In their review of Avengers Prime #2, the iFanboys point out the seamless transitions that Bendis and Davis weave throughout the issue.  Critical action and dialog flow from panel to panel, subplot to subplot with a grace most comic writers don’t achieve.  Simone makes a similar attempt in Birds of Prey #4, with less impressive results.  The dialog is choppy, one character will mention a fall, and then another character will be falling in the next panel.  It seems really forced.

With the first two issues, I really enjoyed the risks Simone was taking with the characters.  Risks she has undone in each successive issue, as she beats us over the head with twist over twist until even M Knight Shyamylan would beg for reprieve.

The highlight of this issue for me, was Ed Benes’s art.  While I do find some of the panel to panel choppy (which is as much his fault as Simone’s), the actual art within the panels are pretty tight.  His use of eyes to convery emotions is exaggerated, without seeming manga-esque.