard had to accelerate plans since the book ends next month? The way it's running, it feels like he always intended for this to be a brief but brutal return, but I'm not sure. St. Aubin's artwork is still fine. I like that the Starro controlled Psions don't get out of the way during Lobo and Smite's battle. They just go on about there business until one brawler punches the other into them. It's a nice touch. The drool a lot of the Starro slaves (including Dox) have is a nice touch, too. There were a couple of panels of fighting I couldn't make sense of, but other than that, everything's good.
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