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Batgirl

Gotham’s Girls: Comic Noir’s New Leading Ladies

By Corrina Lawson

September 10, 2014

Noir has long been a male bastion in comics, from Frank Miller reimagining Daredevil and Batman to Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka creating Gotham Central, an inspiration for the upcoming Gotham television series. Female creators writing noir stories for comics have been few and far between. But that’s changing. Batgirl is being re-imagined by a…

Batgirl finally got her own series!

Cassandra Cain: The Forgotten Batgirl

By Corrina Lawson

March 26, 2013

Cassandra Cain is the forgotten Batgirl. She’s the least known among the general public and is currently gone from DC Comics stories. Worse, she’s unlikely to make a re-appearance, as requests to use her by several of DC comics writers, including Grant Morrison, have been turned down. Yet Cassandra is important. She was the first…

Those are some pretty awesome ruffles you have going on over there, Batgirl...

Lesser-Known Comics: Women of Gotham—Barbara Gordon

By Corrina Lawson

January 24, 2013

No fewer than four Batgirls, two Batwomen, two Huntresses, and a female Question have called Gotham home in the DC Universe. Barbara (Batgirl/Oracle) Gordon, daughter of Gotham’s police commissioner, is easily the most well-known. A one-time U.S. congresswoman; one of the smartest people in the DC Universe; and, in her identity as Oracle, an inspiration…

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