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Snow Martingale's avatar

Cool! I never knew about the history of this character

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Dave's avatar

One of the great legacy characters. They had a real good split with Batman's kids outdoing him completely in one area and working together with their siblings to make up for their deficiencies. Tim as a gadgetier detective, Cass as a superior fighter, Dick as the front line handsome acrobat thief break-in escape artist and Jason as the violent rule breaker. It was pretty neat to see them expand the Batman legacy like that and it let stories go really deep in their particular direction instead of smattering them all about like with Batman himself.

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Hannah Rose Williams's avatar

I like this analysis!

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ObservingTheDigital's avatar

Batman comics have never recovered from the universe reset in the New 52. 90s-early 2000s had the best batfamily. Dennis O’Neil’s departure along with the retiring of all the 80s and 90s talent hurt batman a lot. Also Gail Simon regressed Barbara’s character so much.

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Hannah Rose Williams's avatar

Well put. I've been pretty much out ever since New 52, though my interest in comics hasn't changed.

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William E.'s avatar

We've had three live action, motion picture Batman continuities in the last twenty years, and not a single Batgirl or Robin (Blake doesn't count).

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Hannah Rose Williams's avatar

Producers think we're simpletons who automatically love or hate certain criteria. "They hated Batman & Robin! No sidekicks I guess!"

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William E.'s avatar

Yup...

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Vance Gatlin's avatar

The best Batgirl IMO.

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Hannah Rose Williams's avatar

Hands down

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Ulysses's avatar

Another one that is mostly out of print. But I have the first 25 issues in singles. They are awesome! And I will be collecting that whole run. It's a clinic in street level superhero, episodic story telling!

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Hannah Rose Williams's avatar

It really was so consistently good! The perfect balance of one-shots and continuity. I treasure my paperbacks and hope another kid will too someday.

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