Monday, June 8, 2009

Another Batgirl Tease



DC has posted the cover to Batgirl #2 by artist Phil Noto over at their blog, The Source. Still no hints as to who may be filling in the costume with the top believed and rumoured contenders are:

Cassandra Cain - The young mute daughter of assassin David Cain, who took over the role of Batgirl from the Huntress during the Batman crossover No Man's Land. Cassandra has had her ups and downs since taking the rol, but she's been in the cape ever since.

Stephanie Brown - The young daughter of Batman Z-list villain, The Cluemaster, Stephanie created an alter-ego for herself as The Spoiler, who worked alongside Robin, and after Tim Drake briefly left the Robin mantle, she functioned as the first in continuity Girl Wonder until she was fired from the role and was brought back once again as The Spoiler.

Barbara Gordon - The original Batgirl, who after a run in with the Joker was shot in the spine and left paralysed. Unable to fulfill the role of Batgirl anymore she sought to use her knowledge of computers to keep Earths various heroes in contact and informed as the Oracle.

Misfit - The young Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe, with the abilities of teleportation, superhuman strength was taken under the wing of Barbara Gordon who alongside her group the Birds of Prey act as a surrogate family to the orphaned girl.

Wendy Kuttler - Daughter of Oracle's villainous counterpart the Calculator, Wendy the caretaker of the Teen Titans headquarters was recently attacked and left paralysed from the waist down.

This teaser comes a month after DC's previous Batgirl cover reveal back on May 8th.



While the cover of the Batgirl #1 (which releases in August) seems to be the same costume worn by Cassandra Cain only with the patch covering the mouth removed, the most recent tease looks like a more updated version of the costume that Barbara wore during her tenure as Batgirl. Which fuels the rumours that Gordon will be once again taking over the role, although that still seems like a long shot since, well she can't move without a wheelchair.

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