COMICS • COLLECTOR GUIDES
DC vigilante and member of Gotham City’s Batman family. This page collects the live-action films in the watchlist in which the character or team has a principal role, making it easier to follow their screen appearances and connected movie series.
Start with the essential comics, follow the character through the movie library, then continue into related stories and live shop inventory.
Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham police commissioner James Gordon, creates the Batgirl identity independently and proves herself as a capable crime-fighter alongside Batman and Robin. After a devastating injury ends that phase of her career, Barbara reinvents herself as the information specialist Oracle before eventually returning to active duty as Batgirl.
Important comic-book milestones for the character and why each issue or story matters.
Major key · 1967Detective Comics #359Major key — first appearance of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl.Read collector guide →
Major key · 1988Batman: The Killing JokeMajor key — pivotal Barbara Gordon story that changes her status for years.Read collector guide →
Minor key · 1989Suicide Squad #23Minor key — Barbara Gordon's Oracle identity is revealed to readers.Read collector guide →
Minor key · 2000Batgirl #1 (2000)Minor key — launch of the first Batgirl ongoing series, starring Cassandra Cain.Read collector guide →Additional source-material touchpoints from the movie guides below. Essential character keys already shown above are not repeated here.
Batman, Robin and Batgirl oppose Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy and Bane. Its comic connection is a synthesis: familiar characters and ideas are combined into a new cinematic story.
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