Batgirl #46-47

[informationgeek]

Yeah I’m really conscious of that, we do have these overarching plots we have to serve, but Cameron and I are conscious of new readers coming in at any point, and making this series and the other two series I’m writing, Gotham Academy and Black Canary, not feel bogged down by the long histories of the characterizes, by all these decades worth of stories that came before. I never want to discount any of that or make it seem like those points of continuity never took place. But I just think each issue needs to feel like a fresh place for a new reader to start, that they can come in and get something out of it. - Brenden Fletcher

"I would argue that the people that enjoy this don't know the real Barbara Gordon at all. They like this because they don't know any better. She has been around since 1967. That is 49 years. This current run is a blip of her total history. Stewart's run accounts for about 2% of her accumulated existence. When I evaluate her, I evaluate her against herself. His run is absolutely not a fair representation of the character by any means.

Maybe this is a Batgirl that certain people can relate to, but is it really the kind of Batgirl we want them looking up to and emulating.

A lot of these characters are more real to me than people I know in reality. Batgirl is like my sister for crying out loud. And right now, Stewart is telling lies about her. You think I'm just going to stand by and watch somebody badmouth my sister. I protect my own. Since Batgirl is a fictional character, she can't defend herself. She needs people like you and me to defend her. If you really had her back, like your name implies, you wouldn't be defending this."- Brandon Mulholand, reviewer for Batman-News

Writer: Cameron Stewart& Brenden Fletcher
Artist: Babs Tarr for #46 and Eleonora Carlini & Moritat for #47
Colorist: Serge Lapointe



We start with #46...



Later...









Then over to #47...









Then there's a big scene where Babs and Steph break into the police station and try to locate some information. I'm skipping that and getting straight to the point at the end since that's where the plot important stuff happens.

Comments

[ebailey140]

You're showing your age. You can tell what era someone entered the fandom was when they declare Cass the best and One True Batgirl. :)

To the world outside of Scan Daily, though... Go to Tumblr, type "Batgirl" in the search, and you'll have to slog through a ton of Barbaras, and even several Stephs, before you find a Cass.

The thing about "Batgirl" for everyone outside of the folks for whom Cass was their first Batgirl is the name doesn't mean grim and gritty and broody. It means a young woman that is more fun than Bruce, and more relatable. Barbara and Steph are that. Cass is a great character, but she just isn't BATGIRL to the world outside of Scans Daily.

The current book is very relatable to Millennials who live in major cities. For them, the cast and setting are very familiar. This is the most realistic version of Gotham, ever. All major cities have at least one Burnside. But, I can see how it might be offputting to folks who loved the late 90s - early 00s Batbooks.

[jlbarnett]

this is pretty presumptuous. It's offputting to me and I didn't read 90s and 00s batbooks. In fact I'm most familair with Babs from Morrison's JLA, Steph's Batgirl book and guest appearences.

[doctor_spanky]

Oh I don't think Babs as Batgirl again is off-pudding at all, I like that she lives in the Brooklyn of Gotham (which one is supposed to be the hip borough?). And developing specific neighborhoods is always good to make Gotham feel more like a real place n stuff

Cass draws from comic-booky elements (mute kung fu prodigy ex-assassin seeking redemption), Babs draws from the lives of the people the book is written for (by?) / marketed to. While I think Oracle was a really cool aspirational character and she has an incredible arc, I can see why DC thought it was time to reboot her. Like how marketing studies are proving that doods and ladies basically split the comics market evenly so it doesn't have the appearance of being pragmatic anymore to just try to sell to teenage boys (http://www.comicsbeat.com/market-research-says-46-female-comic-fans/)

Also the art in this series is pretty cute and I like the colors. Like Gotham still has nightmare purple sky but it isn't creepy looking it's like inviting or fantasy-ish idk. Also I like the sleep paralysis monster