Douglas Wolk on “Super-Readers” A frequent commentator about comics in their artier forms, the writer Douglas Wolk digs into a Gail Simone Birds of Prey paperback here with some interesting results. He posits the existence of a readership for these books that relies on a significant level of immersion in past works. It's an argument that makes a lot more sense when you hear it put as plainly and without rancor as Wolk manages.