DC Batwoman Chronicles (2): Barbara Gordon

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In the early 1960s, editor Julius Schwartz took over the Batman comics. He thought the Batman family members, including the original "Batgirl" Betty Kane, were stupid, so he stopped dropped these roles. In the 1967 comic Detective Comics 359, he created his own version of "Batgirl" Barbara Gordon .

Barbara Gordon was inspired by the idea of ​​famed TV producer William Dozier in the 1966 TV series Batman, featuring Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Carmine In. Created by Fantino.

In different historical stages, Barbara's performance is very different. In the new earth era from "after the crisis" in 1985 to "before the flashpoint" in 2011, Barbara is not even Batgirl most of the time, but the lower limbs Paralyzed oracle. After Barbara was paralyzed and became an oracle, many people inherited the mantle of Batgirl, and they all had a lot of intersections with Barbara, even Cassandra. Cain and Stephanie Brown can be counted as Barbara's disciples to some extent, received her guidance.

Barbara is the most recognized Batgirl, but her role as an oracle in the DC Universe goes far beyond her time as Batgirl.

Earth One's Barbara

Barbara is the daughter of Commissioner Gordon and has dreamed of being a superhero since she was a little girl. During a trip to camping in the small town of Smallville, she accidentally acquired temporary superpowers and met her idol Superboy.

After Barbara lost her powers and turned back into a normal little girl, Superboy encouraged Barbara: "She can't just crave strength, she has to work hard, develop her skills and become a superhero." So, Barbara Decided that she would do it, and one day everyone would hear her story.

When Barbara was a teenager, she overheard a conversation between her father and a mysterious man named Batman. From then on, Barbara became obsessed with Batman, and Batman became Barbara's idol. From then on, Barbara began to practice hard and learn all kinds of knowledge. She graduated summa cum laude from Gotham University with a Ph.D. in library science and became a librarian, giving her the time and opportunity to develop a variety of skills, learn a variety of knowledge, and befriend a variety of people from different fields.

Once, Bruce Wayne held a masquerade ball at Wayne Manor and Barbara went to the ball in a bat suit. On the way, Barbara encounters killer moths ambushing Bruce Wayne, trying to extort money. Barbara rescued Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne ran to a place where no one was around, put on a bat costume and rushed back to the scene, Barbara had defeated the killer moth, and the killer moth was defeated by Barbara The first super criminal. Since then, Barbara has started the superhero road of Batgirl.

Beginning in the late 1960s, the general style of the superhero comics has gradually changed, and the members of the Batman family have begun to fight their own way and take risks on their own. During this period, Barbara met Jason Budd, a private detective. Barbara dated Jason and also joined forces with Jason Budd as Batgirl.

In the 1972 comic Detective Comics 422, Batgirl decides to give a criminal a chance to rehabilitate, but the criminal uses Barbara for his criminal activities. Barbara realizes that Batgirl is not going to change society, so she decides to run for Congress. She also took off her mask and revealed her true identity to her father.

Barbara was successfully elected to Congress and moved to Washington, DC. Continue to fight criminals as Batgirl in your spare time. While

was in Washington, Barbara invited Robin to Washington to be her assistant, and the two developedlove relationship.

Barbara returned to Gotham City after her term ended and failed to continue for re-election.

Barbara once rescued Supergirl from the Annihilator and helped Supergirl defeat the Annihilator.

1983 Detective Comics 526 Barbara retired from heroism after helping Batman and Robin catch criminals fleeing from Arkham Asylum and defeating killer Crocodile .

But in the 1985 DC event " Crisis on Infinite Earths ", Barbara put on her uniform again without hesitation and fought for the universe.

New Earth's Barbara

In 1986, after Crisis on Infinite Earths, the DC Universe rebooted and the surviving universes of the five events merged into one, and Barbara had a completely different life.

New Earth's Barbara is not Director Gordon's daughter, her parents are Roger Gordon and Selma. When Barbara was young, she often designed superhero identities and uniforms for herself with her good friend Marcy.

