Barbara Gordon
Cassandra Cain
Stephanie Brown
Helena Bertinelli
Bette Kane
I agree with this. Plus, of each of the out-of-costume character designs of the women themselves, I found Cassandra to look more like an interesting character to read about as a main protagonist than Barbara or Stephanie. I didn't even know Helena was Batgirl, I just knew her as Huntress. Not familiar with Bette at all.
Top 10 Favorite Comics as of September 2019
Image: Unnatural, Isola, Monstress
Marvel: Magnificent Ms. Marvel
IDW: Samurai Jack: Lost Worlds
Other: Chuck Mullin's Bird Brain, Huda F's "Yes, I'm Hot in This," Nathan W. Pyle's Strange Planet, Dirk Manning & K. Lynn Smith's Hope, Samurai Grandpa
Helena actually created Cassandra's Bat-gimp suit, and wore it for a bit early in No Man's Land. I don't think many fans of Cassandra realize that much.
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Top 10 Favorite Comics as of September 2019
Image: Unnatural, Isola, Monstress
Marvel: Magnificent Ms. Marvel
IDW: Samurai Jack: Lost Worlds
Other: Chuck Mullin's Bird Brain, Huda F's "Yes, I'm Hot in This," Nathan W. Pyle's Strange Planet, Dirk Manning & K. Lynn Smith's Hope, Samurai Grandpa
I love all of the Batgirls, but no one comes close to beating Barbara in my mind. Cassandra is definitely second, though.
I was a big fan of Batgirl Futures End, which featured Barbara as "Bête Noire" coaching Stephanie, Cassandra, and Tiffany Fox as the League of Batgirls. That idea was so badass and I actually wish it would become canon at some point.
The only Batgirl books I've read so far is Vol 1 of the New 52 Batgirl and Vol 1 of Steph Brown Batgirl. So I don't really feel as though I can vote. I plan to read a lot more though!
Personally speaking it's Barbara Gordon. But I do like Cassandra and Stephanie's Batgirl stories as well. As for Helena I only really enjoy her when she's the Huntress personally.
Here's another thread with a poll that seems to have been idle for a while (a little over three years since the last post).
Not sure when anybody last voted, but poll results when I dug up this thread are:* Barbara Gordon = 62 votes
* Cassandra Cain = 50 votes
* Stephanie Brown = 32 votes
* Helena Bertinelli = 4 votes
* Bette (originally "Betty") Kane = 3 votes
Well, in the slightly more than twelve hours since I bumped up this thread, the poll numbers now show:* Barbara Gordon = 62 votes (same)
* Cassandra Cain = 51 votes (+ 1)
* Stephanie Brown = 33 votes (+ 1)
* Helena Bertinelli = 5 votes (+ 1)
* Bette (originally "Betty") Kane = 3 votes (same)