What is Batgirls origin?

Biography: The original Batgirl was created by Bob Kane in 1961. Betty Kane was the niece of Batwoman. Betty Cane was not a popular character during her first appearance in DC Comics. Batgirl became popular when ABC introduced Batman to TV in 1966.
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How was Batgirl created?

In the mid-60s, when the Batman TV series had taken off, the show's producers tasked Schwartz with developing a female character to appeal to lady viewers. William Dozier, an executive producer, proposed that they make the new character both Police Commissioner James Gordon's daughter and the new Batgirl.
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What is Batgirls relation to Batman?

Batwoman's real name is Kate Kane, she's Batman's cousin, and she's played by Ruby Rose. Kate steps in as Batwoman to protect Gotham after Batman been missing for three years. As the trailer says, she's basically “the female Bruce Wayne” down to the fact that his actual Batsuit is tailored to fit her.
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What was Batgirls first appearance?

Batgirl, American comic-strip superhero created for DC Comics by writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino. Batgirl first appeared in Detective Comics no. 359 (January 1967).
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What is Batgirls superpower?

Powers and Abilities

Batgirl possess no super natural powers, she has been trained beyond peak of physical fitness including great speed, flexibility and strength. Conditioning: Batgirl has received some training from The Batman but mostly utilizes her own training regiment increasing her flexible and agile techniques.
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History Of All The Batgirls



What is Batgirls real name?

Barbara Gordon and her alter ego Batgirl debuted in Detective Comics #359, "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl" (1967).
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Is Barbara Kean Harley Quinn?

Barbara Kean was portrayed by Erin Richards. During the run of the show, the showrunners considered turning Barbara Kean into the iconic Batman villain Harley Quinn, the sidekick and girlfriend of the Joker.
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Who is the 3rd Batgirl?

Stephanie Brown is the daughter of the Cluemaster, one of Gotham City third-rate villains. To ruin his schemes, she became the vigilante Spoiler. She eventually grew into becoming the third Batgirl.
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Who is the 2nd Batgirl?

1 Cassandra Cain

Cassandra was trained since birth to be nothing else but an assassin; she was even taught never to speak. However, that did not stop her from becoming the Black Bat AKA the second Batgirl.
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Did Batman make Batgirl pregnant?

Not only did we learn about Barbara and Dick's blossoming relationship back in the day… but that the timing was rather awkward. Basically, Batman got Batgirl pregnant while she was still involved with Dick Grayson. And rather that let Barbara tell Dick, Bruce got in there first.
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Is Batgirl Alfred's niece?

Batgirl was Batman's second sidekick. She was the niece of Alfred Pennyworth.
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What is Batgirl's weakness?

Weaknesses. As you can expect with a member of the bat family, Barbara's biggest weakness is that, despite all the training she's undergone, she's still a human (by comic standards), and is subject to the same weaknesses as what you or I have.
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Who was original Batgirl?

Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015) was an American actress and ballet dancer best known for her role as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in the 1960s television series Batman, Dorothy Johnson in the 1963 movie It Happened at the World's Fair and as the green-skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek ...
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Is Batgirl and Batwoman the same?

Batgirl and Batwoman are undeniably different characters. No Batwoman has ever been a Batgirl, and no Batgirl has been a Batwoman, but they form a crucial part of the Bat Family. After all, Gotham's a big city, and as we all know by now, there's plenty of crime to go around.
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Who is the 4th Batgirl?

Subject 04: Cassandra Cain AKA 4th Batgirl.
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Is Cassandra Cain a mute?

Cassandra was completely mute and unable to read—her ability to fight was her "first language." Her father considered language and literacy a waste of memory and brain space for someone training to be the perfect weapon.
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What race is Cassandra Cain?

Cassandra Cain broke both these molds. The inheritor of the Batgirl mantle was mixed-race Asian-American, with a white American father in David Cain and an Asian (of ambiguous ethnic ancestry) mother in Lady Shiva.
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Who does Kristen Kringle become?

Kristen Kringle was the record keeper of the Gotham City Police Department. She later became the girlfriend of Edward Nygma and after discovering that he had killed her ex-boyfriend Tom Dougherty, rejected him, causing him to kill her by accident.
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Who killed the Waynes Gotham?

Hugo Strange killed Thomas and Martha Wayne on Gotham. And while Bruce Wayne thought that he would feel reassured by uncovering the identity of the person who ordered his parents' deaths, it actually just made him more driven to avenge his father.
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Is Ecco Harley Quinn in Gotham?

Gotham finally introduced its very own version of Harley Quinn this week, as Jeremiah Valeska's right-hand-woman Ecco (Francesca Root-Dodson) returned to the show, donning a red-and white, Harley-inspired look, and proving she's completely lost her mind.
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Who is Barbara Gordon husband?

Sam Young was the Gotham City District Attorney in the 2040s, and the husband of Police Commissioner Barbara Gordon.
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Does Barbara Gordon have one leg?

When out fighting crime, Barbara came close to the Joker, one of Batman's biggest nemeses, and he got the better of her. During an exchange, the Joker shot her, and as a result, she lost the ability to use her legs. This plays out slightly differently in Titans, as Barbara lost one of her legs.
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What is Wonder Woman weakness?

Wonder Woman is not immortal and will one day perish like any living creature native to Planet Earth. This means that her own biological clock is indeed her greatest weakness, counting down to the day of demise, albeit slower than your average human due to her demigod status.
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