When Barbara was 13 years old, her parents died in a car accident, and her uncle James Gordon adopted Barbara and became Barbara's adoptive father. Barbara moved to Gotham City with her adoptive father and fell in love with the dark legend of Gotham City - Batman.

Once, Barbara overheard the conversation between her adoptive father and Batman, and became more obsessed with Batman.

Barbara started to learn all kinds of fighting techniques and all kinds of knowledge. A gifted woman, she graduated high school at sixteen and was admitted to Gotham State University as one of its youngest students, graduating before she reached adulthood.

The Gotham City Police Department held a masquerade party and invited a lot of Gotham City celebrities. Barbara made herself a bat uniform for the dance.

On the way, she encounters killer moths that attack the prom and take Bruce Wayne hostage. Barbara rescued Bruce Wayne, who returned to the scene after changing into the Batman uniform. Rescue Barbara from danger and defeat the killer moth.

Batman warned Barbara to stop doing this stupid and dangerous behavior, but it didn't stop Barbara from the path of her choice, Barbara became Batgirl.

In the 1988 comic "Batman: The Deadly Joke", The Joker led someone into Director Gordon's house and shot Barbara. Barbara was injured in the spine and paralyzed from the lower limbs, and could no longer be Batgirl.

But Barbara didn't give up, relying on her computer and internet knowledge, she became a superhero oracle. Barbara has a camera memory, reads dozens of newspapers and magazines around the world every day, and continues to gather material from the data networks of CIA , FBI , NSA and Interpol . The

oracle is an absolutely invaluable resource for the Batman family and other superheroes around the world. The importance of the oracle goes far beyond Batgirl. It's just that most heroes don't know that Barbara is behind the oracle.

As an oracle, Barbara created the female hero team Raptor Squad (mainly female, but not only female), the first teammate she chose was the magic girl, but there was a mistake in the mission, which caused Several people died. The power girl left Barbara. After that, Barbara called the Black Canary, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk and other heroes one after another to form the Raptor Squad.

Oracle is an integral part of every event in Gotham City, supporting and directing the actions of the Batman family. Including Cassandra. Cain and Stephanie. Brown, the two later successors of Batgirl, were trained and mentored by Barbara.

Barbara was behind the Batman family in the first half of the Batman episode "Borderlands" and in the absence of Batman in "Bruce Wayne Returns."

Barbara

of the main universe launched the big event "Lightning" in DC in 2011,The universe was restarted again, and Barbara had another major change.

"After Flashpoint", the main universe Barbara changed back to Director Gordon's biological daughter, inheriting the story of Barbara being shot by the clown in the "Deadly Joke" incident in the New Earth period, but not long after, Barbara With a scientific recovery plan and strong perseverance, she recovered, and at the beginning of the story of the main universe, she has been back to Batgirl.

Barbara formed the Raptor Squad as an oracle, commanding and supporting from behind, and after Barbara recovered, she personally joined the Raptor Squad as Batgirl and fought on the front line.

Barbara also teamed up with "Supergirl" Kara, like their predecessors Superman and Batman, to form the world's best partner.

's comic "Bat Girl" V5 after the 2016 big event "DC Universe Rebirth " is very interesting, and there are many tributes to Chinese elements.

In "Bat Girl" V51, during the battle with the female student, the female student leaked the tattoo on her arm, which is the Chinese character "student".

And in "Bat Girl" V53, when Bat Girl investigates Lu Wen's storage box, there is a copy of Lu Wen's 2015 version of "5 Years College Entrance Examination 3 Years Simulation". There are many similar examples of

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in "Post-Flashpoint" only has the story of Barbara as Batgirl, and Barbara's shooting and being an oracle exist only in flashbacks.

In the comic "Batgirl" V47, "Weasel" Danny Weaver wanted to knock down Barbara's will with the horrible memory of Barbara's shooting, but Barbara overcame the fear with a strong will and defeated weasel.

The above is the basic situation of the second generation "Bat Girl" Barbara Gordon. Barbara is the most recognized Batgirl, but for most of the New Earth period she existed as an oracle, and the role of the oracle was far greater than that of Batgirl.