What is DC doing with Batgirl?

[RedQueen]

I have to admit I would love for DC to expand Barbara's overall character by letting her leave the mantel and let the Batgirl name be a more a legacy name, than a name connected to her.

I've been wanting her to get her own mantel for ages that serves not only the character but also her history somehow similar to Nightwing etc

[Phoenyxx1481]

Babs has only been Batgirl to me in BTAS, otherwise she's always been Oracle. There's a lot of her current stint as Batgirl that just feels off. Her costume, her maturity, her age. In my ideal world , Babs is still Oracle to the BoP, a mentor to the young heros and Steph would still have the mantle of Batgirl. Maybe the current direction will grow on me.

[Vinsanity]

I like her. She's more like modern and current and fun to read.

[Confuzzled]

I've been wanting her to get her own mantel for ages that serves not only the character but also her history somehow similar to Nightwing etc

Night Librarian? Nocturnal Congresswoman?

[Aahz]

I've been wanting her to get her own mantel for ages that serves not only the character but also her history somehow similar to Nightwing etc

Batgirl was imo her own Mantle, she was never a Sidekick like Robin and was allready an adult when she became Batgirl, so she didn't really had to graduate.

[atomicbattery]

Batgirl was imo her own Mantle, she was never a Sidekick like Robin and was allready an adult when she became Batgirl, so she didn't really had to graduate.

Yes.
And with her relationships with Nightwing, Batman, and her father, she offers the richest, most complicated, and emotionally powerful storytelling possibilities in the Bat universe.
As Batgirl.

[Rac7d*]

I've been wanting her to get her own mantel for ages that serves not only the character but also her history somehow similar to Nightwing etc

I thought she was building her brand, I kinda dropped Batgirl after the first season but i did like the way it ended,

her own contacts
resources
Mentoring Young fem vigilantes of Gotham

All while being a grad student