Penciller: Pere Perez
Inker: Pere Perez
Colorist: Guy Major
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual
Cover Art: Dustin Nguyen
Assistant Editor: Katie Kubert
Editor: Janelle Asselin
Five Minutes Fast
From an artistic standpoint I love the bookends made by the first and last pages of the story.
As Stephanie is sent abroad on a mission from Batman under an alias she encounters Beryl Hutchinson, better known as Squire. The interplay between the two of them is great. Stephanie is trying to be serious and focused and taking her mission from Batman very seriously, while squire prefers to hide in plain sight and not be so stuffy.
When innocents are threatened its time for Batgirl and Squire to save the day, and ultimately the world. The Orphan, a villain of Knight and Squire's (who is a bad walking Charles Dickins joke) has opened a rift in time with the Greenwich Mean (its a thing apparently). Orphan stops time in an attempt to kill Knight. Batgirl and Squire save the innocents, who were left with bombs strapped to them that only the pausing of time was preventing from blowing them to tiny bits. They went on to defeat the bad guy and save Knight, and the world by closing the time rift and sealing the Greenwich Mean.
The girls share a bonding moment and its nice to see Stephanie enjoy herself after all the crap she's had to go through. But then its back to business as Batman shows up to lead us to the crossover in Batman Incorporated #9.
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