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    The first time I know about Barbara Gordon is from Batman 66 tv series.

    As a kid, I remember being confused whether I want her to be with Bruce or Dick because there's always a love interest in the movies and books I read at the time and her age in Batman 66 seems to fit neatly between the two.

    It's only after Schumacher's Batman and Robin and BTAS did I start to consider Dick Grayson as her love interest.

    The first comic I read about her is in Hush as Oracle, The Killing Joke as a civilian, and the New 52 as Batgirl. It really surprised me that she didn't have her own solo before New 52.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Restingvoice View Post
    The first comic I read about her is in Hush as Oracle, The Killing Joke as a civilian, and the New 52 as Batgirl. It really surprised me that she didn't have her own solo before New 52.
    In a way, the original Birds of Prey can be considered as Oracle's first solo title. And when she was first created, the comics market was very dissimilar to today's, and her having a regular backup feature in Detective Comics was probably equivalent (or more so in exposure) as having her own title today.

    And now for one picture that really shows how other heroes appreciate Babs, from Birds of Prey #21:
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    Batgirl 30 was ok, can’t say I like Eternal’s Jason Bard. But Batgirl in HiC was really cool. Nice to see her have a role in an event.

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    Happy New Year to the Dominoed Daredoll and sometimes-Oracle Barbara Gordon .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godlike13 View Post
    Batgirl 30 was ok, can’t say I like Eternal’s Jason Bard. But Batgirl in HiC was really cool. Nice to see her have a role in an event.
    I love Batman Eternal, so I loved seeing this followed up on. While Scott is such a huge step up from the last 7 years, I still don't have an emotional connection to this series as I want to (and had to Babs in Birds of Prey).

    Heroes in Crisis really reminded me of Oracle Year One in Babs's reactions and feelings. I think it's not quite as good as Ostrander and Yale's take, but it was really nice to see that exploration.
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    Quote Originally Posted by millernumber1 View Post
    Heroes in Crisis really reminded me of Oracle Year One in Babs's reactions and feelings. I think it's not quite as good as Ostrander and Yale's take, but it was really nice to see that exploration.
    I had the opposite reaction: this was twentyfive years too late, and we have been subjected to a Babs where every writer since New 52 has feel compelled to get back to TKJ at the first opportunity. But Babs is the one superhero who have gone through a trauma recovery arc on-camera: first as Oracle and then as Batgirl. What King does in the Babs booth session here goes right against what Scott did in Batgirl #27. And that undercuts the scene with Harley as well.

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    I liked the interaction between Harley and Babs. While Babs has had her trauma explored in the past, I liked how it linked Harley and Babs this time around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedQueen View Post
    I liked the interaction between Harley and Babs. While Babs has had her trauma explored in the past, I liked how it linked Harley and Babs this time around.
    I like the idea of Babs connecting with someone who's undergone severe emotional physical trauma like she has...less so if it's with Harley Quinn.

    But that's just me.

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    Before the retcons and changes to Barbara's past , how old was Barbara in the Killing Joke Story?
    I know that she had history of having a Ph.D., being the head librarian of Gotham City Library, and being a U.S. House representative
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    That Babs and Harley interaction was weird as hell.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Starrius View Post
    Before the retcons and changes to Barbara's past , how old was Barbara in the Killing Joke Story?
    I know that she had history of having a Ph.D., being the head librarian of Gotham City Library, and being a U.S. House representative
    I heard, unconfirmed and I forgot from where, that she's supposed to be 40 years old. That explains why the art shows her a lot older than I expected.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Starrius View Post
    Before the retcons and changes to Barbara's past , how old was Barbara in the Killing Joke Story?
    I know that she had history of having a Ph.D., being the head librarian of Gotham City Library, and being a U.S. House representative
    She was confirmed to be 25 when she ran for congress, they made up a law or something for her to able to do it that young or something.

    I'd say mid to late twenties with how they condensed the timeline.

    With New 52, it's gotta be late teens given the nature of the deaging and timespan they've canonically provided.

    I'd put current Babs at 24-25 since DC have loosened the reigns since rebirth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedQueen View Post
    She was confirmed to be 25 when she ran for congress, they made up a law or something for her to able to do it that young or something.

    I'd say mid to late twenties with how they condensed the timeline.

    With New 52, it's gotta be late teens given the nature of the deaging and timespan they've canonically provided.

    I'd put current Babs at 24-25 since DC have loosened the reigns since rebirth.
    In New 52 she's 15 when she first become Batgirl and 21 when she becomes Batgirl again. It was mentioned The Killing Joke happened 3 years ago. The first time she became Batgirl she went solo for a year, then joined Batman and Robin for at least another year. Then Dick and Babs went to college, Jason became Robin, she was still Batgirl until she made a mistake and was fired by Batman.

    So it matched. 18 years old in New 52.

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    Couture!Barbara Gordon winning commission for @barbiegirlgordon. Made with watercolour, Indian ink and gold leaf. By elithien.

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