If it truly is Babs coming back, my girlfriend is going to crap herself.

Certainly dosn’t look like Barbara to me, which sucks… BIG TIME! Especially after they’ve purposly teased Barbs Fans with the possibility of her return as Batgirl. You know, of all the silver age revival crap DC is forcing down our throats, the one thing they actually SHOULD bring back they don’t.

But oh well, as a kid of the 90s, when comics sill were fun, i’m kinda used to permanently getting disappointed and shown the finger by the current people in charge of DC Comics. I just hope it’s at least Steph under the mask. Otherwise, i for one have no interest at all in spending any money on this book…

I would like to bring up the notion that Babs’ true fans are the ones who love her as Oracle where she has far exceeded her days at Batgirl

Hope it’s Stephanie Brown. She got a bad hand dealt to her, she needs some redeeming as a character.

I’d like to see Stephanie as the new Batgirl, never liked Cassandra Cain and Oracle it’s great as it is.

Babs as Oracle > Babs as Batgirl

While I wouldn’t mind seeing Barbara back as Batgirl, I like her as Oracle too. Instead of giving us a new Batgirl, let’s just have some more development on Cassandra. She’s not a bad character, she just needs some TLC.

I see Barbara as being invaluable to the DC Universe as Oracle. Of course, they could get her back on her feet AND have her remain Oracle. Just give her a costume so she could be more active.

To repeat my comment from the boards, this may well be a take on the I AM BATMAN tagline, and we may see SEVERAL people in the Batgirl suit(s). Ironically, there’s a bit more mystery there, as there’s less for-sure-ness about WHO will be in the suit when the smoke clears.

And just to stir the pot…Who else do we know from the bat-books who stitches faces together? Female, mentioned in the BftC books?

Jane Doe.

Many interesting possibilities here. The background color is evocative of Spoiler’s outfit color but they may have done that to throw us off. She’s a pretty likely bet though given her close friendship with Stephanie.

Of course I can’t see Cassandra willingly giving up the Bat-mantle unless something catastrophic happens so here’s hoping they don’t off my generations Batgirl.

I wonder how much milage they could get if: “The Cure” gives Barbara temporary use of her legs upon use of some elixir or whatnot. Barbara maintains her status as Oracle to most the the DCU, but secretly masquarades as Batgirl upon use of said elixir. Although a bit too M.A.N.T.I.S.-like I suppose.

Its Tim Drake. That’s why the girlish face has been sown on, to disguise the fact that the new Batgirl is really a guy in drag.

And s/he’ll be Batwoman’s sidekick.

I just think it would be really odd for Babs to be BatGIRL while some new chick is BatWOMAN. I’d like to see it as Casandra. Part of me would love tom see Babs back in the bat, but logically she does FAR more good as Oracle than she would in some tights kicking people. It kinda feels like Dick putting the green spedo on again…

I’m going with Cassandra and Barbara being her mentor again, I think Cassandra was dealt such a bad hand by OYL later that she kind of deserves the chance again

She totally looks like Stephanie in Cass’ costume, just lok at this stupid smile and color theme. Godddamit, screw you, DC!

I think, based on the Oracle mini-series, that the Calculator will cure his daughter, and Wendy Smith will take over the role as Batgirl.

How can you say it looks like BABS…all they showed was a nose and mouth…and even that is done “plainly’. It looks as much like STEPHANIE as Babs. Or heck..it could be Cassandra for that matter… nothing about the picture points or LEANS to one specific character.

I have a strong feeling that it’s Steph from the teaser. The cowl bulges in the back a bit (extra hair?), she’s always been a full mask wearer so the edited Cassandra-version costume would be fitting, and the lipstick isn’t out of play for her.

I think it kind of makes sense for her to move up. With a general second-generation-moving up thing going on with Dick/Jason/Tim, Babs kind of falls into an elder-type role. I think Cassandra’s in trouble, though.

I’m saying this is a red herring and the real version will be Babs classic outfit. Remember the Nightwing Origins and Omens with him kissing Babs Batgirl?

I’d like it to be Cass again as she made an excellent Batgirl before she got a real raw deal. Steph, I’d be okay with. Wendy would be really cool potentially, on Super Friends she was supposed to be one of the every man characters that found themselves with heroes. Now she could be working with Oracle against her dad, Oracles’ enemy.

I won’t read it if it’s Babs, I’m just not interested in her as Batgirl anymore. I feel she outgrew the role.

Ewwwwwwww, the mask is sewn onto her face?? SICKO! Is this Catwoman dressing up as Batgirl?

“Aside from that, why is everyone assuming that if she’d be able to walk again, it would mean she would lose all the abilities she has as Oracle?”

Because the current Action Line of the easily disgruntled Internet fan is that Dan Didio wants to drag the DCU kicking and screaming back to the Silver Age, one character at a time, so it would once again be the safe and wonderful land that he loved as a child before his girlfriends started dumping him. And no amount of facts to the contrary will shift that.

