What Happened To Everyone Who Joined The Birds Of Prey?

8. Big Barda

Penguin Birds of Prey
DC Comics

If you want the walking talking definition of complicated in the DC universe, look no further than The New Gods. Originally created by the king himself, Jack Kirby, one of the most famous of the New Gods is Big Barda. Fearless, powerful, beautiful, and arms that could crush coal into diamonds, Big Barda has been a mainstay of the DC universe alongside her husband Mister Miracle, due to their mutual love of Earth and the human race.

Being such an icon of feminine power, it was only a matter of time before Barda teamed up with the Birds of Prey. Big Barda, given her name and abilities, became the heavy hitter of the team. Sure Black Canary and Huntress are tough as nails, but drop a truck on them and you have to scrape them off the pavement like everyone else. Drop a truck on Big Barda, and MAYBE you've mildly annoyed her.

But this was short lived, as the mini-series "Death Of The New Gods" had Big Barda murdered by Infinity Man. However, the end of Final Crisis suggests that she was reborn alongside her fellow New Gods. Doomsday Clock then came along and briefly showed Barda and Mister Miracle together, further cementing that the two are alive and together somewhere. And then there's the business with Tom King's Mister Miracle series, but if we went into the implications there we'd be here all day.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?