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Will Gail Simone Leave Batgirl? DC Creative Changes In The Next Few Months
Just as I was about to run the story about the Villains Month at DC Comics yesterday, I received an e-mail from an anonymous source that not only backed up everything I'd heard from good sources about that project but added some new details about DC right now, some of which I'd heard (and was[...]
Fourteen Thoughts About Fourteen Comics – Batgirl, Amazing Spider-Man, Walking Dead, Thief Of Thieves, Saga, Ultimates, Wolverine And The Uncanny X-Men, Avengers, The Boys, Suicide Squad, Phantom Stranger, Punk Rock Jesus, Locke & Key And Saucer Country
Ireland, Israel/Palestine, wings and horns, when it comes down to it, it's all a load of balls. While Batgirl gives us one of the biggest pulling-the-rug, pull-back-and-reveal moments of the week… will you see this one coming? I didn't… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. Ahead of her appearance at this year's Malta Comic-Con in December, Orbital is[...]
The World At Noonan – Batgirl, In And Out Of The Chair
One of the comics I have started reading in the New 52 is Batgirl, a comic I was sure I wasn't going to like When I heard that they would be bringing Barbara Gordon back to the Batgirl role I was incredibly disappointed, I loved her as Oracle and wanted her to remain in the[...]
DC Brings Back Stephanie Brown For One Night Only
DC's best new buddies Buzzfeed have published a preview of the Dustin Nguyen/Derek Fridolfs Hallowe'en Batman digital comic, airing later today at 2pm ET. And, as you can see, they even managed to squeeze Stephanie Brown as Batgirl in there Or someone dressed up as her But given the Stephanie Brown-ectomies that have been going on[...]
Death Of The Family, Rebirth Of The Speculator
Did you buy some Batman comics these past two weeks? Care to pay for next week's groceries with them? Let's take a look at eBay. Batman #13 going for up to $20 (but mostly more like $15) Batgirl #13 going for up to $21.50 (but mostly around $18) Catwoman #13 is already going for up to $20 (but you[...]
Cammy's Covers – Before Watchmen To Batgirl
From what I've heard from friends who enjoy this character's legacy, this dude's a badass, so it only seems fitting to pair him with a cover artist who is equally so. Batgirl #13 by Greg Capullo and FCO Plascencia Simple, yet effective I think it's the lip gloss that really got me with this cover FCO Plascencia's[...]
Will My Batgirl Joker Cover Stop Me Getting Through Heathrow Security?
So here I am, in a Heathrow lounge, reading the Batgirl I just picked up from Orbital Comics… Man these things are going to freak some people out. Hopefully not anyone with a large gun. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. So here I am, in a Heathrow lounge, reading the Batgirl I just picked up from Orbital[...]
Bat Times, They Are A Bat Changin'
But it gets worse. In Batgirl #0, Barbara Gordon was in the Batgirl suit for a year before retiring to go to university, whereupon she was kidnapped and crippled by the Joker Four years later she returned to the Batgirl identity. But now Birds Of Prey #0 has thrown a slight spanner in the loop Birds Of[...]
The Snyder Family At Cosplay
Last night we were directed towards a tweet of Scott Snyder in a Superman T-Shirt. Turns out it was one of a number he was trying on before his trip to
A Comic Show – Guy Gardner Don't Need No Handgun!
Batman & Robin #0 is all about Damien! Batgirl #0 doesn't tell us if she was Oracle or how she started walking again, but it is her origin. My favorite, and the one true, Green Lantern got his New 52 origin told in GLC #0 I am Guy Gardner's biggest fan and will punch in the[...]
Evidence That Stephanie Brown May Be Returning As Spoiler?
And it has this entry for Stephanie Brown as Spoiler. Get that? After a stint as Batgirl, she has returned to being Spoiler Except Stephanie Brown's Batgirl title ended with the New 52 with her still in the Bat cowl, and was Batgirl in Batman Inc: Leviathan If she has returned to being Spoiler, we haven't[...]
Stephanie Brown Does Not Exist… Yet – Dan DiDio
Well there's a thing. Much has been made of DC Comics' seeming disdain for the Stephanie Brown character, whether Spoiler, Robin or Batgirl But of late it's been getting ridiculous, wiped from the New 52, ripped out of Batman Inc and recently removed from Smallville in the role of Nightwing, to the extent taht they even[...]
