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Speculator Corner: Bottoming Out On The DCU New 52
One international team that is doing well is Stormwatch, with sales of Stormwatch #1 going for $9.99 and $7.39 in two sales over the past week. As Rich reported last month, Batgirl #1 had hit a high of $6 but was coming back down There were three sales over the weekend for $5, but there were[...]
Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote!
And now we have Woman Woman versus  Cassandra Cain Batgirl with Greg Rucka, Bryan Q Miller, Dana Delaney and Gail Simone showing their support The final vote runs until 9pm EST/6pm PT/2am GMT. Meanwhile Aspen is finishing its vote to design the cast of the upcoming comic Idolized by David B Schwartz and Micah Gunnell[...]
Fourteen Thoughts About Fourteen DC Comics – Batwoman, Batman And Robin, Batgirl, Huntress, Penguin, Legion Lost, Green Lantern, Demon Knights, Superboy, Suicide Squad, Resurrection Man, Mister Terrific, Grifter and Frankenstein
Easy access. In Superboy #3, we get closer and closer to a full admission that we're dealing with a fullblown Gen 13 Caitlin Fairchild… and by the end… Gail Simone seems to make comment on the Starfire and Red Hood And The Outlaws with a little well places graffiti in Batgirl #3 While using the very contriversy[...]
Gail Simone Quits Firestorm
The hottest rumour burning down the pre-NYCC parties is that Gail Simone, co-writer of DC Relaunch title  Fury Of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men with Ethan Van Sciver, has walked off the comic. The reason being given by the Manhattan tittle tattlers is over editorial conflicts over the book, the kind of thing alluded to here. This only[...]
Batgirl #1 And Action Comics #1 To Get Third Prints Along With Justice League #1
Bleeding Cool understands that both Batgirl #1 and Action Comics #1 will get third prints, to arrive in stores for October 12th Just a with the second prints, Batgirl and Action Comics third prints will get a common colour theme. They join Justice League #1 and Justice League Combo #1 in third prints. Something tells me a[...]
The Million-Dollar Debut Of Barbara Gordon by Eric Glover
Eric Glover has written on the subject of disability and Batgirl in two articles for Bleeding Cool, Give Batgirl The Chair and Batgirl And The Legion Of Sadistic Disability Fetishists He has now read Batgirl #1. With Batgirl #1 now on shelves and DC's decision to undo Barbara Gordon's paralysis finally executed, the curtain has been[...]
Batgirl #1 First Print Already Selling On eBay For $10 Plus Postage
But Batgirl #1 by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes with a cover by Adam Hughes is already selling – not just listing but actually selling – copies on eBay for $9.99 plus postage. The cover price is $2.99 but copies have sold out at distribution level, a second print is anounced and it[...]
"From Standing To Kneeling" – A Woman And The New DC Universe
No, I'm not talking about Batgirl After all, she's gone from kneeling to standing I'm talking about Voodoo. It was always a title that was prone to receive criticism Voodoo #1, reboots the Wildstorm character, a member of WildCATS and last written in a solo book by Alan Moore The revamp is written by someone better[...]
Joker Flashback Appears In Batgirl #1 (Preview)
The New York Post is running a preview of Batgirl #1 today. Co-publisher Jim Lee said that while the relaunched character will be younger, they're keeping her time as a paralytic as part of her history. "We thought when you see her recovering from that, it would continue to add nuance and depth to the character," he[...]
That Meta Textual Finale To Bryan Q Miller's Batgirl – SPOILERS
Bleeding Cool pointed out James Robinson's metatextaual examination of his run on Justice League, audience reception and what will be happening to the characters that have been placed in limbo for their DC Relaunch. ***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS*** The week before,  Bryan Q Miller and Pere Perez gave Batgirl a slightly more graceful metatextual farewell to Stephanie Brown as Batgirl[...]
Geek Girl On The Street Reports: Where Are The Women In Superhero Comics?
Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; One of the most interesting stories San Diego Comic Con this year was that of the "Batgirl of San Diego" – a Stephanie Brown Batgirl cosplayer who grilled DC executives at panel-after-panel about the lack of both strong female superheroes and the lack of female creators in the DC universe. The[...]
And Finally – A Little Batgirl And Supergirl Fanfic
From South Fellini Studios, written by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito, and drawn by Aluisio Cervelle Santos, comes this World's Finest celebration of the Stephanie Brown and Kara Zor-El iteration of Batgirl and Supergirl, before the DC Relaunch has its wicked way with them "Batgirl and Supergirl battle for the life of the mayor's son[...]
Batgirl And The Legion Of Sadistic Disability Fetishists by Eric Glover
Eric Glover writes for Bleeding Cool; Thinking over three reactions to an article on the Barbara Gordon controversy About a month ago, I wrote an op-ed on DC Comics' decision to super-glue the severed spinal cord of a paralyzed character and have her skipping on two legs again – "Give Batgirl The Chair" Long story [...]