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Her name? Coach. Because, you know, Oracle was taken. We've met her before but I don't think she's ever been quite as… Oracley as she is today And may be what DC Comics were referring to at the weekend in Denver... Red haired, glasses wearing, in a wheelchair, font of knowledge bad ass hand to hand combat[...]

This is Oracle, the new cosmic one, as created by Scott Lobdell and appearing in Superman… Silent, mysterious, taciturn, unspeaking Kind of his thing. And this is the Oracle as appearing in this last week's issue of Convergence. Blimey, when did he get so chatty? He can rest but he still keeps wittering on… I wonder if the "special thanks"[...]

From DC's Batman panel happening right now at Denver Comic Con, one fan asked why Oracle was "taken away" and turned back into Batgirl in the New 52, by removing her diversity as a handicapped person Especially when she was previously very active and beloved. DC reps said that it was a valid question and that[...]

It places the AI in the role of Oracle. That brings us to the narrative of this new story, by Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr. The Batgirl of Burnside is all about moving forward To be new and also inclusive without being tied to the past This AI now represents what binds Barbara to her past as[...]

But some people prefer Barbara Gordon the way she was before the New 52 relaunch. Daughter of Jim Gordon, crippled by the Joker, using a wheelchair, and operating as Oracle, working with the Birds Of Prey as a technological overseer and occasionally getting down and physical in the process. But with the New 52, the character was[...]

Courtesy of io9 and CBR, the first of the twenty Convergence two-part mini-series launching in April and May 2015 from DC Comics to cover their move West… As you can see, as we've been saying since the summer, we're looking at one reality's characters being pitched against another realities' characters, from book to book to book… And[...]

It even appears to have Barbara Gordan back in the wheelchair… SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN #1 Written by GAIL SIMONE and AMANDA DEIBERT Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER and CAT STAGGS Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER 1:25 Variant cover by PHIL JIMENEZ On sale AUGUST 20 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T DIGITAL FIRST Diana Prince: Amazon warrior, ambassador[...]

She particularly enjoyed the "unpredictability of it all" in the series, never sure what characters would survive or be replaced. Regarding Batgirl, Simone said the "change from Oracle to Batgirl was tough" in the New 52, but though she "loved Oracle", she believes "the Batgirl in the New 52 has the potential to be Oracle someday",[...]

Well, Oracle fans, she's back in the chair Although the chair appears to be more of a tank And she also appears to have taken on her father's role, and his smoking habit… Comissioner Gordon? Oh and there are definitely some Kid Loki/Tumblr moments here to… well… is "look forward to" the correct term? Comics courtesy of[...]

DCWatch: So this is the new Oracle Well, at least the character is still a red head And yet agin with this horn blowing… LobdellWatch: Scott Lobdell talks Superman #0 Spoilers, obviously. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQXHstZ3B44[/youtube] WalMartWatch: It seems that the US get the full sized Avengers Season One graphic novel with their Avengers Blu-Ray in Walmart, while the UK only[...]

Sometimes you may get it. Since the launch of the New 52, and a Barbara Gordon no longer confined to the wheelchair, but back in the Batsuit and running around Gotham trying to get her confidence back, many have called for the return of the Barbara Gordon they most enjoyed, as the take-no-prisoners, tech-savvy Oracle Especially[...]

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 Batgirl's origin, being shot down… and how she got back up again[...]

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 pulled back on enough aspects of the Oracle debate to make more educated assumptions about the company's direction with the character and her place in the larger context of DC's[...]

The fact that DC decided to "cripple the bitch"—yeah, someone actually said that—and crystallize it as canon was obviously a misogynistic low, but what the company decided to do next brought with it some redemptive highs: Ever since 1989, DC has poured massive effort into crafting the former Batgirl into[...]

Written by Dan DiDio and published in DC comic books with a cover date of November 2009 Less than two years later... Here's the full blast from the past