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So, for those who've been keeping up with BoP, you're aware of what's befallen Babs as of late. And the question is what's going to come next?
The answer may or may not have been found in All the Rage today...
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quote:It is also rumored that Simone will be writing a new Batgirl title post Infinite Crisis, with Barbara Gordon back in the cape and cowl. Supposedly, this would be one of those initially unexplained stories from the “one year gap”, with Babs making a full recovery and returning to her earlier costumed persona. The current Batgirl, Cassandra Cain’s whereabouts may also factor into this…
Now, I don't know about any of you but... I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS!!!!! For one thing, that's, like, ten steps back for Babs. She's so much more useful as Oracle with her good memory 'n' junk. Then there's the Cassandra question. I absolutely adore Cassandra and I her series too. It's awesome.
If this is true (it got 5/10th odds at AtR), then I am definitely going to flip a bastich. Seriously. That would not be okay on so many levels. Like... all of them. ><
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Yes I would dislike this immensely. I'm okay with Babs walkin around being a secret agent type but not this.
From: Canada | Registered: Apr 2005
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Hmm, I'm with the not camp on this one. Babs is a much better and more useful and interesting character as Oracle than as just another Bat-flunky. Should she walk again? Maybe, if the story is done well. I can see Gail making it work fine but in a way I would like to have her remain one of the only disabled heroes in comics. The dynamics of the way that the BoP team works seems much more sutied to Babs being the 'controller' (of sorts) with agents doing the leg work. It makes the title a very different one from other team books, it lends itself more to the espionage stories than any other title and it just helps it stand out from others. Having Babs back as Batgirl just seems like a big step back to me.
That being said if anyone can make it work I would think it would be Gail. She's not put a foot wrong with BoP so far and has made Babs, Dinah and Helena into some of the strongest characters in the DCU at the moment. All three have always been favourite characters of mine so I'm happy with how they are now. That doesn't mean that things shouldn't change but this does strike me rather as taking things back rather than forward.
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From: Manchester, UK | Registered: Jul 2003
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I don't read comics like I should, but I kind of miss Babs in uniform, it's like it should be hers and no one elses, it's like having someone taking the place of Bruce Wayne as Batman even though he could still do it.
Cassandra Cain could easily take on another name.
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From: The Mansion | Registered: Mar 2004
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This feeds my fears that Identity Crisis is an attempt to return to things pre Crisis. I understand some things make sense. But I hate Hal Jordan. I don't like Barry Allen. And while Babs returning as Batgirl sounds cool I think she' smuch cooler as Oracle personally.
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I would be okay with this for a storyline or so but then I would want things back to normal. She can walk again but I don't want to see her as Batgirl.
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From: tennessee | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Jorg-EM: This feeds my fears that Identity Crisis is an attempt to return to things pre Crisis. I understand some things make sense. But I hate Hal Jordan. I don't like Barry Allen. And while Babs returning as Batgirl sounds cool I think she' smuch cooler as Oracle personally.
I love Barry Allen. But he had a great story, and his story had a great ending. I do NOT want him to come back. Not because I don't like him, but because it will cheapen him. And if Barbara becomes Batgirl/woman, it will severely cheapen her as well, imo.
I was a HUGE fan of the Babs Batgirl, from the time of my birth until the '80s, and I was extremely upset when she got shot... but eventually I had to admit... she's a much richer character now. Not to mention that there is an extreme dearth of disabled characters in comics that are well-rounded. Only perfect people can be important or heroes? Bad message, imo.
I've also come to enjoy the Cassandra Batgirl a lot, so I don't want to see her go.
quote:Originally posted by Mattropolis: I don't like Cassandra in the role of Batgirl, never have.
A perfectly reasonable opinion, but out of curiosity, what don't you like about her? Just in general?
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As a fan of the Adam West show, it's long crossed my mind that we might never have had a Barbara Gordon at all, had the producers simply cast Lee Meriwether as KATHY KANE in the episode she appeared in as an heiress kidnapped by King Tut. We might have had Batwoman all this time instead! (Meriwether was Miss America the SAME YEAR Batwoman was introduced in the comics, and Kathy Kane bears a striking resemblance to her... coincidence, or not???)
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quote:Originally posted by Jorg-EM: This feeds my fears that Identity Crisis is an attempt to return to things pre Crisis. I understand some things make sense. But I hate Hal Jordan. I don't like Barry Allen. And while Babs returning as Batgirl sounds cool I think she' smuch cooler as Oracle personally.
Sigh. I swear this man takes the words right out of my mouth... I'm with u, Jorge.
I like Cassandra a lot. I like John Stewart. I dig Conner Hawke and Roy Harper. Wally has definitely become the Flash for me (and a readable one at that - i never picked up the Flash when Barry was the headliner). I was even pleasantly surprised at how much I'm enjoying Warren Ellis's use of Kyle in JLA Classified right now. So why bother with the RESTART button at DCU? I wouldn't mind Infinite Earths; I do mind obscuring the newer characters with the older ones (who were not doing so well until they had top-name creators attached to them - they did all get cancelled at some point). Why not invest in the new characters too?
OF COURSE, the fact that there's a possible BATGIRL cartoon in development (starring Babs) may have something to do with this. And of course, they could always make Cassandra another kind of Bat, or I guess she could follow her mother for awhile at the League of Assassins.
From: Lauderhill, FL | Registered: Aug 2004
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Barbara Gordon needs to stay paralyzed and as Oracle.
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