Now using a wheelchair, Barbara must adapt to a new normal, but she cannot shake the feeling that something is dangerously amiss. Synopsis (provided by the publisher): The #1 New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp ( This Is Where It Ends) and artist Manuel Preitano unveil a graphic novel that explores the dark corridors of Barbara Gordon’s first mystery: herself.Īfter a gunshot leaves her paralyzed, Barbara Gordon enters the Arkham Center for Independence, where Gotham’s teens undergo physical and mental rehabilitation. I will also include some thoughts that bridge between the two and will ask some rhetorical questions that either I am “still chewing on” or desire you, the reader, to consider. Read one or both, depending on your preference.

That is why my review will be divided into two parts: one as a new reader and one as a Barbara Gordon fan and historian. Could this not have been the same for Shadow of the Batgirl and The Oracle Code? I have a few answers that could explain that, however much I may disagree with it.Īs a Barbara Gordon acolyte, I read and analyzed this work closely and perhaps unfairly so. This is something that is rather puzzling to me, as it seems at least the Raven and Beast Boy graphic novels will be set within the same universe. Unfortunately, DC Ink continues to defy my expectations and places The Oracle Code in its own universe. Featuring the edgy art style of Nicole Goux, Shadow of the Batgirl tells the harrowing story of a girl who overcomes the odds to find her unique identity.Preface: Having read Shadow of the Batgirl, which really introduces Barbara Gordon to the DC Ink/Zoom line and lays the foundation for Oracle, I was hoping to see a continuation of that incarnation an incarnation that looks at several aspects of Barbara’s character. Sarah Kuhn, author of Heroine Complex and I Love You So Mochi, takes on one of her favorite heroes for a new audience of readers. But Batgirl hasn't been seen in Gotham for years, and when Cass's father threatens the world she has grown to love, she'll have to step out of the shadows and overcome her greatest obstacle-that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero.

After a soul-shattering moment that sends Cass reeling, she'll attempt to answer this question the only way she knows how: learning everything she possibly can about her favorite hero-Batgirl. But with Batgirl missing from Gotham City, can Cassandra defy her destiny and take on a heroic mantle of her very own? She'll have to go through an identity crisis of epic proportions to find out.

Shadow of the Batgirl Graphic Novel USD $ 16.99Ĭassandra Cain, teenage assassin, isn't exactly Batgirl material.not yet, at least.

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