From 1967 to 1988, she operated as the superheroine Batgirl, serving as the second character to use the identity. These included an infrared scanner built into the cowl of her costume, various bat-inspired weaponry and the "Batgirl Cycle." In the New 52, Grayson and Babs have never officially dated, though it is clear they both seem to have feelings for each other. However the Calculator discovers her attempts, swearing vengeance upon her. Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon in the cancelled film Batgirl. When producers William Dozier and Howie Horowitz saw rough concept artwork by artist Carmine Infantino during a visit to DC offices, they optioned the character in a bid to help sell a third season to the ABC television network. She develops her upper-body strength and targeting skills with both firearms and batarangs.[34]. She is an accomplished gymnast and attended Gotham City Academy. In How to Be a Business Superhero: Prepare for Everything, Train with the Best, Make Your Own Destiny at Work (2008) he states that "[o]ver the last decade, Oracle has shown the power of a strong network of contacts, and in doing so she shows Business Superheroes the importance of cultivating contacts and developing assets that can further their collective goals. After she graduated from Bludhaven High, she returned to Gotham City to see her father. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. ", Related:DC Reveals Grifter's Secret History With Bruce Wayne & Lucius Fox. She develops her upper-body strength and targeting skills with both firearms and batarangs. Notable imprints of DC Comics such as Elseworlds and All Star DC Comics have also featured alternate versions of the character. First Appearance Despite previous writers establishing that Barbara had many opportunities via her contacts at Wayne, KORD. Created by William Dozier, Julius Schartz, Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino, she is the daughter of Commissioner James Gordon and an ally of Batman and Dick Grayson. Barbara has also appeared in various video games as either Batgirl or Oracle, sometime serving as a playable character. "[9] She was given a regular backup slot in Detective Comics starting with issue #384 (February 1969), alternating issues with Robin until issue #404, after which she had the backup slot to herself. According to Craig, her portrayal as Batgirl remains a symbol for women's empowerment. It's a bit of a shock, to be sure, but we're doing everything we can to be respectful to this character's amazing legacy, while presenting something thrilling that a generation of comics readers will be experiencing for the first time Barbara Gordon leaping, fighting, and swinging over Gotham. [28], Gail Simone would include the character's paralysis in a list of "major female characters that had been killed, mutilated, and depowered", dubbing the phenomenon "Women in Refrigerators" in reference to a 1994 Green Lantern story where the title character discovers his girlfriend's mutilated body in his refrigerator.[29]. [27], Following the release of the graphic novel, comic book editor and writer Kim Yale discussed how distasteful she found the treatment of Barbara Gordon with her husband, fellow comic writer John Ostrander. In the 2008 live-action film, The Dark Knight, a very young Barbara Gordon is depicted. I love writing Barbara under pretty much any conditions, but this really is a key time for her. Oracle develops supernatural abilities that allow her to psychically interact with computer information systems. That makes her a candidate. In Birds of Prey #99, Black Canary leaves the team and The Huntress becomes the team's de facto field leader, while Big Barda has been brought in as the group's heavy-hitter alongside a larger, rotating roster; Oracle also makes an attempt to reforge her alliance with Power Girl, however, when Oracle invites her to rejoin the team, she replies that she'll do so "when Hell freezes over." Infantino reflected on the creation of Batgirl, stating "Bob Kane had had a Bat-Girl for about three stories in the '50s but she had nothing to do with a bat. ; This version of Batgirl appears as Batman's first sidekick rather than Robin (who does not appear until Season 4), which is very different from the comics. She also explained the method of the character's recovery is based upon real-life experiences in that "some of the best real world work in the field of mobility rehabilitation is coming from South Africa. The character subsequently made her first comic-book appearance as Batgirl in Detective Comics #359, titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!" But Oracle is something close to unique in comics and one . Starting in Pre-Crisis continuity, in 1972, when Batgirl appeared as a regular backup feature in the Detective Comics series, a lengthy sequence of stories revealed that Jim had figured out his daughter's identity as the dashing dare doll, Batgirl. The relationship fizzled and the engagement was cancelled. Despite being wheel-chair bound, Barbara becomes Oracle . [87] He commented that while she "is an essential part of this team", she is not the focus of the series, as she is