Batman Year One Barbara Gordon
45 stars executed to near perfection year one recalls barbara babs gordons tumultuous and never boring debut year while wearing the cape cowl.
Batman year one barbara gordon. The animated series 1992 tara strong in the new batman adventures 1997 and beware the batman 2013 danielle judovits in the batman 2004 mae whitman in batman. Barbara gordon and alter ego batgirl debuted in detective comics 359 cover dated 1967 although the comic was actually released in late 1966 as the daughter of gotham citys police commissioner james gordon. Likely a production easter egg her appearance and design matches the one used in batman.
As batgirl barbara gordon plays a supporting role in a string of animated series voiced by jane webb in the batmansuperman hour 1968 melendy britt in the new adventures of batman 1977 melissa gilbert in batman. Year one barbara is voiced by grey delisle. However not as many know when her next alter ego oracle appeared or how she became oracle.
In the animated adaptation of batman. The book is a bit on the nose with all the oracle references and foreshadowing but barbara gordon makes for an excellent focal character who contrasts nicely with dick graysons role in robin. The year one story was continued in the 2005 graphic novel batman.
Its stylishly illustrated with bright popping colors and appearance wise is reminiscent of the batman. Year one especially since shes older and far brasher than dick. The dark knight returns barbara makes a subtle cameo in a framed picture in gordons home along with an adolescent james gordon jr.
Since the contentious animated adaptation has brought up the book again this seems like a good time to see how john ostrander and kim yale used suicide squad and the batman chronicles to redefined barbara gordon. Gordon and the mother of james gordon jr. The man who laughs following up on gordon informing batman about the joker and thus recounting their first official encounter.
Barbara gordons batgirl had been preceded by an earlier bat girl character which was depicted as niece and sidekick to batwoman. Two other stories batman and the monster men and batman and the mad monk tie into the same time period of batmans career filling in the gap between. February 1987 barbara eileen gordon was the first wife of gotham city police commissioner james w.
Frank miller dave mazzucchelli. Every batman fan knows that the killing joke was when barbara gordon was paralyzed. The animated series tv show from the 90s.