Batgirl #1 Preview

[samurainoir]

Anticipation for Batgirl seems to be running high... It's the fourth of the new 52 books to sell out at the distributed level as retailers adjust their orders this week.
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Hopefully with Simone known for her track record on books, thevpeople that initially sample this book will stick with it.

With the fact that they are keeping her time as Oracle intact, I'm actually quite surprised that they did not go with the twist that whatever has "cured" her is for finite durations, and Babs is actually still wheelchair bound when she is not Batgirl.

As much as I've really enjoyed the new Batwoman... Particularly the art, if only one of them lasts, my hope is Batgirl with Simone at the helm.

[Earth 2 Chris]

That may be but, the character was confined to a wheelchair for like 26 years. How did that happen when many writers and artists were banging on doors to restore Barbara as Batgirl? Could be DC's lawyers may have found a loophole or a way to overturn it. I asked my friend who told me this a long time ago to see if he can remember where he heard it. Maybe there's an interview somewhere's that mentions it. If I find it; I'll post the info here.

I always believed that the thought at DC was that to undo Oracle's condition would undermine the character, and take away a positive role model for wheelchair-bound readers. I've read several interviews over the years where creatives at DC pretty much said the same thing. Of course, with Paul Levitz gone (the last of the "old men" that were connected to DC since their youth), anything is fair game now, apparently.

Chris