hesitant to be associated with the other characters because of their status as outlaws. Let's get this out of the way first. Working with Leslie Thompkins, Barbara has begun to mentor the Calculator's daughter, Wendy, who was crippled following an attack at Titans Tower, which took the life of her brother Marvin. Shortly after Barbara had been brutally attacked, and crippled, by the Joker, Dick decided to pay her a visit. Unfortunately, they both fail and those affected ended up mindless slaves of Darkseid. Prior to the character's career as a vigilante, Barbara Gordon developed many technological skills, including vast knowledge of computers and electronics, expert skills as a hacker, and graduate training in library sciences. This newly forged partnership established Oracle's status as Batman's intellectual equal. Barbara continued to operate, though was forced into retirement due to her crippling during Batman: The Killing Joke . 5) #4 (December 2016). Devoid of her plain-Jane glasses and hair bun, Barbara dates a succession of boyfriends, including Vietnam-veteran-turned-private-investigator Jason Bard. The success of Chuck Dixons Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey (1996) lead to the comic series Birds of Prey starring the two title characters. During the Crisis, Grayson was shocked by raw energy, and was taken into care of Barbara's arms. When Barbara was 13 years old, she had shoulder-length red hair, draped around the back of her head. "[78], Since the series relaunch in September 2011, Batgirl has remained within the top 30 of the 300 best-selling monthly comic book publications sold in North America. "[68][69][70], DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio explained the decision by stating that "[w]e didn't want to turn our back on the diversity issue, but she'll always be the most recognizable [Batgirl]. Barbara isn't her handicap; there's more to her than that. The character is given a starring role in DC's Batman Family comic book which debuted in 1975. In his spare time, Nabeel enjoys running, improv comedy, and, above all else, reading comics. Barbara in this incarnation is not a bad character, but she is not better because she no longer hunts the night in cape and cowl. During this issue, Gordon had been lured into a trap by a group of criminals who had framed a rival criminal for murder. DC Senior VP of Sales, Bob Wayne, explained that with each of their titles reverting to issue #1, "our creative teams have the ability to take a more modern approachnot only with each character, but with how the characters interact with one another and the universe as a whole, and focus on the earlier part of the careers of each of our iconic characters. Batgirl even gives a "bat growl," further showing how she takes after her mentor Physical appearance. Subsequently, Oracle decides to move on and leaves Gotham City altogether. Barbara Gordons Batgirl had been preceded by an earlier Bat-Girl character, which was depicted as niece and sidekick to Batwoman. Barbara's spine was not severed. [144][145] Batman & the Outsiders Issue 17 and The Joker War Zone indicate that Cassandra Cain (aka Orphan) and Stephanie Brown (aka Spoiler) will both be Batgirls again.[146][147][148]. Gordon always beat Grayson in challenges leading him to conclude she was ridiculously good at everything. This is classic Barbara as she was originally conceived, with a few big surprises. Rip Hunter convinces him that Barbara's destiny is to become Oracle. During her tenure as Batman's protege, "she seems to develop her own style of fighting as Batgirl, [but] she's still basically following in Batman's footsteps. Well, you had Bette (originally "Betty") appearing as "Bat-Girl" (with hyphen) before Barbara in 1961, but then it felt like DC did their best to forget about her when they switched to the "New Look" version of Batman in 1964. [134] Although she resumes her work as Batgirl one year after recovering her mobility, she continues to have posttraumatic stress disorder, causing her to hesitate in battle when exposed to gunfire that could result in receiving new spinal damage. [54] During the Green Lantern limited series Blackest Night, Hal Jordan crashes into the Bat-Signal after a fight with the Black Lantern Martian Manhunter. [172] About Barbara Gordon, he states "[r]ather than quitting crime-fighting, Barbara combines her intellect and computer skills to help the superhero community by gathering and passing along information. Then we can say that 29-30 is when she returned to Batgirl but now at 31 she has had to lay off of it a bit. Her back-up stories appear sporadically in Detective Comics until the mid-1970s. In a Birds of Prey comic book, the two are reunited on a mission. [88], In October 2014, the monthly Batgirl title underwent a soft reboot with the new creative team Brenden Fletcher (writer) Cameron Stewart (writer, layouts), Babs Tarr (artist) and Maris Wicks (colors). To prevent Batman from killing his adversary, Oracle initiates the Clock Tower's self-destruct sequence, provoking Batman to rescue her rather than continue the battle. She later dons her cowl and teams up with Batman as Batgirl in addition