DC announce a new all-ages BATGIRLS book

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If the Robin's get a book, it's only fair that the Batgirls do too, don't you think?

And since DC keep surprising us with interesting and fun sounding Bat-books lately, well here we are!




BATGIRLS #1

• Written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad
• Art and cover by Jorge Corona
• Batgirls (masked) variant cover by InHyuk Lee
• Batgirls (unmasked) variant cover by InHyuk Lee
• (These two variant covers connect into one image!)
• 1:25 variant cover by Rian Gonzales
• 1:50 variant cover by Dan Hipp
• Teams variant cover by Amano Yoshitaka

Batgirls Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, who are only able to navigate the dark, gritty, and oftentimes scary Gotham City by leaning on each other’s friendship.

Mentored by Oracle, the Batgirls move to the other side of town where Barbara Gordon can keep a better eye on them while the hacker Seer is still invading their lives. Steph may be too rash sometimes, and Cass doesn’t speak much—but what they lack in similarities they make up for with their mutual respect and love for each other…and what makes them stronger together as Batgirls! This rebellious group of Super Heroes team up to kick ass, and try to make it as normal teenagers in this pizza slumber party of a series, packed with energy, attitude, and friendship.

Comments

[cyberghostface]

Dan Didio when he sees Cass and Steph back together as Batgirls on a book.

[janegray]

Lololol never forget never forgive the way the author of DC Women Of Action was forced to cut Steph and Cass out of the book

[shadowpsykie]

what?

[janegray]

This book.

https://www.amazon.com/DC-Women-Action-Shea-Fontana/dp/145217394X

It's supposed to be an encyclopedia on female characters in DC comics. It's HUGE, and has at least a small section of any remotely relevant female character that ever appeared in DC comics...

...except for Stephanie and Cassandra!

Steph and Cass are completely absent. Relatively minor characters like Katana get a full article, but there is zero mention of the girl who was Batgirl for 15 years, or the girl who was both Robin and Batgirl.

Given that the author openly expressed her love for Cass and Steph on social media, and that this book came out around the time Didio was pushing the hardest to bury Steph and Cass to push Barbara's return as Batgirl, the logical conclusion is that excluding any mention of them from the encyclopedia was editorially-mandated.

[kurenai_tenka]

Damn, that's embarrassing.

I hate how there has to be this big effort to push characters out to big up other ones.

[lego_joker]

... wait, I remember seeing this book, or one very much like it, in my local B&N. It had a whole article on Cass!

... wonder if it's an updated version, or a whole different book.

[janegray]

Think it's different book. As far as I know, there have been no updated versions.

[iamrman]

Shut up and take my money!

[nyadnar17]

The current costume design team is absolutely killing it.

[scorntx]

While I'm not 100% on the art style, the thought of a Cass & Steph book makes me cautiously optimistic.

(with the knowledge that it's DC and I totally expect them to do something stupid and irritating at any moment.)

[harpers_child]

Oh hey. DC may get money out of me for the first time in a decade.

[thanekos]

On the one hand, Cloonan and Conrad doing the writing sounds great - love that Midnighter story of theirs that just wrapped up.

On the other hand, " pizza slumber party of a series " is the kind of solicit copy that makes you dread one-note characterization that forgets that the characters' previous history included more than that one note.

[lucean]

I think what is interesting is that Babs isn't even referenced as a Batgirl anymore, she's straight-up Oracle in the blurb.

[chalicother]

Hmm...it's the push that both Cass and Steph needed

It's interesting to see whether it's canon...

Then again, it could be.

While I had some issues with Steph's run as Batgirl, it's nice to see them both back in the spotlight.

Also giving them thier own town so they don't fall into other characters shadow or narrative.

Could be good.

[deepspaceartist]

Hmmm... don't think that giving Cass's costume Spider-Man eyes quite works. I can get wanting a way for her to be more expressive in costume, but I don't think this is the way to go.

[blackmassvillain]

You mean the "Spider-Man eyes" that she had for years, and was the only way that you could tell what was going on with her in costume because she didn't speak? The ones that were a mainstay for like a decade?

[deepspaceartist]

I mean specifically making them big and white and shaped like Spider-Man's. The old round black versions were fine, they were distinct to her. Here her mask looks like Spider-Man's black suit mask with the mouth stitches and bat ears added. It's just a stylistic choice I'm not fond of.

[shadowpsykie]

i LOVE your icon!

[janegray]

I really hope the book is successful!

[leahandillyana]

Honestly best batnews since 2006.

[jaxjyls]

The only Bat-book I'll be picking up

[kurenai_tenka]

Yeees

Between this and Robins, I assume I have entered some strange parallel universe where DC actually gives me the things I want. I await the backfire.

[tinygaylaura]

This looks cool!

Steph and Cass are both fun and I love when they team up together

I would like to hope we get Steph/Cass made canon

I mean DC made Tim Drake bi at last, maybe now Didio is gone DC actually has the courage to stop pretending these characters are straight