What Happened To Everyone Who Joined The Birds Of Prey?
The Penguin was a member of the Birds of Prey? Seriously?!
Easily one of the best team books in the history of DC Comics is the Birds of Prey, so it stands to reason that it would spawn one of the best movies in the DC cinematic universe. However, as many of you already know, the Birds of Prey movie changed quite a bit from the comics. For one, Harley Quinn has never been an active member of the team.
But oh boy have the rest of the DC Heroes gotten in on the action.
From A-listers to unknowns, there have been plenty of heroes who have worked with the Birds at least once. Too many for a single list, in fact. But if we narrow it down to official members who worked with the team for more than one story, we still have quite a beefy list. You probably think you know who to expect for this list, but you would be only half right, as there are some surprising names in here.
The Birds of Prey have had one of the most varied and tumultuous rosters in the entire DC canon, and here's what happened to its most prominent and most interesting members.
15. Barbara Gordon
Contrary to what the movie tells you, Harley Quinn did not start the Birds of Prey. That honor goes solely to Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl. But since she won't be an official part of the DC universe until Warner Bros. stops delaying her movie, they had to adjust.
However, referring to her as Batgirl in connection to the BoP seems a little disingenuous since that isn't what she went by when she formed the team. No, back then, she was known as Oracle. See, Barbara lost the use of her legs when Alan Moore's The Killing Joke was made canon to the DC universe (because screwing over Alan Moore is the comic industry's favorite pastime), and so she became a hyper intelligent info broker named Oracle.
The Birds of Prey were her way of getting things done when other hero teams she worked with were unavailable. She led them as their woman behind the scenes up until the New 52 gave her her legs back and erased the entire team history. While the Birds are back in business, Oracle is now the moniker of a man named Gus Yale.