Batgirl (2009 comic book): Difference between revisions

{{quote| "It's only the end if you want it to be."}}

 

 

Stephanie Brown herself is a teenager with what can only be described as a complicated relationship with the world of crime and superheroics in and around [[Batman|Gotham City]]. The daughter of the Cluemaster, a B-List [[Criminal Mind Games|Riddler knockoff]], Stephanie came to despise her father and crime in general because of the traumatic childhood his escapades created. She adopted the identity of 'the Spoiler' and, true to her title, went around and [[Spoiler|spoiled]] her fathers crimes. Soon she began fighting criminals apart from just her father and became one of the numerous costumed vigilantes operating in Gotham City. However, unlike the ''other'' vigilantes, [[Overshadowed by Awesome|she put the 'normal' in]] [[Badass Normal]]. Stephanie did not have the [[Crimefighting with Cash|technological support]] or [[Training From Hell|lifetime of training]] that Batman and Robin did and, despite her best efforts, she never quite earned their respect or their acceptance. She did eventually enter a romantic relationship with Tim Drake, the third Robin, but this was likewise dampered by their professional friction. When Tim briefly stopped wearing the Robin uniform Stephanie broke into the Batcave and demanded that Batman accept and train ''her'' as the new Robin. Stephanie then [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|instigated a massive gang war in Gotham]] and was brutally tortured and murdered by the Black Mask, and it was later revealed that Dr. Leslie Thompkins, one of the oldest recurring characters in the Batman mythos and personal friend to Bruce Wayne, [[Out-of-Character Moment|had deliberately withheld medication from Stephanie so that her death would serve as a warning to other teenaged vigilantes]].

The series ended in August 2011 with the [[New 52]] [[Continuity Reboot]] of the [[DC Universe]], after which a new ''Batgirl'' series was released featuring Barbara Gordon as the titular character. There has been no comment on whether or not the current story or characters will be continued in the new series, but there ''have'' been comments that indicate that Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain will still exist in the new DCU.

 

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