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You get a Batgirl, you get a Batgirl, everyone gets… well, you know Bleeding Cool was the first to let you know back in September that DC Comics were planning to let Orphan – Cassandra Cain and Spoiler – Stephanie Brown and former Batgirl, to be Batgirls again, with Cassandra Cain taking on Stephanie Brown's[...]

And it is doing so with the final issue of the cancelled Batgirl #50, which also happened to have the first appearance of the new Batwoman from the upcoming TV series And so it gets a second printing for December with a new cover by Riley Rossmo. Batgirl #50 and A Girl Walks Home Alone at[...]

While Batgirl #50 has a group of marchers against the violence of the Joker War and asking for help repairing their city… Batgirl #50 artwork. In Detective Comics #1030, there also seems to be disquiet on the streets of Gotham, with anti-vigilante protests. Detective Comics #1030 artwork. Hang on, wait a minute… anti-vigilante gangs… committing acts of vigilante justice? Detective[...]

The main story here takes place in the clean up after the frankly predictable Joker War as Batgirl struggles to understand her place in the structures and hierarchies of Gotham City She gets some surprises from every man in her life, most of which are not considered pleasant In every corner, evidence piles up that[...]

But it is a step up on some of the odder social distancing posters DC Comics have been issuing. I also noticed today's Batgirl #50, though it takes place in a land without coronavirus, still has similar messaging to make… "Be A Hero – Wear A Mask" Justice League In DC Comics This Week Art from Batgirl[...]

As we mentioned earlier today, in the seventies, Barbara Gordon junked being Batgirl in favour of going into politics, getting elected to the Houce Of Representatives That was the Barbara Gordon who was shot by the Joker in The Killing Joke, Batgirl at that point was a decade-and-a-half ago Her recovery pushed her back into[...]

In Batman: The Three Jokers #2 by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok, Jason Todd and Barbara Gordon – Red Hood and Batgirl, shared a moment. It didn't end well. In Batman: The Three Jokers #3, Jason presses the point. It still doesn't go well So, he goes for a bit of a hail mary Puts it out there[...]

That Gotham Police Commissioner Jim Gordon would not recognise Batgirl as being his daughter, Barbara Gordon, has stretched the suspension of disbelief almost as much as Oliver Queen not always being recognisable as The Green Arrow with that beard of his. Detective Comics #417 by Frank Robbins and Don Heck. After her first appearance in the sixties,[...]

Batgirl #50 is out this week, the finale of that series in what originally would have been the set up for the 5G relaunch But DC waited until the end of last week to point out that "Ryan Wilder, an all-new DC character played by Javicia Leslie, will soon make her live-action debut on The[...]

Like a Nazi war criminal hunter, with a Batarang baseball bat. Mopping Up Joker War Clowns With Batgirl, Nightwing and Clownhunter – Batman #101 In Nightwing #75, however, they aren't quite so hidden. Nightwing #75. With Batgirl and Nightwing taking them down in one scene… Nightwing #75. ANd Batman and Nightwing doing it in another. Nightwing #75. It does appear that some of[...]

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Batgirl #50, out this month, is the final issue of that comic book Also Cassandra Cain, in both The Joker Warzone and Batman #100 above is seen in a Batgirl costume sporting the Batsymbol on her chest, something she continues to wear in 2021 What her chosen superhero name is, I can't be as definite[...]

While Batgirl has been cancelled, Barbara Gordon taking on an Oracle role in Batman #100, and Cassandra Cain seemed to be looking more like Batgirl in Joker War Zone, Tynion confirmed; One key element in that is that I can say that Barbara Gordon is going to be an absolutely central character for the rest of[...]

But what the Joker does… BATMAN THREE JOKERS #2 (OF 3) DC COMICS JUL200398 As Batman and Batgirl follow an unexpected thread linking the three Jokers with someone from the Dark Knight's past, Red Hood dives headfirst into trouble and finds himself struggling to stay afloat without the aid of his allies. Batman: Three Jokers continues its trajectory as the[...]

Hence why there are one or two leaks right now, courtesy of DC shipping books early. We have already seen what appear to be Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown in their new identities in the background in preview artwork for Batman #100. Batman #100 artwork. But in The Joker War Zone #1 out this week, in a story[...]

