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Cassandra Cain, Daughter of Batman… and Big Barda? (Spoilers)

This week sees the launch of Batgirl #1 as well as the continuing Birds Of Prey #15 with Cassandra Cain returning to the titular role/

This week sees the launch of Batgirl #1 by Tate Brombal and Takeshi Miyazawa as well as the continuing Birds Of Prey. #15 by Kelly Thompson and Sami Basri. With Cassandra Cain returning to the titular role as Batgirl, up against her mother, Lady Shiva. For a bit.

Cassandra Cain was created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott in Batman #567 in 1999, and for her 25th anniversary, she is returning to the comic that she headlined from 2000 to 2006, before being knocked back to the ensemble cast, then deleted altogether for the New 52 when she and Stephanie Brown were declared toxic. Daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva, Cassandra was deprived of speech and human contact as a child to become the world's greatest assassin, combining martial arts and a super ability to interpret body language. The only adoptive daughter of Bruce Wayne, she was replaced as Batgirl by Stephanie Brown in 2009 storyline. She was played in the Birds of Prey film by Ella Jay Basco. 

She doesn't mention being the adoptive daughter of Bruce Wayne, Batman, a lot. But it did happen. And in Batgirl #1, it's a status she is embracing, albeit in internal monologue, and up against her mother.

But in Birds Of Prey #15, she may have a rival for that role.

Maybe Big Barda and Batman could work something out?

BATGIRL #1 CVR A DAVID TALASKI
(W) Tate Brombal (A) Takeshi Miyazawa (CA) David Talaski
Hold on to your seats, clutch your pearls, and rejoice in celebration because Cassandra Cain is taking center stage in her first solo Batgirl series in nearly two decades! When a deadly group of assassins shows up to kill Cassandra, Lady Shiva comes to the rescue, and they must put their complicated past aside and work together as mother and daughter to ensure they make it out alive. Unfortunately, things are never as easy as they seem, and Cass must embark on a jaw-dropping, martial-arts filled adventure in her quest for truth and justice…and revenge?! It's aBatgirl book like never before, so join us as we dive into the psyche of one of Gotham's deadliest fighters, while exploring her deep and complex relationship with her mother.
Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 11/06/2024

BIRDS OF PREY #15 CVR A LEONARDO ROMERO
(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Sami Basri (CA) Leonardo Romero
THE TEAM UNCOVERS THE NINTH DAY CULT'S DEADLY SECRETS! Things have gone sideways in the Birds of Prey's investigation of the Ninth Day cult, and the Birds' undercover operative, Cassandra Cain, has gone deathly silent. The team going in to break her out are heavy hitters of the highest order–Black Canary, Big Barda, Grace Choi, and Onyx–with Oracle at mission control, and Sin frustrated she's been benched. But what they find is so much more than they feared…
Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 11/06/2024

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