Batgirl Recommended Reading

Batgirl is one of the oldest and most popular heroes in the DC Universe. Although the most popular incarnation made it to the scene in 1967, the character has been around in one or another way since 1961. A lot of women have wore the "Batgirl" mantle since the Silver Age, the most prominent being: Bette Kane, Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown.
This page is meant to act as a helpful guide for both new readers getting into her mythos for the first time, and veteran readers looking for something new.
==New readers==
* Batgirl: Year One: Often considered the definitive origin story of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, written by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty.
* : The first comic book appearance and origin of Batgirl. This story has largely worked as the foundation for all modern retellings of Batgirl's origin including:
** Batgirl: Year One
** Batman: Batgirl
** Flawed Gems
* : One of the rare Post-Crisis stories that follows Batgirl in her prime days as a crime fighter and how she starts questioning that lifestyle after a vicious encounter with Mister Zsasz. Written by Kelley Puckett with art by Jim Balent.
* : "The Last Batgirl Story" follows Barbara Gordon on her last adventure as Batgirl before officially retiring. This graphic novel was published in order to set up Barbara Gordon for her unfortunate fate in Batman: The Killing Joke.
==Further reading==
* Art of the Crime
* The Attack of the Annihilator
* Batgirl Rising
* Batgirl Wanted!
* The Cat and the Bat
* The Darkest Reflection
* Deadline
* Escape from the Phantom Zone
* The Flood
* Knightfall Descends
* The Lesson
* Mindfields
* Son of Penguin
* Summer of Lies
==Single issues==
* -- "Terror in the Third Dimension"
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* -- "Supergirl & Batgirl"
* -- "The Supergirl-Batgirl Plot", "Clash of the Super-Teams"
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