Batgirl #50, out next month, is the final issue of that comic book Also Cassandra Cain, in both The Joker War and Batman #100 is seen in a Batgirl costume sporting the Batsymbol on her chest, something she continues to wear in 2021 What her chosen superhero name is, I can't be as definite about[...]

Today sees a penultimate issue of Batgirl from Cecil Castellucci, Robbi Rodriguez and Jordie Bellaire Once upon a time, before the dumping of the 5G relaunch, this opportunity would have been giving creative teams the chance to tell final stories of characters Batman may have originally seen the death of the Joker and the crippling[...]

In honor of Batman Day, DC looks back on the Dark Knight's evolving animated history: Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, and more.

During the No Man's Land storyline in the 1999 Batbooks,  Cassandra Cain, the trained daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva was given the role of Batgirl under the guidance of Batman and Oracle In 2000, she became the first Batgirl to star in her own comic book series The series ran until 2006 and[...]

We've been wondering how the continuity of Nightwing and Batgirl fitted together as part of The Joker War and found it wanting, rather Today's Nightwing #74 tries its best with an editorial caption courtesy of Jessica Chen… Dick Grayson Is Back, Batgirl in Continuity – Nightwing #74 Spoilers …but it doesn't explain why Barbara wouldn't have mentioned[...]

Later, she briefly became the fourth Robin and the fourth Batgirl in 2008 From 2009 to 2011, she was the star of her own ongoing Batgirl comic book series Following a company-wide relaunch of all DC Comics titles as the New 52 in 2011, the character was wiped from continuity She eventually returned with the[...]

Coming out of DC Comics is none other than Batgirl and Joker Like most Funko Soda Vinyls, they will have chase variants with a new shiny variant for Batgirl and a new design for Joker Both of these figures will be limited with a limited run of only 15,000 pieces The Joker Soda is quite[...]

Given that DC Comics continuity regarding Batgirl seems to be a bit up in the air in The Joker War with multiple meetings between Barbara Gordon and the Joker that don't seem to have any regard for the other However there are more editorial continuity captions in today's Batbooks than for quite a while –[...]

Batgirl #47 or Nightwing #72? DC Comics' Joker War is well underway, with the Joker targeting Batman and the Bat-Family by deciding that he will find out who they really are, and then targeting them through their secret identities That has seen him steal the Wayne fortune of a hundred billion dollars, but that doesn't[...]

This brings the pasty clown knocking at Barbara Gordon's door along with one of the most horrific moments in her life, both roaring back with a vengeance. The cover of Batgirl #47 Credit: DC Comics It is unfortunate that one of the most defining things about this character remains rooted in trauma, as the Joker again violates[...]

Every Robin has had their day, Batman is older now and in yesterday's Batgirl #47 we even get a remnant of what once might have been the new DC Timeline With Joker looking to get access to the old tech, offline, analogue computer systems that Batman has in the Bat caves, Barbara Gordon gives him[...]

A character that Gail Simone herself would write on an ongoing basis in the Birds Of Prey comic. That went away to some degree with the New 52 DC Comics Relaunch, a change in continuity for the DC Universe, with the return of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, again written by Gail Simone With Barbara Gordon having[...]

As part of their October solicitations, DC Comics has announced that the final issues of Batgirl #50, Justice League Odyssey #25 and Batman And The Outsiders #17 will be published in October Like Harley Quinn ending with #75, two of the books are ending on double-sized anniversary issues But Red Hood And The Outlaws gets[...]

We have seen her go up against Harley Quinn, successfully, with Catwoman and barely Quinn coming and in this week's Nightwing, it's Batgirl Will DC be okay with Batman punching her in the face? But it won't be Dick Grayson – not yet anyway He has had a fair few number of looks over the years[...]

Mairghread Scott is a writer with a history working on the Transformers and GI Joe cartoons and comic books, writing Justice League, Marvel Rising, Star Wars, Spider-Man and Avengers cartoons, writing and producing the Guardians Of The Galaxy cartoon and writing the Justice League Apokalips War and Justice League Bloodlines feature-length animated movies. As well as[...]