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Batgirl: Rebirth and beyond
May 2018's Batgirl #23 was Hope Larson's final issue as writer.
I don't think DC ever officially announced that, but Larson had posted it on twitter back in April.
https://twitter.com/hopelarson/status/986256376350560257
Coming up in June,
And also available in June,
I don't think DC ever officially announced that, but Larson had posted it on twitter back in April.
https://twitter.com/hopelarson/status/986256376350560257
Coming up in June,
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-24
Batgirl #24
U.S. Price: $3.99
On Sale: 6/27
After narrowly escaping the mazes of her own mind, Batgirl swings back into action to help Jacob Cesaro, an old classmate who has recently made some bad life decisions. Little does she know he’s now Two-Face’s latest recruit—and the key to his plans to take over the city! But Jacob’s not in it for the money and power promised by one of Gotham City’s greatest villains...he’s got something much more valuable in mind!
Art by: Scott Godlewski
Cover by: Dan Mora
Variant cover by: Joshua Middleton
Written by: Shawn Aldridge
And also available in June,
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-prelude-to-the-wedding-2018/batman-prelude-to-the-wedding-batgirl-vs-the-riddler-1
BATMAN: PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING - BATGIRL VS. THE RIDDLER #1
U.S. Price: $3.99
On Sale 6/13
On the eve of Batman’s wedding to Catwoman, two of Gotham City’s finest minds clash. In her role as Oracle, Barbara Gordon wired all of her allies together. But when The Riddler takes on Batgirl, will he tear everything asunder?
Art by: Minkyu Jung
Cover by: Rafael Albuquerque
Written by: Tim Seeley
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Isn't 'has recently made some bad life decisions' comics-speak for 'is now a crack addict'?
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Uh oh.
Now I'm really wondering about where things will be going with Batgirl!
= NOTE: POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD! =
This was posted on the website polygon.com (which I don't know anything about, really).
= NOTE: POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD! =
= STILL WANT TO READ THIS? =
= YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! =
But I will throw in one bit from later on in that story:
Personally, I really question the idea of making Grotesque a villain who uses human body parts to create "art". It's not all that original a concept; you had a character in Mother Panic (DC / Young Animal) who did something similar, and over at Marvel, there was Muse from Charles Soule's recent run.
The more I hear about this, I'll continue to question whether I'll bother staying with this title or not.
Now I'm really wondering about where things will be going with Batgirl!
= NOTE: POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD! =
This was posted on the website polygon.com (which I don't know anything about, really).
= NOTE: POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD! =
= STILL WANT TO READ THIS? =
= YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! =
You can read the full article here: https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/6/15/17466032/batgirl-new-costume-redesignGet your first look at Batgirl’s new costume — and her new direction
Writer Mairghread Scott is taking over the book
By Meg Downey Jun 15, 2018, 12:37pm EDT
Barbara Gordon’s world is about to be flipped upside down as a new era dawns for Burnside’s favorite daughter. Complete with a brand new look and an all new creative team made up of writer Mairghread Scott and artists Paul Pelletier and Elena Casagrande, Batgirl is leaving her neighborhood and heading back to Gotham City proper to face down a new — and deeply personal — threat, starting with Batgirl #26 on August 22nd.
With a design concept by Sean Gordon Murphy, Babs’ new look is a pretty far cry from the pastel purple moto jacket she’s been wearing since the Batgirl of Burnside soft reboot back in 2015.
“This is supposed to be a version of the costume that she was working on when she still lived with her dad,” Scott explained in reference to her new, more classic look. “That’s why it looks so much like her original Batgirl: Year One outfit — like, she’s with her dad. She can’t get out back to Burnside, and this is like the emergency. So the version that she was working on [back in the day] that she had stashed here just in case. It helps us with the story a little bit too, because it’s a little less bright — we wanted her to be more stealthy, and we want her to be able to integrate some more tech with the belt.”
And by the sound of things, that emphasis on stealth is going to come in handy. Barbara is headed home to face off against a villain named Grotesque, who harkens back to Batgirl’s original New 52 era run. Created by Gail Simone and Ardian Syaf, Grotesque was “originally, this sort of adrenaline junkie who liked to steal the finer things in life,” according to Scott, “but he got sent away to Blackgate. Now he’s back and we learn that his time in prison has really changed him.”