to her role as Commissioner. I feel very proud for my part in creating Oracle. [113], In 2015, DC began publishing DC Bombshells, a title that places its characters in an alternate history primarily set during the 1930s and 1940s. Subsequently, Oracle decides to move on, and leaves Gotham City altogether. [8], In her civilian identity, Barbara Gordon, Ph.D., is depicted as a career woman with a doctorate in library science, as well as being head of the Gotham City Public Library, "presumably one of the largest public libraries in the DC Comics version of reality. "[46] Although Booster Gold makes several attempts to prevent the events which took place in Batman: The Killing Joke, he ultimately fails and Barbara Gordon's chronological history remains unchanged. Created by: [190], In the final season of Gotham, Barbara Lee Gordon is shown as the baby of Jim Gordon and his ex-fiance Barbara Kean, named by the latter both after herself and after Jim's wife Dr. Lee Thompkins. In the fourth season of the TV series Arrow, after Felicity Smoak had a similar paralyzing injury, Oliver Queen gives her the codename Overwatch while commenting that "Oracle" was taken. According to BusinessWeek, she is listed as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional superheroes appearing in American comics and is the only female character to appear on the list. The Calculator's plans finally come to their fruition, and Kuttler, hoping to save his dying daughter Wendy takes on the "Babbage" alias and begins prowling the digital world of Alta Viva, a virtual world game, for fragments of the Anti-Life Equation unleashed by Darkseid. [115], In the Batman '89 miniseries (which takes place in an alternate continuity of the Tim Burton films), Barbara Gordon is a Sergeant in the GCPD and Harvey Dent's fiance. There is simply no reason for Barbara Gordon to be confined to that wheelchair. Barbara Gordon's transition back to becoming Batgirl for 2011's 'New 52' reboot was something then-DC executive editor Dan DiDio said was due to Gordon being synonymous with the name Batgirl, even . Although Oracle overpowers Brainiac and expels him from her body, the advanced virus delivered by him remains despite his absence. In "Whitewater," Gail Simone's final story arc on Birds of Prey (2007), Oracle and her team struggle for power with Spy Smasher, a government agent who has taken over the Birds of Prey organization. [72] This announcement became one of the most controversial aspects of the DC Comics relaunch. And the longer it goes on, the more it has stretched credibility. Oracle Barbara as Oracle, a different kind of superhero According to the character's fictional biography, Barbara Gordon took numerous self-defense classes in judo and karate prior to her tenure as Batgirl and is described as being a "star athlete". [191], Barbara Gordon appears in Harley Quinn as a college student in the second-season episode "Riddle U" where she helps Harley and Poison Ivy take down the Riddler and is seen making her own Batgirl costume. Barbara Gordon, formerly known as Batgirl and currently known as Oracle, is a fictional character in the Young Justice animated series. In 2003, comic book authors Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon revised Barbara Gordon's origin with the miniseries Batgirl: Year One. 5) and Batgirl and the Birds of Prey. [133], As part of DC Comics' 2011 relaunch, The New 52, Barbara Gordon's paralysis is described as lasting only three years. There is absolutely no reason why Barbara Gordon should be in a wheelchair. The next morning, despite James Gordon's parental protests, Barbara moves away from home, moving in with another girl with a more independent streak. She cuts her ties with Batman, and after a temporary world trip with her team, relocates to Metropolis. She has demonstrated a willingness to use lethal force, such as in Chuck Dixon's Birds of Prey issue #10, "State of War", which contradicts the methodology used by her closest allies and most DC Comics characters. She also has brothers Anthony and James Jr.. During the Post-Crisis continuities, Barbara was reimagined as James' niece, her actual father being his brother Roger and her mother being a woman named Thelma. [155] As such, "her fights were choreographed carefully to imitate the moves of a Broadway showgirl through the use of a straight kick to her opponent's face rather than the type of kick a martial artist would use. However, the Calculator, preventing her moves, takes control of the Kilg%re, gaining the ability to thrive in cyberspace by controlling digital and cybernetic avatars, and tracks Oracle down with his newfound powers. Writer Kevin Van Hook did a great job showing what disabled individuals have to go through in the mini-series Oracle: The Cure. In that moment, however, Barbara slipped up, calling Gordon "Dad." Barbara Gordon, as both Batgirl and Oracle, has made several appearances in Elseworlds comics since 1997. [3][157], In The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines (2009), author Mike Madrid states that what set Barbara Gordon as Batgirl apart from other female characters was her motivation for crime-fighting. Throughout