The Birds of Prey face their final mission as Unreality threatens not only Gotham City, but the world! Your Major Spoilers review of Birds of Prey #28 from DC Comics awaits!

BIRDS OF PREY #28

Writer: Kelly Thompson
Artist: Sami Basri/Vicente Cifuentes
Colorist: Adriano Lucas
Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Editor: Jessica Berbey
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: December 3, 2025

Previously in Birds of Prey: The Unreality is collapsing and threatening all of Gotham as it spills out into the real world in dangerous and unexpected ways. As the Birds of Prey struggle to survive inside the game, the final showdown will test everything the team has built. Can the Birds get to the heart of what the Shadow Army’s real goal has been all along before it’s too late for them… and for Gotham?

THE FINAL MISSION

Black Canary, Big Barda, Megaera, and Batgirl are trapped inside The Unreality, a virtual MMORPG made real by the magic of the Shadow Army and its leader, Daemon Prime. Oracle, for her part, is being held hostage after she was betrayed by Inque last issue, and Sin is plunging to her doom after being shot by an unexpectedly real arrow. While an enraged Megaera intervenes to save Sin, Batgirl tries to stop the onrushing crowd, only for Big Barda to take advantage of the new enhanced reality for a little intimidation. Well, not LITTLE, exactly, as she’s at least ten stories tall, and sufficiently frightening that she shuts down a riot with only the power of her voice. Despite that upside, things look grim as Daemon Prime prepares to execute Oracle in cold blood, with a horrifying reminder: “Maybe you shouldn’t have made so many enemies?”

VERY BIG BARDA

It’s that very warning that leads Babs and Dinah to declare (at precisely the same moment) that they need to disband the team once more. After seeing Sin nearly die once again, Black Canary has to spend some time with her “daughter,” while Oracle has to figure out a way to protect the digital data that has made the team a target over and over. It’s honestly one of the better explanations for why a team would break up and end their book, something that’s quite satisfying for me as a long-time reader on my fifth “last issue of Birds of Prey.” The art of Basri and Cifuentes reminds me a bit of Jamie McKelvie, though slightly more cartoonish, in ways that I really like. The last few pages of the book have the Birds hanging out on the rooftop of the Clock Tower, enjoying one last evening together and discussing whether they should call it “The Big Barda Era.” The faces and hairstyles are all so animated and so joyful, deepening the sadness that this run is over.

BOTTOM LINE: ALL GOOD THINGS, ETCETERA, ETCETERA

On the one hand, Birds of Prey #28 is a respectably high number for a book that didn’t get a lot of attention, and as much as I’ll miss the adventures of Big Barda and her beloved Small Bat, it’s a solid ending narratively and creatively, earning 3.5 out of 5 stars overall. Join us in four or five years for Birds of Prey, Volume Six, and we’ll do this all over again!

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BIRDS OF PREY #28

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Big Barda Makes This One Sing

There's a little bit of handwaving about the precise nature of the Unreality, but its all in service of a neat little plot, aided and abetted by some attractive art. I'm sorry to see this book go... again.

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