DC offers a new universe, but not everything has changed. Barbara Gordon was still shot by the Joker (as presented in Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke), but instead of being left paralyzed she is back as Batgirl. Where in the old world, Gail Simone presented Gordon as the computer savvy Oracle, in the new Batgirl she gives us a motorcycle riding heroine dealing with the scars of her injury.
Although Batgirl is my second review, it’s the fifth of the new 52 I’ve read and it’s my favorite. Simone’s presents an action packed issue, a great villain, and a hero battling her own fears. Ardian Syaf’s art is amazing and compliments Simon’s story – Gordon as Batgirl is intoxicating but the emotional flashbacks quickly sober us.
By the end of the issue we see Batgirl again paralyzed, but by the fear that Simone introduced earlier. It’s a good thing that we get a couple different fight scenes, or I might have drawn different conclusions about Batgirl’s worth. But because of her success in the early pages and the emotional internal dialogue, I end up feeling for her failure and cringing as superhero relations are set back further in the DCnU. Simone’s title is one that I will definitely be following.
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