I enjoyed this book and loved the graphics. Absolutely loved them. The story line was great as well. I may come back later and add pictures, but you can look at all the other reviews. I liked certain other characters put in appearances in the book as well. Of course now I want to collect them all and there are so many that I want and I DON'T have the winning lottery ticket, so . . . . . . .

This Batgirl is Barbara Gordon, the classic one everyone was harping for before the reboot and everyone was cursing when this was announced. First thing to note is that "The Killing Joke" did occur so she was paralyzed and she was Oracle but now she's been healed.Barbara Gordon is handled by the only person suitable to handle Barbara Gordon's return, Gail Simone, the writer who made her name by establishing the modern Barbara Gordon. This Barbara Gordon is very interesting as she's coping with g...

We used to chase each other like this. Two kids flirting in a way only a handful of people on Earth could ever match. He with his acrobatics... and me with my ballet.Everyone else can go home, basically.

The Joker shooting and paralyzing Barbara Gordon is one of those iconic moments in comics. Sick, twisted, yet memorable. The New 52 Batgirl iteration treads on dangerous ground by having her legs restored and having her don the cape and cowl again, but Gail Simone makes it work in one of the few New 52 revamps that had some legs, at least in this volume.The cure itself isn’t dwelled on, but the trauma still haunts Barbara and getting back into crime fighting shape isn’t easy. The bad guys still

Barbara Gordon is back as Batgirl! As most people know, her character was shot in the spine and crippled by the Joker in Alan Moore’s “The Killing Joke” and for years afterwards was in a wheelchair, becoming Batman’s tech support as Oracle. With the New 52 relaunch last year, she was controversially taken out of the wheelchair to become Batgirl once again. Interestingly, the events of the “Killing Joke” still happened but 3 years of physiotherapy and pioneering surgery has taken Barbara from the...

(B+) 78% | GoodNotes: It elicits introspection from the shadows of things, by contrast and simile, in bespoke villains, affinity, recall and trial.

When DC first announced New 52, I didn't understand the reasoning behind it. If they were going to reboot their superhero universe, why do it halfway? Why not jettison decades of overly complicated continuity and start fresh?That question went double for Batgirl. Barbara Gordon hadn't been active as Batgirl in the DC Universe for over 20 years, and she absolutely deserved a starring role in her own contemporary comic. But again, if you're rebooting continuity, why preserve the events of The Kill...

First Read: 10/04/2014: 4 Stars Second Read: 08/21/2016: 4 Stars Lots of people love Babs as Oracle, but this time around, a younger Barbara is back as Batgirl. Three years ago the Joker shot Barbara and left her paralyzed from the waist down. Barbara spent years on a wheelchair, but thanks to a risky new surgery she's healed and ready to come back to her old self. Or at least that's what she's trying to do. Her scars run deep and she's struggling to find herself and to heal. She's afraid, but

Babs is back!And better than ever!?Well, no.And maybe, yes. See, I'm one of those who has been rooting for someone to stick Barbara Gordon's ass in a Lazarus Pit for years. Get her outta that chair! So, the thought of the original Batgirl finally coming back made my inner geek do somersaults. Yay!Yeah, I liked Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain, but I wanted Barbara. Nobody could take her place. Ever. And I finally got my wish. Except...be careful what you wish for.'Cause now I miss Oracle.I gue...

Okay, this surprised me, and I like it. I only read it because 1) Lauren recommended it to me as one of the strongest entries in the New 52 (ugh), and 2) because I will likely teach another YA GN courses next summer and want to read stuff I didn't use this summer. Barbara Gordon, the comish's daughter, once paralyzed by the Joker, is back on her feet. And strong, thanks to Simone, and the artwork is solid. She's complex--has survivor's guilt!--and has to face Mirror, in a couple ways, as villain...

Barbara Gordon is back. I had heard that there was a story were Barbara Gordon was paralyzed from the waist down. This story picks up after that and she is now walking again. She decides to take her new mobile freedom and go back to fighting crime where she can get hurt again. We have a running commentary about what is going on in her head. Also, she and Nightwing used to be a thing of some kind and now we don’t know where they stand. There is also tension between Barbara and her new roommate. T...

This was okay. 2.5 is what I'd give it. Solid art (that one shot of her ass was odd but okay) and the overall storylines feel very disconnected at points. However, this volume does have redeeming values. One thing I loved was her interaction with Dick, bruce, and her roommate. They all felt well crafted and had heart. Jim's interaction was decent as well. However, the mother relationship felt a little forced, and didn't mend well. Also the villains main reasoning was...dumb? I didn't feel it. So...

Wasn't in love with this one. Might be a member of the bat family I can do without.

I went into the New 52's "Batgirl" series with very mixed feelings. On the one hand, I enjoyed many stories with the Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown Batgirls, and I was saddened to see those stories apparently wiped out of existence. Also, I was a huge fan of the stellar Birds of Prey runs by Chuck Dixon & Gail Simone, so again, the idea that DC was reversing all of that didn't sit too well with me. On the other hand, I've never been a fan of Alan Moore's "The Killing Joke", the story in whic...

Another winner! Even a comic newbie like me could enjoy this and not get lost in missed backstory.Oh and you know what? This was the sort of carefree, laid-back, no-nonsense voice Laurell K. Hamilton attempted with Anita Blake and succeeded in only making Anita sound like an arrogant brat. Here, it works beautifully.I'll need a pay raise to be able to follow all these great comic series I keep finding.

We get the nickel tour of Barbara Gordon's highlights reel: good father, eidetic memory, was in a wheelchair, shot by Joker, part of Batman's posse. Reasonably well-executed exposition.I am aware of the history of the character, how much Gail Simone loves her and is invested in how much she means to fans, and how controversial the change (out of the chair) is.Keeping all that in context, I cant help but find Barbara's first chapter a little melodramatic. I'm hoping that's just getting it out of

Good story, great are work. I became a fan of Ardian Syaf's art work from his work in Superman Earth One vol 3, and the Batman Superman recent issues. His art work every bit as good here.Barbara Gorgon is back as Batgirl. This is not a complete reboot in the new 52. The events of the Killing Joke did happen. The Joker did shoot her in the spine, she was wheelchair bound for a number of year. Now finally through a mix of physiotherapy and an experimental new surgery she is back on her feet. Howev...

***Pink Taco Buddy Read with the Shallow Readers! Female Lead this time: Barbara Gordon a.k.a. Batgirl***This was my first encounter with Batgirl. I didn't think I would like it as much as I did. I actually thoroughly enjoyed it.The first chapter was a lot of new information for me. I think it bogged me down, to be honest. But it was all info that I needed in order to know what the hell was going on. My favorite part about this volume was that the two separate stories were mysteries. Very differ...

I very much enjoyed my first foray into Batgirl -- certainly much more than I did the volume of Batman I choked down a while back for a class. Barbara Gordon is fun, and I have a thing for redheads anyway, I liked the art and her interactions with Bruce Wayne, and it's a good introduction for someone new to DC.I had two nitpicks. One, I didn't think terribly much of the villains. They seemed almost too easily dealt with, like Gail Simone was starting Batgirl out soft because of the point I'm abo...

Batgirl is well and truly back!Barbara Gordon, who most consider to be the true Batgirl, has overcome her paralysis to once again fight crime on Gotham's streets and bring those pesky criminals to justice. I absolutely loved this re-vamped version of Batgirl and tore through the book wishing it was longer. I think Simone has done a wonderful job in capturing Gordon's spunky personality and the illustrations are crystal clear and simply beautiful. The atmosphere is dark right from the word go and...