Batgirl 14: What happened to the Sniper, plus Killing Joke monologue

[espanolbot]

Cass says goodbye to the ethical sniper she'd saved from a government organisation that was using him to kill people they thought were politically "difficult", rather than the actual terrorists he'd been told he'd been shooting,



Cass goes home, feeling all pleased with herself for saving someone she had read as being a good person, and isn't really concerned when Barbara tells her that when she rescued the guy she'd left her face all over the security tapes, as well as her fingerprints and DNA all over the place.

Cass doesn't really care that much though, as she doesn't really have a secret identity to loose as she's pretty much Batgirl all the time.

Later, Batman comes to Cass' room and tells her to come with him. They go to a cabin in the woods in the middle of no where,






It turns out that the Sniper's last word was "Mother...", and that the phonecall that gave him away to the mercenaries sent to kill him was the guy calling his mother to say goodbye forever.

Bruce then takes Cass to her own cave in the middle of nowhere, so that she'd be safe from the government agents she'd have encountered while wandering about in Gotham during the day like she used to do.

He then gives her the rest of the night off, and drives off, leaving her all alone in her empty cave.

The lonely Cass here will later lead to her making friends with Steph, who'd come to this cave to train with her in a later issue, but would also leave her all on her lonesome.

As an extra, here's someone doing a good Mark Hamill impression while reading a monologue from the Killing Joke,

Just to say, that next weekend I'll be posting up the "Where's Cass?" Competition entries, and people can vote for the winner. :)

title: batgirl
char: batgirl/cassandra cain
char: batman/bruce wayne
char: the joker? (We have two tages for him don't we?)
creator: kelley puckett
creator: damion scott

Comments

[banjomike]

Love that face-meets-table panel.

[xammax]

The more I think about it, the more I want a Dark Knight Mark Hamill dub, just to hear it.

[espanolbot]

The guy who did the monologue also has a bunch of "Heath LedgerJoker in the style of Mark Hamill" clips on his youtube account.

[punishermax]

I don't think it would really work. The DK Joker was a lot nastier and his mental illness was a bit more, God I can't think oif a way to say it, realistic. The Hamill voice is more suited to the very clean cut suit "calm" Joker. They wouldn't mesh well at all.

[icon_uk]

He does a good Hamill-esque voice.

Not loving the art in the Batgirl story, but I've never been a Damion Scott fan.

[zechs80]

Huh I never got the True Romance quip till now.

[espanolbot]

Eh, better than Jeph Loeb just lifting entire sections from the Godfather movies and Goodfellas when he wanted to have a Mafia scene in the Long Halloween and its sequel. Like the "how to make spaghetti involving sausage" scene.

[blackruzsa]

Aw Cass ;A;

Also, I was reading the Killing Joke while listening to the dialogue. The origin story, even if it was fake, was really woobie-material for the Joker. DAMN IT MARK HAMILL, DON'T RETIRE OAO

[dynamite]

Sooo, I've been wanting to read Cass stories, but don't know where to start! Any suggestions?

[zechs80]

Kicking Assassins trade if you just want Cass fighting some big league super-villains. Though if you want the first trade that collects her ongoing it was Silent Running. Though be warned, Cass's early trades are somewhat out of order and DC never put the middle part of Cass's ongoing into trade form.

[dynamite]

Eeeh, it would be something ridic like that. Thanks for the titles, though! I just heard some pretty bad things about Adam B. writing Cass, and was wondering if there was any other pitfalls along the way.

[zechs80]

Yeah she had about seven trades (though two issues are mixed in with a Robin that was a crossover) from her ongoing released.

Just avoid the Beechen mini. You'll save yourself a huge headache because it's Beechen's way of cleaning up the huge mess of plot holes he had involving Cass during his Robin run.

[q99]

Here's a complete list if you're curious: Silent Running- A Knight Alone- Death Wish- Fists of Fury for Puckett's run (with Fists of Fury being collected issues that were somewhat spread out, some take place before Death Wish for example). The above scans were, I think, from A Knight Alone.

Then there's some uncollected stuff, then the excellent Gabrych run which goes Robin/Batgirl First Blood- Kicking Assassins- Destruction's Daughter.


Without a doubt avoid Redemption Road or the Teen Titans stuff with her in it. And if you want any Cass beyond that, she has a nice role in Chuck Dixon's Batman and the Outsiders.

[zechs80]

And of course her role in No Man's Land (I forget which volume she's in that), Bruce Wayne: Murderer?, and Bruce Wayne: Fugitive! (there are three or four of these if I recall right) trades.

[dynamite]

Excellent! The trades are fairly straightforward in terms of material, but knowing about all the other appearances is definite BONUS. Thanks again, folks, you've been a huge help.

[q99]

Glad to be of help :)

Oh yea, one more that I forgot about: Justice League Elite. Cassandra shows up on that one in disguise.

[punishermax]

The dude who does the voice is okay when he does the normal level of the voice but when he does that weird lower pitched mocking voice he really does sound spot on.

[proteus_lives]

I loved that audio track!

[shadowpsykie]

.... wow... i admit that as a Joker story, i enjoyed the killing Joke, HATED HATED what happened to barbara. BUT all that said.... if they ever made an animated movie based on the Killing Joke, the ONLY WAY i would watch it is if they had Mark Hamil do the Joker. he is the ONLY ONE who can do THAT story and make it have the impact it needs to have.

[espanolbot]

Well, would have been kinda weird if you did like what happened to Barbara. It was kind of the point, random bad stuff happens and sometimes it could just make you go crazy.

[janegray]

Poor guy ;_;

[fifthie]

nooooooooooooooooooo u posted it :'(