the character's history, Barbara Gordon's intelligence has been one of her defining attributes. [58] A new villainess calling herself the White Canary begins menacing the Birds, and publicly reveals Black Canary's civilian identity and frames her for a murder. For now this is out of scope. In their place stands a girl who is a capable crime-fighter, a far cry from Batwoman who constantly had to be rescued from Batman. He commented that "[t]imes change and characters and people evolve. Barbara's roll as Commissioner of the GCPD maybe a reference to the Batman . Barbara's father has start trying to set her up with a hotshot young detective who've just transferred from Coast City, Nicholas Gage, although he's apparently more interested in the newest Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) along with the fact that Barbara senses he keeps secrets despite being a supposedly honest police officer. Barbara continued her career as Batgirl for a few years, until it came to an abrupt end when the Joker showed up at her house, shooting and paralyzing her before kidnapping her uncle Jim. In addition to live-action television and animation, the character has appeared in several video games included in the Batman franchise. Both Yale and Ostrander would oversee the development of Barbara Gordon's new persona as Oracle for the next several years. This begs the question of why so many fans adore her: is it because she's a bold and daring leader that rivals the Calculator in brains? In 2011, as part of DC Comics The New 52 relaunch, Barbara recovered from her paralysis following a surgical procedure and returned as Batgirl. Last Appearance "[44], In the crossover event Countdown to Final Crisis (2007),[45] Oracle dispatches the Question and Batwoman to capture Trickster and Piper following their role in the murder of Bart Allen. Carmine Infantino For more information, please see our In the following two years, Oracle, under pen of Ostrander and Yale, made guest appearances in various DC titles until her identity was revealed to be Barbara Gordon in Suicide Squad #38 (1990) and she officially becomes a member of the Squad in issue #48 following an invitation from fictional government agent Amanda Waller. She takes on the role during the Joker War storyline when the team needs a greater tactical advantage than ever to overcome the Joker's latest plot, and after her spinal support implant begins to show signs of overuse. When she was eight, while attending a costume party dressed as a female counterpart of Batman, Barbara Gordon witnessed the kidnapping of billionaire Bruce Wayne by super-villain Killer Moth. Dozier, the producer of the 1960s Batman television series, requested Schwartz to call for a new female counterpart to the superhero Batman that could be introduced into publication and the third season of the show simultaneously. Babs explains how she regained the use of her legs. Julie called me and asked me to do that. She was the first Batgirl but was accidentally paralyzed by Cassandra Wu-San. Although Booster Gold makes several attempts to prevent the events which took place in Batman: The Killing Joke, he ultimately fails and Barbara Gordon's chronological history remains unchanged. Another brief romance was with Jason Bard, her ex-fiancee. "[26] He stated before writing the graphic novel, "I asked DC if they had any problem with me crippling Barbara Gordonwho was Batgirl at the timeand if I remember, I spoke to Len Wein, who was our editor on the project", and following a discussion with then-Executive Editorial Director Dick Giordano, "Len got back onto the phone and said, 'Yeah, okay, cripple the bitch. Aside from Craig, the character has been portrayed by Dina Meyer and Jet Laurence, and has been voiced by Melissa Gilbert, Tara Strong, Danielle Judovits, Alyson Stoner, Mae Whitman, Kimberly Brooks and Briana Cuoco among others. Barbara was locked in the library's adjoining room by Killer Moth, where there was a secret closet containing her Batgirl costume; she escaped the library via the closet to appear outside the window. There's little doubt that Poison Ivy would unleash Barbara Gordon's wrath if she ever saw the villain's Batgirl disguise. However, some issues imply that she was conceived in an affair between James and Thelma. Answer (1 of 9): Oracle all the way. Still seeing Stephanie as an impulsive young girl, Barbara tries to talk her out of being Batgirl. "[119] In an article for Bitch magazine entitled "The Cold Shoulder: Saving Superheroines from Comic-book Violence", Shannon Cochran noted a long history of inequality regarding the treatment of female heroes. [160] As Batgirl, Barbara Gordon plays a supporting role in a string of animated series, voiced by Jane Webb in The Batman/Superman Hour (1968), Melendy Britt in The New Adventures of Batman (1977), Melissa Gilbert in Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Tara Strong in The New Batman Adventures (1997) and Beware the Batman (2013), Danielle Judovits in The Batman (2004), Mae Whitman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)[160] and Alyson Stoner in Young Justice (2011).
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