Synopsis
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics–The New 52 event of September 2011, Barbara Gordon is finally back as Batgirl!
From: DC Comics
Notes on This Title
Alysia Yeoh, Batgirl’s roommate, is one of the highest profile trans characters in mainstream comics.
Awards
2014 Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Award Shortlist — Favorite Big Two Book (DC or Marvel)
2014 Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Award Shortlist — Favorite Queer Comics Couple (Alysia Yeoh & Jo)
2014 Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Award Shortlist — Favorite Queer Character (Alysia Yeoh)
2015 Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Awards Shortlist — Favorite Queer Comic Couple (Alysia Yeoh and Jo)
Reviews
“As ever, the book’s greatest strength is in Barbara Gordon’s characterization. With the full weight of her rogues gallery (brought together by the persistent Knightfall) bearing down on her, the physical threats she faces are the least of her worries. The Gordon family drama has reached Shakespearean heights, and after a reluctant alliance between the Commissioner and Batgirl to take down Knightfall’s hired goons, their father-daughter relationship is more tortured than ever. As Babs pulls off her cowl, the force of her father’s rejection — even if it is without the knowledge that the girl beneath is his own child — keenly pierces the heart. Somewhat less successful was the interaction between Knightfall and the resurfaced James Jr. The former has been underutilized for some time and the latter is beginning to feel like a sociopathic bad penny.” (Source: IGN)
“Gail Simone has returned Barbara Gordon to the cowl, after a miraculous end to her paralysis at the hands of the Joker — though the post-traumatic stress lingers.” (Source: New York Times)
Interviews
Comicosity: “C2E2 Interview: Gail Simone on BATGIRL”
Hero Complex: “Gail Simone talks ‘Batgirl,’ ‘The Movement,’ ‘fierce’ women in comics”