Who is the real Batgirl?

Barbara Gordon and her alter ego Batgirl debuted in Detective Comics #359 (Jan. 1967), "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl", as the daughter of Gotham City's Police Commissioner James Gordon.
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Is Batgirl and Batwoman the same person?

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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What is Batwoman real name?

Batwoman (Katherine Kane) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics and is the first to use the alias of Batwoman.
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Who was the second 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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Is Barbara Gordon still Batgirl?

It's official: Barbara Gordon is Batgirl no more, after she suffers another personal tragedy that breaks the Gordon family apart. Warning: this article contains spoilers for Batgirl #49. Barbara Gordon has officially quit as Batgirl.
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How did Batgirl get her legs back?

It was later revealed in the pages of Batgirl that Babs had undergone an experimental “neural surgery” which allowed her to walk again.
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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 was the 1st Batgirl?

Although the character Betty Kane was introduced into publication in 1961 by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff as Bat-Girl, she was replaced by Barbara Gordon in 1967, who later came to be identified as the iconic Batgirl.
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Who is Catherine Kane?

Catherine was also the second wife of Jacob Kane, the mother of Mary Hamilton, and the step-mother of Kate Kane. She was fatally poisoned by Beth Kane as revenge for being indirectly responsible for her 11 years of suffering.
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Who came first Batgirl or Batwoman?

The original Batwoman stopped making appearances in the 1960s because Batgirl, who was introduced in 1961, quickly stole the spotlight. Batwoman finally returned to the comics in 2006, reimagined as Kate Kane, Bruce Wayne's cousin.
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Are Kathy Kane and Kate Kane related?

[Comic Book] PSA: Kate Kane and Kathy Kane are different characters, current Batwoman is Kate. I've noticed people keep getting them mixed up a lot in posts recently. Kathy was the Golden Age version of Batwoman, who later became an Agent of Spyral and is currently known as Katherine Webb as her last name.
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Is Barbara Gordon Batgirl or Batwoman?

A more recent version of Batgirl is Barbara Gordon. Rather than being related to Batwoman, she's the daughter of Commissioner Gordon. This Batgirl is a “genius-level hacker and information broker, and an expert martial artist,” according to DC Universe. Barbara has also worked under the name Oracle.
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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 happened to the first Batgirl?

Actor Ruby Rose has levelled allegations of heavy-handedness and inappropriate behaviour against the producers of The CW drama Batwoman and their co-star Dougray Scott more than a year after their exit from the superhero series, saying they were forced to leave the show by the management.
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Who was the fourth Batgirl?

Trained from birth as the ultimate killing machine, Cassandra Cain found a new life as the fourth Batgirl and, eventually, Orphan, a cherished part of the Batman family. No one in the Batman Family had an easy childhood, but Cassandra Cain may have had the worst.
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Is Barbara Gordon the first Batgirl?

Barbara Gordon was the first Batgirl, a teenage vigilante inspired by Batman but also her foster father, Police Commissioner Jim Gordon. A life-changing encounter with the Joker made her lose the use of her legs, but she didn't let that stop her.
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Why does Barbara become Batgirl?

Barbara decided to go as Batgirl. On her way to the ball, she saw a villain, Killer Moth, trying to kidnap Bruce Wayne. She rescues Wayne, eventually helps to capture Killer Moth, and decides to lead a life as a masked superheroine helping to protect the community from crime.
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Why did Stephanie become Robin?

Assuming yet again that Tim was being unfaithful, Steph broke off ties with Tim and angrily decided to put her attention elsewhere. Creating a homemade Robin costume, Stephanie sneaked into the Batcave and demanded that Batman train her as the new Robin.
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What superhero is Cassandra Cain?

Cassandra as Batgirl. In 2000, Cassandra became the first Batgirl to get her own ongoing self-titled comic book series (the Barbara Gordon Batgirl having been featured in a couple of one-shot releases).
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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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What villain does Barbara Kean become?

She develops into a nemesis for Oswald Cobblepot, and she teams up with Edward Nygma, Tabitha and Butch Gilzean to destroy him. Later, she becomes the "queen of Gotham", and leads a crime family, with Butch and Tabitha as her former lieutenants. Later, Barbara recreates The Sirens, under Oswald's leadership.
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