| Unofficial Birds of Prey Secret Files 2003 Index |
BIRDS OF PREY SECRET FILES 2003
Cover Date: August 2003
Cover Price: $4.95
Cover Credits:
Art: Phil Noto (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Gail Simone |
| Pencils | Joe Bennett |
| Inks | Jack Jadson |
| Lettering | Kurt Hathaway |
| Colors | Tom McCraw |
| Color separations | Wildstorm FX |
| Editing | Ivan Cohen, Lysa Hawkins |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Penguin
- his henchmen
Other Character(s):
- Paul McCannis (feature editor of The Revealer, a Gotham tabloid; first appearance, dies)
- Julie Leanne Briggs (a naive woman who used to work for the Penguin)
Comment(s):
- This story probably takes place between Birds of Prey #55 and #56
Synopsis: - Black Canary and Oracle rescue a woman who has angered the Penguin by claiming, falsely, that he is the father of her unborn child. Black Canary is wounded in the encounter and is only saved from worse injury by the woman knocking the Penguin unconscious.
Credits:
| Story | Paul Storrie |
| Pencils | Jeffrey Henderson |
| Inks | John Stanisci |
| Lettering | Kurt Hathaway |
| Colors | Tom McCraw |
| Color separations | Tom McCraw |
| Editing | Ivan Cohen, Lysa Hawkins |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Star(s):
Villain(s):
- Dante Bonino ("Danny Bones", a mobster)
- Phil Turner (dies)
- Horst Grumman (a drug manufacturer)
Synopsis: - While pursuing Danny Bones, a mobster with connections to the Bertinelli and Cassemento crime families, Huntress encounters Black Canary and assumes, wrongly, that Oracle sent her to keep an eye on the Huntress. The two work together to break up a drugs transaction, but one of the participants is killed by another. Huntress expects Black Canary to blame her for this, and is pleasantly surprised to find that this doesn't happen, and that perhaps the two of them have some things in common.
Credits:
| Story | Scott Young |
| Art | Phil Winslade |
| Lettering | Hi-Fi |
| Colors | Hi-Fi |
| Color separations | Hi-Fi |
| Editing | Ivan Cohen, Lysa Hawkins |
Feature Character(s):
- Oracle (last in Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear #1; next in Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Power Girl (behind the scenes)
- Fire
- Doctor Fate III (see second Comment)
- Big Barda
- Huntress II (last in Underworld Unleashed #3; next in Batman Vol. 1 #529)
- Black Canary II (last in ???; next in Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1)
Comment(s):
- This story is a flashback which leads directly into Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1.
- The appearance of Doctor Fate III is not in continuity for this character, as she ceased to operate in Zero Hour.
Synopsis: - Knowing that Power Girl is not going to forgive her any time soon over what happened in Qurac the last time they worked together, Oracle searches for a new operative. After rejecting numerous possibilities, she settles on Black Canary, who seems to be the perfect choice.
| Feature: | [Profile Pages] | ( Pages) |
Credits:
- Scott Beatty (script)
- Shawn Crysal and Brian Stelfreeze and Ed Benes (art)
- Lee Loughridge and Brian Stelfreeze and Tom McCraw (colors)
- Ivan Cohen and Lysa Hawkins (edits)
Comment(s):
- The issue contains profile pages of the key Birds of Prey players - Oracle (II) and Batgirl (III) by Brian Stelfreeze; Black Canary (II) by Ed Benes and Tom McCraw; Huntress (II) by Shawn Crysal and Lee Loughridge.