“Changed” might be a bit of an understatement here. Grotesque’s new M.O. is no longer just trying to steal fine art — he wants to make it. Brutally. Batgirl uncovers a string of grizzly “art pieces” constructed out of human body parts at the scenes of various crimes.
“Things like Perseus with the Head of Medusa, but maybe it’s got a real person’s head. Or a still life, but made up of human hands,” Scott clarified with a grin, “He’s still stealing things, of course, but it’s different now — he’s escalating. And Batgirl has to stop him.”
But it’s not going to be easy — on top Grotesque’s grisly reappearance, Babs suffers what Scott calls a “really traumatic injury” at the start of the arc. “The implant that allows her to walk is shorting out,” she explained, and that’s not all. “But when that happens, [Babs’] is just like, ‘Oh, okay, my legs aren’t working, I can deal with that. It’s fine.’ Because she was Oracle for a long time, you know? She knows how to operate without the chip.”
But I will throw in one bit from later on in that story:
. . . But Babs’ new status quo isn’t all darkness and struggle — the Burnside era isn’t being tossed out the window and Babs won’t be returned to her position as Oracle full time, “That’s kind of a spoiler, I guess, but I want to get ahead of that. We don’t want to tease people with that.”
Personally, I really question the idea of making Grotesque a villain who uses human body parts to create "art". It's not all that original a concept; you had a character in Mother Panic (DC / Young Animal) who did something similar, and over at Marvel, there was Muse from Charles Soule's recent run.
The more I hear about this, I'll continue to question whether I'll bother staying with this title or not.
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Why on Earth would Batgirl have boot treads that look like bats? That means that the world and her wife can track her all over the city!
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Her wife?Lucy McGough wrote:Why on Earth would Batgirl have boot treads that look like bats? That means that the world and her wife can track her all over the city!
Unless the new writer is really making changes to Barbara, last I remember she was straight.
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Coming up later this month,
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-25
Batgirl #25
U.S. Price: $4.99
On Sale 7/25
On her return to Gotham City, family matters force Barbara to confront her complicated relationship with Dick Grayson. But does Dick have time for a heart-to-heart while subbing as Batman when Bruce Wayne is out of action?
This extra-sized anniversary issue also offers a look at the next arc of the series by Mairghread Scott and Paul Pelletier as the monstrous villain Grotesque murders wealthy art owners and defiles their bodies to create his own “art.”
And since this is the issue that keeps on giving, also look for a special backup story by Harley Quinn co-creator Paul Dini and artist Emanuela Lupacchino.
Art by: Paul Pelletier, Dan Panosian, Emanuela Lupacchino
Cover by: Rafael Albuquerque
Variant cover by: Joshua Middleton
Written by: Paul Dini, Mairghread Scott, Marguerite Bennett
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I thought Elena Casagrande was going to be one of the new art team?
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She's listed as the artist on the annual (Annual #2 comes out next month), and from the previous post about the changes coming to the book, it did saytony ingram wrote:I thought Elena Casagrande was going to be one of the new art team?
so maybe she'll be doing a different arc after the first one (or possibly taking over as artist after a few issues by Pelletier)?. . . an all new creative team made up of writer Mairghread Scott and artists Paul Pelletier and Elena Casagrande . . .
Pelletier is still listed for issue #27 (due out in September); we'll have to see what's up with issue #28 when October solicitations are released (probably in the next week or two).
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MajorHoy wrote:Her wife?Lucy McGough wrote:Why on Earth would Batgirl have boot treads that look like bats? That means that the world and her wife can track her all over the city!
Unless the new writer is really making changes to Barbara, last I remember she was straight.
She may be straight, but the world isn't...
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A variation on "the world and his wife", an English expression which basically just means "everybody".MajorHoy wrote:Her wife?Lucy McGough wrote:Why on Earth would Batgirl have boot treads that look like bats? That means that the world and her wife can track her all over the city!
Unless the new writer is really making changes to Barbara, last I remember she was straight.
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Well, if you change "his" to "her", you should probably have changed "wife" to either "husband" or the more gender-neutral options like "spouse" or "partner".tony ingram wrote:A variation on "the world and his wife", an English expression which basically just means "everybody".MajorHoy wrote:Her wife?Lucy McGough wrote:Why on Earth would Batgirl have boot treads that look like bats? That means that the world and her wife can track her all over the city!