The Week In Getting Stabbed In The Back (Includes Backstab Spoilers)
dan dan dannnn!!!! Batgirl #12   See, I did warn you Okay, it might be her side, but it was from behind… None of these books were written by Geoff Johns. Yesterday we showed you three comic books with Tiger action from DC, published yesterday, with spoilers for those who still wanted to retain Tiger surprise. Today, we bring[...]
The New 52, Twelve Issues On – Part Two
What began as a deep, dark assassin's tale has turned into a comic with characters showing the depths and appearances of action figures. Batgirl has been a great surprise, for the publishers more than anyone, as it has confronted its Killing Joke legacy head on, and creating an intelligent work about someone trying to regain her[...]
Stephanie Brown Dropped From Smallville In Favour Of Barbara Gordon?
Spoiler, Robin, Batgirl… this character had played a number of roles in Batbooks over the years but fans believed she had repeatedly received short shrift from DC Comics And recently in the DC New 52, she vanished completely and was replaced as Batgirl by Barbara Gordon. Then, recently, it was announced that Stephanie Brown would be[...]
Sending Waffles To Dan DiDio In Support Of Stephanie Brown
I hope Dan DiDio has a lot of maple syrup in the DC Offices. Fans of the DC character Stephanie Brown, whether as Spoiler, Robin or Batgirl, feel that they have been hard done by over the years Amateur crime fighter Spoiler, then Robin, then dead Robin, then revived Batgirl where she starred in her own[...]
Batgirl And Red Hood Revisit The Joker In Zero Month
Robin, Jason Todd, died, and Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, was crippled. But then these are comics Jason Todd comes back to life and now as Red Hood leads The Outlaws. And Barbara became Oracle, and then Batgirl again, her revival ascribed to a procedure in South Africa. And DC's Zero Month looks likely to revisit all those experiences[...]
Wednesday Runaround – The Wrong Batgirl?
BatgirlWatch: DC seem to have a Stephanie Brown Batgirl by mistake on their New 52 Batgirl info page… GunWatch: Cobie Smulders, who plays gun toting Canadian Robin in How I Met Your Mother is actually scared of guns… so had to do some prep for the movie…  She hired a guy who trains SWAT teams. "I was also[...]
C2E2: DC New 52 Panel – "Wonder Woman Has Gone To Hell Already"
I get to do some character stuff with Jeremiah Arkham." Kind of an odd correction there. Bob Harras moves so that Gail Simone can sit at the table. Batgirl: Gail gets a huge applause She praises the Night of the Owls concept "Barbara is starting to put her past behind her and she will be moving into[...]
FOOL: Stephanie Brown Returns In New DC Title Spoiler, To Be Funded By Kickstarter
On Friday, DC editorial types were stating that there were no more plans for Stephanie Brown, previously Robin, Batgirl and Spoiler in the old DCU, in current books. They were lying. Yesterday evening at ECCC, DC Comics announced that joining The Robins by Jeff Lemire in the expected Third Wave of New DC books towards the end[...]
Twelve Thoughts About Twelve Comics – PunisherMAX, Deadpool, Batwoman, Superboy, Secret Avengers, Conan, Thief Of Thieves, Wolverine And The X-Men, Battle Scars, Demon Knights, Batgirl And Adventure Time
It would save a hell of a lot of arguments. Gail Simone continues to not only explore the ramifications of The Killing Joke on Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, but also explore the themes of the original, featuring the origin of Gretel, steeped in abuse, both violent and sexual The Killing Joke has the Joker try and replicate[...]
Batgirl #5 Brings Us "Occupy Gotham"
It was doing my head in, and I was reading too many comics that I just didn't like, which is never good for the soul. But if I was still doing them, then this scene from this week's Batgirl would certainly have made it in In the light of the Occupy protests, we've joked about the[...]
The Rumour Awards 2011: Controversial Comic Book Of The Year
Batgirl #1 was more controversial before publication than afterwards Bringing back Barbara Gordon to the lead role, it took her out of the wheelchair and lost DC its most prominent disabled character However, this was mollified by Batgirl#1 being really good, and the transformation in Barbara being directly addressed, and her history very much being[...]
Batgirl Logos That Could Have Been – Rian Hughes Designs For The New 52
Batgirl, it seems, presented quite a challenge Here are a few examples from his website.       Rian Hughes is best known by many as the artist on Grant Morrison's Dare But these days his influence is all around us, a specialist in design, logos, and commenrcial illustration Which happens to include a[...]