Except, apparently, for Ted Kord. But he’s just the exception that proves the rule.

I dunno about anyone else, but the number of “Leave Babs Oracle” posts FAR exceeds the “Babs as Batgirl” posts. “The people who want Babs back” are like “New comics readers” – often discussed, rarely seen.

Vinnie Bartilucci
“I dunno about anyone else, but the number of “Leave Babs Oracle” posts FAR exceeds the “Babs as Batgirl” posts. “The people who want Babs back” are like “New comics readers” – often discussed, rarely seen.”

People with a certain point of view are kinda always acting like that is the genernal opinion, just like you’re doing here. As far as i can see, it’s pretty much balanced in that case, for everyone who says Barbs should be Batgirl again, there is someone who thinks she should remain in the Oracle role. Not only as far as board-, blogposts and so on goes, but also according to polls and stuff. Which is actually kinda fascinating, if you think about it. I mean, cause of how many people never really read Barbs as Batgirl one would assume that Cass should be able beat her pretty easily, like Wally does with Barry for example, but even if she does it’s only slightly.

Anyway, as far as the back to silver age stuff goes, aside from Barbs being able to walk again, which within the DCU should logically happen sooner or later and wouldn’t take anything away from her abilities but only give her more, i agree with you there. DC creaters seem to have the strong desire to relieve their childhood instead of acutally being original, forgetting the age of a big part of their non silver age revival appreciative taget audiance in the process.

Annd Hellstone, you’re completely getting me wrong. The relatability thing wasn’t my idea, i was only answering to it, as you can pretty much figure from the rest of my post.

If you ask me just keep Batman and Robin as well as Nightwing get rid of everyone else

I’m really not sure who this is but I’ve got a feeling it’s not Cassandra. Didn’t she just recently have a mini that didn’t sell great? I’m thinking this is either Stephanie or Barbara.

Newbie poster. I’ve read Babs as Batgirl, I’ve read the entire run of BoP. Not everyone chooses to post regularly.

It’s not credible in the DCU as it stands, that Babs is still in a wheelchair. Nor does it follow that if she can walk again, that she would choose to don the cowl.

Still, after all she has been through, Babs deserves both mobility and the choice of how to define her future insofar as to cowl or not to cowl.

There are too many freaking bat-characters. What fucking purpose does this new Batwoman serve if you already have a Batgirl, whoever she is. Enough already.

And David, you must have special optical powers if you see her wearing lipstick in this art.

Seriously though, to the people concerned that the mask is attached to her face, it’s not. It’s Cassandra’s outfit and there has always been a small piece of the costume that has covered her mouth that is attached with those little straps. That small “mouthmask” is missing, but obviously the straps were included in the image for artistic or other reasons.

It’d be retarded for Babs to take over as Batgirl. BatGIRL. Why would Babs, who is far from a girl, return as Batgirl? Comparatively, Dick is going to be the actual BatMAN.

There’s a Batwoman that now looks EXACTLY like Babs in her Batgirl costume which would make Babs’ return as Batgirl even more embarrassing. Its laughable. Won’t happen.

Its down to Steph or Cass. I think its going to be Steph. Cass is probably going to die and Steph will step up to carry on in Cass’ memory…

Bette Kane for Batgirl!

Why the HELL is everyone suggesting the damn mask is sown into her face?

Cass’ costume in the past had a mouthpiece sown over her jaw (because she didn’t speak initially, or at least, not too well), and this is clearly that costume, just with the mouthpiece torn off. It’s loose stitching, it isn’t sown into her face.

Also, regarding the main article – ‘Even the Spoiler, aka Stephanie Brown, has returned from the comic book grave, and has been known to take over vacant superhero positions’ ? What? She played Robin for about four or five issues, in the Robin series and in other books, and that was it.

I AM HOPPING THAT THE BATGIRL WILL MADE A COMEBACK AS A TRUE HEROINES WHO CAN HANDLE HERSELF IN ANY CRISIS. IT WOULD WOULD BE NICE IF BARBARA GORDON’S ORACLE WOULD GET HER OWN COMICS BOOK AND STAR WITH THE BATGIRL AS A ALLIES. HOW ABOUT A TEAM-UP WITH SUPERGIRL AND BATGIRL OR SUPERGIRL AND POWER GIRL. GOOD LUCK WHEN THE BATGIRL TAKE OFF HER MASK AND SHOW WHAT SHE LOOK LIKE. YOUR TRULY CHARLES DAVID HASKELL

“Unless the new Batgirl is Yvonne Craig, I just don’t care.”

Looking at that pair, she might be.

Would love to see Barbara back as Batgirl! I’d actually be interested in the Batman books again.

wont care/read/pay attention unless its barbara