In 1999, nearly 10 years after Barbara Gordon was paralyzed by the Joker, the mantle of Batgirl was taken up by this very unique young girl. Cassandra Cain is the daughter of the assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva. She was raised with no reading or writing skills, just combat. Her only language was body language and her dependency on subtleties and instincts as her sole form of communication made her an extremely deadly assassin. She came into contact with Oracle and Batman during the No Man's Land storyline and was eventually adopted into the Batman family as the new Batgirl. I was a latecomer to the Cass bandwagon. It wasn't until near the end of her 10-year run as Batgirl that I began to appreciate her. I liked the personal obstacles she had to overcome; a murderous lineage (and personal history); a severe communication handicap; and struggles with teamwork. Plus I love that her Eurasian heritage added some much-needed racial diversity to the Bat-universe.
UNITING ALL WOMEN OF PLASTIC
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Character Spotlight on BATGIRL (CASSANDRA CAIN)
In 1999, nearly 10 years after Barbara Gordon was paralyzed by the Joker, the mantle of Batgirl was taken up by this very unique young girl. Cassandra Cain is the daughter of the assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva. She was raised with no reading or writing skills, just combat. Her only language was body language and her dependency on subtleties and instincts as her sole form of communication made her an extremely deadly assassin. She came into contact with Oracle and Batman during the No Man's Land storyline and was eventually adopted into the Batman family as the new Batgirl. I was a latecomer to the Cass bandwagon. It wasn't until near the end of her 10-year run as Batgirl that I began to appreciate her. I liked the personal obstacles she had to overcome; a murderous lineage (and personal history); a severe communication handicap; and struggles with teamwork. Plus I love that her Eurasian heritage added some much-needed racial diversity to the Bat-universe.
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