Throughout today, IGN is breaking exclusive news regarding the relaunched Batman titles. In our last round of info, we debuted the Batgirl #1 cover shown below. Speculation has since run rampant about whether it's Barbara Gordon or not, and now DC has confirmed it with the following statement from writer Gail Simone on their Source blog:

"Barbara Gordon is pretty much my everything. Because of the Batman TVshow, she was the reason I fell in love with superheroes. Because shewas a redhead who could kick ass, she is the reason I fell in love withcomics. She was always forward-looking as Batgirl, a girl who wassmarter than the male characters, who had class and elegance and style,as well as tough-as-nails grit. For a long time, there was simplynothing else like her in comics, and for me and a lot of other readers,her every appearance was joyful and explosive.

For many years, I got to write the character as Oracle, and there is tothis day, no character who means more to me. This is classic Barbara asshe was originally conceived, with a few big surprises. It's a bit of ashock, to be sure, but we're doing everything we can to be respectfulto this character's amazing legacy, while presenting somethingthrilling that a generation of comics readers will be experiencing forthe first time...

...Barbara Gordon leaping, fighting, and swinging over Gotham. Now,when citizens of that city look up, they are going to see Batgirl.

And that is absolutely thrilling."

The decision is sure to be met with a lot of controversy, asBarbara Gordon has long stood out as a figure of diversity amongst thesuperhero community, bound to a wheelchair for over 20 years andserving from behind the scenes as Oracle. It remains to be seen if DCwill be addressing the drastic change within the book, or simplycontinuing forward as though she had never been paralyzed.

.... Cass och Steph då?

Annons

The photo has no tags

September 2011