Shadow of the Batgirl

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"I've always thought of myself as a sidekick. Growing up as an Asian American geek in a very small town, that's all I thought I could be. I loved reading about superheroes, fantastical beings committed to saving the world– but I never felt like I could be one, because I never saw anyone who looked like me centered in these stories.

Cassandra Cain was one of the first Asian girl heroes I saw who actually got to be the hero. She wasn't a sidekick, she wasn't cannon fodder, she wasn't there to teach anyone a Very Important Lesson about racism. She was freaking Batgirl. And she was biracial, like me! I devoured every appearance, I obsessed over every story point, I adored the way creators Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott envisioned her.

I fell in love with Cassandra Cain– and she helped me see that a superhero could look like me." – Sarah Kuhn