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Multiple women have worn the Batgirl cowl, three most prominently: Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain, and Stephanie Brown. This community exists to celebrate all three and their awesome adventures!

About

Multiple women have donned the cowl and taken to the streets of Gotham under the name Batgirl, among whom three stand most prominently.

Barbara Gordon: A confident young woman as committed to justice as her father, Gotham City’s top cop Commissioner Gordon.

Cassandra Cain: Born with the assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva as her parents, she was trained to become the perfect warrior.

Stephanie Brown: Born the daughter of the Cluemaster, one of Gotham City's third-rate villains, she worked her way up the Batfamily from her first outing as Spoiler to the Batgirl.


Rules

#1 This place is about the women to hold the mantle of Batgirl. If you'd like to talk about other heroes, there are links to other subreddits below.

#2 Be polite to your fellow redditors.

#3 Do not post links to pirated material.

#4 Be aware of and observe the established rules of Reddit.

First time offenses will receive a warning, but further infractions will garner escalated responses.


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Barbara, Stephanie & Cassandra: Artist unknown.

4 Comments
2024/11/01
15:58 UTC

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Favorite suits?

I’m planning on cosplaying Stephanie for an upcoming convention, and I just can’t decide on which version! I’m leaning more towards her batgirl/spoiler costumes over her Robin one. I just want to see which ones are the fan favorites so that I can get a better idea of what I want to do.

I already posted this to Stephanie’s subreddit but wanted to see what everyone here thought.

2 Comments
2024/10/31
21:31 UTC

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What would you change in the Batgirls (2021) run?

(Glass Cabinet Hobbies Dan Mora Variant | Batgirls #1)

I really liked the concept of Batgirls but whilst I did enjoy it I feel as though it left a lot to be desired in its writing. There were standout moments but I feel like it could've done with a more cohesive story without elements such as the body swapping which didn't really become anything afterwards.

48 Comments
2024/10/29
07:58 UTC

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Favorite dc female comics character poll

Hello everyone I made a poll where you could vote for your favorite dc female character. Some of the batgirls are also in this poll.

Here's the link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetxqSaKXjpgwbL4NEHj_gOHCZShh7d0wvt_r76ptxgl4G_iQ/viewform

1 Comment
2024/10/28
22:46 UTC

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13 Days of Ermaween 2024 — Day 9 — ‘Birds of Prey’

1 Comment
2024/10/27
16:19 UTC

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Batgirl Vs Hartley Quinn

0 Comments
2024/10/26
23:59 UTC

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Which Batgirl had the best run in your opinion?

23 Comments
2024/10/26
23:57 UTC

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Best Batgirl and Nightwing comics that focus on romance from HER pov?

Title sums it up really, my partner wants to start reading Batgirl stuff specifically romance stuff.

9 Comments
2024/10/26
07:30 UTC

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Which of these do you think would be the best love interest for Cassandra Cain?

4 Comments
2024/10/24
19:02 UTC

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If you could get a dedicated animated series for one of these characters’ runs, which would it be?

Gail Simone’s Birds of Prey

Kelly Pucket’s Batgirl

Bryan Q. Miller’s Batgirl

39 Comments
2024/10/22
19:39 UTC

16 Comments
2024/10/22
18:28 UTC

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My Batgirl pitch for Mr James Gunn

Ok, I’ve posted this in a few comments sections over the years, but might as well throw it up as my first real post…

James Gunn’s DCU needs its Barbara Gordon, my pitch would be a case of having cake and eating it.

Live action - Babs is Oracle, Cass is Batgirl.

BUT! to help flesh out the early years of this new universe (which appears to be set in a more established timeline), I’d have Babs as Batgirl in an animated series heavily influenced by her Year One comic tone showing Gotham from her POV… and NOT another Batman/Robin show.

You could even have the live action Oracle actress voice her animated flashback self.

Fans of both Batgirls get their girl in the spotlight to shine (sorry Steph fans) and Oracle gets her deserved and needed representation.

Everyone wins… apart from Steph fans, again sorry.

Now. Does anyone have Mr Gunn’s number? ;)

17 Comments
2024/10/21
15:24 UTC

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Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) by DarkerEve

2 Comments
2024/10/20
20:13 UTC

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Hush 2

I am curious to see if Cass will be in this sequel since she was infamously left out of the original story. Same with Steph.

Hopefully Barbara will be in her wheelchair as Oracle although I bet she will be portrayed as Batgirl in this one as I suspect Cass was excluded from the original because they prefer Babs.

Also, it looks like Huntress might be making a comeback in this one, finally!

4 Comments
2024/10/20
13:56 UTC

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[Comic Excerpt] Jim continues to wonder when Babs will confide in him about Batgirl (Detective Comics #419)

3 Comments
2024/10/19
01:00 UTC

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Batgirls #2

Is this supposed to be an Allstars by smash mouth shrek reference?

9 Comments
2024/10/18
02:10 UTC

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[Comic Excerpt] Commissioner Gordon knows Babs is Batgirl (Detective Comics #417)

6 Comments
2024/10/18
01:48 UTC

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Name a dc character that would be a better match for batgirl than nightwing

60 Comments
2024/10/13
16:32 UTC

3 Comments
2024/10/13
09:16 UTC

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