Birds of a Feather Dont get Written Well, Apparently
The more into this Batman villains blog thing (I'm not really sure what this is) I've gone, the more I realized there are so many evil dudes in this rogues gallery. There aren't very many women though. Aside from the big 3 ( Catwoman , Poison Ivy , and Harley Quinn ), Batman's female adversaries appear to be next generation versions of older male villains (like Clayface , or the Ventriloquist ), assassins from the League of Assassins ( Talia , Cheshire, Lady Vic, Lady Shiva ) or henchmen (henchwomen?) for male villains, which is how Harley Quinn started (Query and Echo, Dollhouse, Lark, Fright), or throwaway villains that either get killed off, or taken advantage of by other male villains. This post features the Magpie, whom I believe has been misused and done wrong. Created in 1986 by John Byrne, Magpie debuted in Man of Steel #3 , and was the first villain to be apprehended by the Superman/Batman team up. However, she continued to be a villain primarily for...