Barbara Gordon: Batgirl/Oracle Appreciation 2021

[MajorHoy]

from Batgirl Secret Files and Origins (2002)

Also in that same issue,

[Digifiend]

Apparently Jim Zub was supposed to take over New 52 Birds of Prey from issue 18, but it ended up going to someone else.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jim-...s-first-issue/

[AmiMizuno]

You think we will get a new Birds of Prey?

[Frontier]

Apparently Jim Zub was supposed to take over New 52 Birds of Prey from issue 18, but it ended up going to someone else.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jim-...s-first-issue/

I didn't even know Zub was involved with DC at this point.

[Digifiend]

He wasn't - that would've been his DC debut. It's also before he ever worked for Marvel.

[Rac7d*]

i think she make for a good batgirl

[Frontier]

i think she make for a good batgirl

Is this Flag-Smasher from F&TWS?

I thought she was okay, but I don't see her as Barbara Gordon at all.

[godisawesome]

i think she make for a good batgirl

If, like seemingly every other British actor or actress of the past 20 years, she can do an American accent, I’d say she’d be an interesting possibility for a Babs in Matt Reeves’s Batman universe. Gordon’s black there, and she’s biracial, not a bad actress at all, and physically capable.

[John Venus]

I've seen this casting in places. I think it's a good. She might make a better Batgirl than Flagsmasher.

[Frontier]

She doesn't really look like Babs to me, but that's not a knock against her as an actress.

[godisawesome]

She doesn't really look like Babs to me, but that's not a knock against her as an actress.

Admittedly, I’m thinking she fits the part on the basis of “Black Commissioner Gordon + desire to keep Babs a redhead” more than anything else. Her stature and physique don’t recall the Babs-Batgirl I immediately think of... but I do think she’d fit the slimmer, more teen-looking Burnside design.

It’s kind of weird; when I think of “Classic” Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, I always think of a taller, honestly kind of strongly built Batgirl who would make Dick feel genuinely short or simply average in height next to her. But when I think of Burnside Babs, I think of someone who’s Stephanie Browns height but below her weight class in terms fo physical strength.

I think the vaguely “hipster” look of Burnside Batgirl always made me think it was a skinnier and smaller design for her.

[Frontier]

Admittedly, I’m thinking she fits the part on the basis of “Black Commissioner Gordon + desire to keep Babs a redhead” more than anything else. Her stature and physique don’t recall the Babs-Batgirl I immediately think of... but I do think she’d fit the slimmer, more teen-looking Burnside design.

It’s kind of weird; when I think of “Classic” Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, I always think of a taller, honestly kind of strongly built Batgirl who would make Dick feel genuinely short or simply average in height next to her. But when I think of Burnside Babs, I think of someone who’s Stephanie Browns height but below her weight class in terms fo physical strength.

I think the vaguely “hipster” look of Burnside Batgirl always made me think it was a skinnier and smaller design for her.

I'm kind of wondering how the hair would work for the cowl, although I guess she could straighten her hair.

[hairys]

Part of her costume would have to be makeup to cover up the freckles if we take having a secret identity seriously.

[MajorHoy]

. . . It’s kind of weird; when I think of “Classic” Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, I always think of a taller, honestly kind of strongly built Batgirl who would make Dick feel genuinely short or simply average in height next to her. . .

The truly "classic" Batgirl was a bit older than Dick, since she was an adult librarian (which would involve a Masters degree from college) while Dick was still a high school student.

[John Venus]

She's 5'6'', not quite the statuesque 5'11'' build but I think it's good enough for Bargirl. I think the prevailing image of Barbara Gordon is still defined by her DCAU counterpart designed by Bruce Timm which every subsequent adaptation has been influenced by. I know the prevailing image of Babs Batgirl is of a red haired, short, petite woman with wide hips and blue eyes. Though I like the tall Pre-Crisis Batgirl too but I don't think anyone outside of fans who grew up with that version or do deep dives into the character's histories remembers that version of the character.