#246 Feathers & Foes: Birds of Prey 20 (On the Run part 1)
Release Date: 04/06/2025
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Tim discusses the women of The Outsiders with Dr Jennifer Swartz-Levine, Professor of English, Lake Erie College. Website: https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/wrightonnetwork Patreon: https://patreon.com/wrightonnetwork Email: BatOutcasters@gmail.com Bluesky: @outcasters.bsky.social @timprice17.bsky.social @jswartzlevine.bsky.social Threads: @timprice17 To contribute for the GoFundMe for Mike W Barr, see To learn more about the Siegel & Shuster Society, go to
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It's an ordinary day for Gotham's high school students as they attend a career day fair at their school. Also attending the event is Helena Wayne as a guest to talk about the law profession. The students are less than enthusiastic about the job prospects, prompting them to ask Helena what it is about her career that makes it "fun" for her. Helena answers the students' questions about the details of her job and then talks about what she "enjoys most" about it by very implicitly talking about her exploits as the Huntress. Helena gives an example of such a case by discussing an earlier exploit...
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AJ and Tim discuss The Outsiders #28 from 1987 ,"...a Land Down Under...", big robots, big villains, and big endings. Website: Patreon: Email: BatOutcasters@gmail.com Bluesky: @outcasters.bsky.social @HueStone44.bsky.social @timprice17.bsky.social Threads: @wright_on_work @timprice17 Closing music: Men At Work - To contribute to Mike W Barr's medical expenses, please donate here:
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The Cassandra Cain podcast is here to make out what exactly happened in issue 14 of this book, where Cassandra is hallucinating conversations with her mother who has passed, Tenji is injured and maybe transformed, and Batgirl is coming to terms that she may be working on the wrong side of this war. Join the conversation at or Bluesky: huestone44
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Feathers and Foes are talking about the last issue of the Kelly Thompson run, which is issue 28 of Birds of Prey, where the Birds defeat the Shadow Army and engage in the parting of the ways. Let us know your favorite moments, characters and arcs of this run at
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The Huntress is kidnapped by Checkmate, who are trying to recruit her to join their organization/agency. Forced under certain hallucinogens by the Mad Hatter and Scarecrow, the leader of Checkmate is trying to psychoanalyze Helena via her responses. We know Helena is someone you can't make do anything. Even placing her in a padded room with a one way window can't keep this woman in confinement. Let us know what you thought about this issue and the Batman: Gotham Knights series as a whole at Bluesky: @huestone44
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AJ and Tim discuss The Outsiders #27 from 1987 ,"Robot Tyrants of Kadeyland", paved surfaces, oversized dogs, and capes. Website: https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/wrightonnetwork Patreon: https://patreon.com/wrightonnetwork Email: BatOutcasters@gmail.com Bluesky: @outcasters.bsky.social @HueStone44.bsky.social @timprice17.bsky.social Threads: @wright_on_work @timprice17 Closing music: Prince -
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Our favorite hero, The Huntress, is caught in the middle of a battle with two involving worlds, Earth One and Earth Two. Johnny Thunder's Earth 1 analogue, who is a nasty piece of work, has taken out the heavy hitters of the Justice League of America as well as the Justice Society of America with the help of the Thunderbolt, who is wreaking havoc...under protest, of course. Please share your thoughts with us about your experience with this two part crossover at
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Cassandra Cain and company are in the middle of a war of sorts. Will she be able to protect her brother, survive the mission and deal with the fact that perhaps she may be on the wrong side of history? Let us know your thoughts at
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We are at the penultimate issue of Birds of Prey. Our heroes are stuck in the unreality while facing betrayal and perhaps the lost of a teammate. Join us as we discuss this virtual caper on another episode of Feathers and Foes. What do you think about the run so far? Contact us at
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Birds of Prey: Issue 20 Released: April 2, 2025
Writer: Kelly Thompson Art: Sami Basri with Vicente Cifuentes Colors: Adriano Lucas
Lettering: Clayton Cowles Editor: Jessica Berbey Group Editor: Rob Levin
Title: On the Run Part 1
In Gotham, Batgirl Cassandra Cain is investigating an apartment crime scene littered with clues. She bumps into Batman who agrees the crime scene belongs to the Birds of Prey.
Back at the Birds’ Headquarters, Oracle attempts to go through all the evidence. The group knows this is all a trap of some sort but there needs to be several in person investigations to solve what has happened and how it relates to a stolen experimental drug. They split up.
That night in Gotham, Sin and Batgirl are on a stakeout. Sin is excited and apologizes for being a lot to put up with. Batgirl reassures her. They are a lot alike, trained to be weapons, bad people always want them. However they both are different inside and it’s good. Sin gives her a hug.
Meanwhile, Barda drops off Dinah in Tokyo. She makes her way down from the roof into a large theater where a demonstration of a new invisibility suit is underway. Dinah is shocked at how effective it is, Oracle calls it an industry game changer.
Barda has boom tubed into United Arab Emirates and a small town that appears deserted. She investigates a strange nearby skyscraper. Although it has power, it too is empty. After getting into the penthouse she hears someone from the air ducts call out to her.
Back in Gotham, Sin and Bargirl are curious when their target leaves a club only to descend into the sewers. They carefully follow.
Barda reaches up to the grate of the air duct when tendrils of black slice down upon her. She drops her Megarod. The inky creature quickly heads for it. The room tilts as an alarm sounds. Barda’s Megarod falls out the window with the ink creature. It grabs it and turns into a woman with glider wings. Barda is too busy to notice as the entire penthouse is launched into space.
Oracle is trying to get feedback from Black Canary as Barda’s intermittent communicator signal comes through. Oracle tells Barda all the Birds are under attack. Barda says she’s in space, right before she discovers a bomb's onboard. It goes off with a huge boom and the ship explodes.
Oracle frantically announces: “All Teams. This is a code black. Barda is down. I repeat, code black. Barda is down”. Elsewhere a shadowy figures looks at pictures of the Birds saying “one down, four to go.”