Unless the new writer is really making changes to Barbara, last I remember she was straight.
Just sayin' . . .
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Doesn't really scan as well...MajorHoy wrote:Well, if you change "his" to "her", you should probably have changed "wife" to either "husband" or the more gender-neutral options like "spouse" or "partner".tony ingram wrote:A variation on "the world and his wife", an English expression which basically just means "everybody".MajorHoy wrote:Her wife?Lucy McGough wrote:Why on Earth would Batgirl have boot treads that look like bats? That means that the world and her wife can track her all over the city!
Unless the new writer is really making changes to Barbara, last I remember she was straight.
Just sayin' . . .
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MajorHoy wrote:Well, if you change "his" to "her", you should probably have changed "wife" to either "husband" or the more gender-neutral options like "spouse" or "partner".
Just sayin' . . .
Google tells me that gay marriage has been legal in Connecticut since 2008.
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Oh, I'm aware it is.Lucy McGough wrote:Google tells me that gay marriage has been legal in Connecticut since 2008.MajorHoy wrote:Well, if you change "his" to "her", you should probably have changed "wife" to either "husband" or the more gender-neutral options like "spouse" or "partner".
Just sayin' . . .
But, as far as I know, Babs hasn't been written in regular-continuity stories as being that way.
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I don't think anbody was suggesting she was. It's just an expression.MajorHoy wrote:Oh, I'm aware it is.Lucy McGough wrote:Google tells me that gay marriage has been legal in Connecticut since 2008.MajorHoy wrote:Well, if you change "his" to "her", you should probably have changed "wife" to either "husband" or the more gender-neutral options like "spouse" or "partner".
Just sayin' . . .
But, as far as I know, Babs hasn't been written in regular-continuity stories as being that way.
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But, as you pointed out, the expression was changed by Lucy from "his wife" to "her wife" for no apparent reason.tony ingram wrote:I don't think anbody was suggesting she was. It's just an expression.MajorHoy wrote:Oh, I'm aware it is.Lucy McGough wrote:Google tells me that gay marriage has been legal in Connecticut since 2008.MajorHoy wrote:Well, if you change "his" to "her", you should probably have changed "wife" to either "husband" or the more gender-neutral options like "spouse" or "partner".
Just sayin' . . .
But, as far as I know, Babs hasn't been written in regular-continuity stories as being that way.
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It's just something that people over here sometimes do these days. It's not significant. The current generation, at least here, simply don't always assume that someone with a wife is necessarily male. It did not relate to Barbara Gordon. It's just an expression.MajorHoy wrote:But, as you pointed out, the expression was changed by Lucy from "his wife" to "her wife" for no apparent reason.tony ingram wrote:I don't think anbody was suggesting she was. It's just an expression.MajorHoy wrote:Oh, I'm aware it is.Lucy McGough wrote:Google tells me that gay marriage has been legal in Connecticut since 2008.MajorHoy wrote:Well, if you change "his" to "her", you should probably have changed "wife" to either "husband" or the more gender-neutral options like "spouse" or "partner".
Just sayin' . . .
But, as far as I know, Babs hasn't been written in regular-continuity stories as being that way.
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And a couple of days after I posted that, newsarama posted this:MajorHoy wrote:Coming up later this month,https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-25
Batgirl #25
U.S. Price: $4.99
On Sale 7/25
https://www.newsarama.com/40788-batgirl-25-pushed-back-3-weeks.htmlBATGIRL #25 Pushed Back 3 Weeks
Bottom line: Batgirl #25 now won't be out until August 15th.
However, at last check, Batgirl #26 was still listed as being out on August 22nd, and Batgirl Annual #2 is due out August 29th. (Go figure.)
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By the way, Batgirl #26 was later pushed out to August 29th, but Batgirl Annual #2 is also still due out August 29th?MajorHoy wrote:And a couple of days after I posted that, newsarama posted this:https://www.newsarama.com/40788-batgirl-25-pushed-back-3-weeks.htmlBATGIRL #25 Pushed Back 3 Weeks
Bottom line: Batgirl #25 now won't be out until August 15th.
However, at last check, Batgirl #26 was still listed as being out on August 22nd, and Batgirl Annual #2 is due out August 29th. (Go figure.)
