Black Canary is trying to find a wedding dress with the help Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon when Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman crash her appointment to try to solve the recent murders in Gotham. The lead that the sirens previously had on Calendar Man ends up putting them in a tight spot with Black Canary saving them, but missing the third murder from the unknown serial killer. With Black Canary and Catwoman being distracted with wedding planning and Batman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are left to connect the dots alone. Ivy, Harley, and Catwoman make big breaks in the case leading them to a new suspect and a potential new victim. Black Canary and the Sirens seem to be forming a genuine friendship on Halloween when their girls’ night comes to a halt when trying to stop the killer.
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Tini Howard builds up the friendship between the Sirens and Black Canary in a fast, entertaining, yet natural way. It feels like no matter how hard Black Canary tries to deny it, she’s starting to enjoy the Sirens’ company.
Howard is slowly building the conflict of which side Canary wants to be associated with. She is starting to struggle with which side she is on, the heroes, or the Sirens. She starts this issue off with not wanting to be associated with the Sirens to publicly hanging out with the Sirens and not wanting to be seen with the cops by the end of the issue.
Babs Tarr and Miquel Muerto’s artwork is stunning and eye-catching. Muertos’s use of color palettes that align with each character and their personalities makes for a visually appealing and dimensional story that complements Howard’s writing. The change in color palettes when the Sirens and Black Canary are in their civilian clothes compared to when they are in their costumes helps set the mood and tone of the scene.
Tarr plays around with Harley’s costumes in this issue, giving her two new costumes with her two costumes from last issue. Harley has the most costume changes out of all the Sirens and Black Canary. Both Poison Ivy and Black Canary have similar costumes with minor changes while Catwoman’s costume stays the same.
Becca Carey constantly changed the shapes of the word bubbles depending on the mood, even making one word bubble into the shape of a mason jar, which makes for some fun visuals.
Howard does a good job at portraying female friendships and ‘girl talk’ in a way that’s both authentic and refreshing without being too crude. The teasing between the Sirens about their romantic endeavors is something that a lot of women have experienced in their friendships. Howard includes little details that makes this comic a treat for those who are more feminine. She even makes the killers motive something that is more commonly associated with women, Zodiac signs.
Sirens: Love Hurts #2 is a great follow-up to the first issue and will have readers counting down the days until issue #3.
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