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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[...]

Harley Quinn is, of course, also represented well, along with Batgirl, Supergirl, and more Check out the full gallery of DC Direct Zoom Backgrounds below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ DC has created some cool new Zoom backgrounds. DC has created[...]

It also officially returned Stephanie Brown to having have been a Robin – but removed her time as Batgirl from continuity entirely. Previously, Stephanie Brown first appeared in Detective Comics #647, created by Chuck Dixon and Tom Lyle The daughter of the criminal Cluemaster, the character originated as the amateur crime-fighter named Spoiler Later, she briefly[...]

The Batman: Arkham Knight figure line keeps getting bigger as Batgirl joins the fight It looks like Hot Toys is bringing more of the Bat family together as this heroine has arrived This portrayal is based on her appearance of her from the hit video game Batman franchise The black and gold costume is great fit[...]

Batgirl will relive her greatest traumas… again… this June as Joker War rolls through Batgirl #48 Kicking off a new storyline called "The Last Joke," Batgirl #48 sees the return of James Gordon Jr., who may or may not be teaming up with the Joker himself As a result, Barbara Gordon will be "forced to[...]

Readers can now enjoy The Books of Magic #1-32, The Children's Crusade #1-2, Vertigo Gallery: Dreams and Nightmares #1, Vertigo Preview #1, Vertigo Visions – Doctor Occult #1, Who's Who #15, Arcana Annual #1, Mister E #1-4, and The Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale #1-3 all in one place! Batgirl: The New 52 Omnibus – Sep 22, 2020 | 960 Pages At last, DC gathers the entire run of Batgirl adventures written by best-selling author[...]

Batgirl #44 was originally solicited as a City Of Bane aftermath comic book But it looks as if DC Comics has decided to junk all memories of that particular storyline and move on So while the comic was solicited thus, with this cover, asking who owns Gotham… BATGIRL #44 (W) Cecil Castellucci (A) Cian Tormey (CA) Carmine[...]

MSRP is $19.99 to $24.99 USD for each figure. "McFarlane Toys has kept the DC Multiverse action figure line-up and images top-secret, but today I'm thrilled to show fans, collectors and big kids, like me, the incredible range of DC Super Hero and Super-Villain character designs that our team has created just for them to bring[...]

The unpredictable Quinn will be joined by several new additions to the DCEU, including Huntress and Black Canary to round out the iconic comic book squad, even adding Cassandra Cain who was once known as Batgirl While we are already receiving a solid lineup for Birds of Prey, that typically comes with cameos and teasers[...]

Batgirl #38 is in stores from DC Comics next week, by the creative team of writer Cecil Castellucci and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico Throughout the weekend and early next week, DC Comics will hand an EX-X-XCLUSIVE preview of this and other comics to one of their compliant media partners, part of the secret quid pro[...]

Next week, Year of the Villain comes to the pages of Batgirl, with the cardstock villain variant featuring a new Oracle Wait, what? Yeah, we knew Oracle was coming "back" in the issue, but is this Gus Yale from the Batgirl and the Birds of Prey series? Or someone new? It's certainly not Barbara, that's[...]

October is the Batgirl and Donatello pack November is Alfred and Michelangelo Then finally a Ra's Al Ghul and Shredder pack in December There is also a preorder available for the whole bundle for $249.99 Each set separately will be available for $49.99 Check them all out below, and place your preorders now here. Batman Vs[...]

Supergirl and Wonder Woman both fail, Batgirl (Tara Strong) makes a good effort with grenade tennis, but no one can stop Giganta Finally, Bumblebee steps up and learns that sometimes small can be just as dangerous as large Eventually, Bee bugs Giganta into knocking herself out After all of her efforts, Karen finally learns to[...]

King often posts small teases from the interior art of upcoming Batman comics on Twitter, such as this one King posted today featuring Batgirl, with art by Mikel Janin and Jordie Bellaire. Coming up in Batman Art by @mikeljanin and @whoajordie pic.twitter.com/FxbiefAYbg — Tom King (@TomKingTK) May 6, 2019 Janin is listed as the artist on the next[...]

Cartoon Network launched 'DC Super Hero Girls' on March 8, but after a 60 minute premier and four, 15-minute eps, we have to ask: where did it go?

But the then-former Batgirl found a new role as Oracle, coordinating the operations of the Bat-family and becoming more formidable from behind her command center than even when she wore the cowl But Barbara Gordon returned to being Batgirl with DC's Nu52 relaunch, part of an effort by DC to, for some reason, stomp on[...]

When I asked about my almost 5-year-old's favorite part, the reply was "I had no favorite part because there was no Batgirl." Well then… Cartoon Network/DC Comics After falling in love with the show in "#SweetJustice," I was not quite as enamored with this episode However, the show is still fun, entertaining, kid appropriate, and engaging enough[...]

Fans of the previous iteration on YouTube will find little similarity between the previous iteration and the Cartoon Network series – but the new setting and animation style, and smaller cast makes the show easier to follow and more accessible in the half-hour format. DC Super Hero Girls is visually enticing, fun, engaging, a little goofy,[...]