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MajorHoy wrote:By the way, Batgirl #26 was later pushed out to August 29th, but Batgirl Annual #2 is also still due out August 29th?MajorHoy wrote:And a couple of days after I posted that, newsarama posted this:https://www.newsarama.com/40788-batgirl-25-pushed-back-3-weeks.htmlBATGIRL #25 Pushed Back 3 Weeks
Bottom line: Batgirl #25 now won't be out until August 15th.
However, at last check, Batgirl #26 was still listed as being out on August 22nd, and Batgirl Annual #2 is due out August 29th. (Go figure.)
In fact, according to Dc Comics website, both Batgirl # 26 and the all female creative team Annual # 2 are supposed to be in shops next 29 August, in just seven days from now!
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Speaking of issue #26,Barry_Allen wrote:In fact, according to Dc Comics website, both Batgirl # 26 and the all female creative team Annual # 2 are supposed to be in shops next 29 August, in just seven days from now!
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-26
BATGIRL #26
“Art of the Crime” part one. During a high-speed chase with murderous art thief Grotesque, the villain K.O.’s Batgirl with a souped-up stun gun that temporarily fries the device implanted in her spine. (That thing that helps her, you know, walk and be Batgirl?) Babs finds herself in for a whole new world of hurt now that old wounds have been opened up—and so does Grotesque.
Art by: Paul Pelletier
Cover by: Sean Murphy
Variant cover by: Joshua Middleton
Written by: Mairghread Scott
U.S. Price: $3.99
On Sale Date: Aug 29 2018
And the variant cover:
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Also,
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-annual-2
BATGIRL ANNUAL #2
Sibling rivalry takes on a whole new meaning in this one-shot story that tracks Batgirl’s hunt for a serial killer whose M.O. strikes a familiar chord. Namely, a disturbing similarity to her brother, current convict James Gordon Jr. Family bonds are restored during a visit to his maximum- security surroundings, but Babs’ doubts linger. Is James Jr. helping to solve this case…or pulling her strings in a diabolical power play?
Art by: Elena Casagrande
Cover by: Emanuela Lupacchino
Written by: Mairghread Scott
U.S. Price: $4.99
Page Count: 48
On Sale Date: Aug 29 2018
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BATGIRL #27
For September 2018,
variant cover:
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-27[/quote]
BATGIRL #27
You can’t go home again. But that’s just where Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl, is forced to go when the chip granting her mobility keeps shorting out in the aftermath of her clash with Grotesque. Will Commissioner Gordon drive Babs totally bonkers with his bedside manner? Or will the malfunctioning tech impact more than just her legs? Plus, what’s the deal with killer art critic Grotesque and his murderous new M.O.? It’s all in part two of “Art of the Crime.”
Art by: Norm Rapmund, Paul Pelletier
Cover by: Sean Murphy
Variant cover by: Joshua Middleton
Written by: Mairghread Scott
U.S. Price: $3.99
On Sale Date: Sep 26 2018
variant cover:
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By the way, after reading issue #27, does it seem a little too obvious that the current Grotesque could be
- Spoiler:
- Detective Evan Douglas?
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Seems fairly likely, since there are a very limited number of suspects and I doubt it's Jim Gordon...MajorHoy wrote:By the way, after reading issue #27, does it seem a little too obvious that the current Grotesque could be
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Detective Evan Douglas?
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Due out Wednesday, January 2, 2019 (since DC didn't ship new issues of comic books for December 26th, 2018):
And the variant cover:
There will also be a second issue (#31) shipping for January 30th (the fifth Wednesday of the month), then in February we go back to the 4th Wednesday of the month for issue #32.
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-30
BATGIRL #30
You can take the Batgirl out of Gotham City, but you can’t take Gotham out of the Batgirl! Politics gets personal as the race for Congress in Gotham City heats up, leading to civil unrest in Barbara’s new neighborhood—as a new villain begins to make themselves known!
Art & Cover by: Norm Rapmund, Paul Pelletier
Variant cover by: Joshua Middleton
Written by: Mairghread Scott
U.S. Cover Price: $3.99
On Sale Date: Jan 2 2019
And the variant cover:
There will also be a second issue (#31) shipping for January 30th (the fifth Wednesday of the month), then in February we go back to the 4th Wednesday of the month for issue #32.
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