All harsh mirrors to Babs’ own need to get out from under and forge her own path. All three women, all three determined to establish ownership of their own lives - whether in the control of their corporeal form, advancement of their financial success, or control of the world as a whole. It’s an interesting contrast to new cast member Luke Fox, who’s had his own travels with parental disapproval, and helpful pseudo-teammate Qadir, who continues to lend his unerring support to both Batgirl and Frankie in her new role as Oracle.Īnd then we have the villains. Batwoman, the Matron, Olive and Maps, the Spoiler, even Frankie herself - all swirl around the center of this book as if to honor (and complicate) the life of Barbara Gordon.īut we also get to see the men in her life divided between camps regarding Batgirl’s own future, with nervous father doubling as Batman/ultimate authority figure and Dick Grayson bringing up the rear with his own expectations and limitations he wants to put on Babs.

It’s a part of the throughline of the book as a whole, stretching back through volume 1’s “Batgirl of Burnside” story and into the upcoming volume 3 still hitting shelves in monthly issues.īatgirl is about pulling family toward you - sometimes too tightly, sometimes with a a guarded arms length - and being built up by it.Ĭase in point, Fletcher and Stewart take us on a whirlwind tour of Batgirl’s entire extended cast in this volume, from her father to the other women to wear (in current, past, or hopeful continuity) the Bat who sprung from her metatextual inspiration. Yeah, of course it’s right in the title this volume, but it’s not as simple as Batgirl coming to grips with her father, the former police commissioner, becoming a bat-vigilante. It’s amazing how much of this run, crafted mightily by creators Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, and Babs Tarr, is about family. It’s a clash of worlds as Batgirl kicks ass and takes names amid the looming threats of Live Wire, the Velvet Tiger, and Gladius!

Written by Cameron Stewart and Brenden FletcherĪrt by Babs Tarr, Bengal, Ming Doyle, David LaFuente, Mingjue Helen Chen, Serge Lapointe, and moreīatgirl’s new adventures continue in this second volume as Babs settles into her new digs in Burnside surrounded by new friends and family - just in time for old family and friends to come knocking.

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