Batgirl (New 52)

*"We live in Gotham City, Mirror. Sometimes extraordinary things happen to the very worst people, and the best people suffer. And Sometimes, people get their miracles whether they deserve them or not."*

## **Summary**

In the New 52 universe of DC Comics, **Barbara Gordon** reprises her role as **Batgirl**, a significant departure from her previous incarnation as **Oracle**. After recovering from a spinal injury inflicted by the Joker, Barbara dons the Batgirl cowl once again, bringing a renewed sense of purpose and resilience to her crime-fighting endeavors in Gotham City. As Batgirl, Barbara is characterized by her intelligence, exceptional martial arts skills, and indomitable spirit, facing challenges with a blend of tenacity and technological savvy. Barbara's abilities as Batgirl are a combination of her physical prowess and her intellectual acumen. Her training in various forms of martial arts makes her a formidable hand-to-hand combatant. Moreover, her background in gymnastics grants her impressive agility and reflexes. Barbara's expertise in technology and computer science, honed during her time as Oracle, plays a crucial role in her crime-fighting tactics. She uses an array of high-tech gadgets, many of which she designs and modifies herself, along with her knowledge of computer hacking and forensic science to gain an edge over her adversaries. Relationship-wise, Barbara's transition from Oracle back to Batgirl brings new dynamics to her interactions with allies and enemies alike. Her partnership with Batman and Nightwing is complex, marked by mutual respect but also underlying tension due to her decision to return to active duty. Her role in the Bat-Family is pivotal, often acting as a bridge between various members due to her past as Oracle. Additionally, her encounters with villains, both classic and new, test her both physically and mentally, as she navigates the dangers of Gotham's streets. In the New 52 story arcs, Batgirl's journey involves not only combating crime but also dealing with personal challenges. Key storylines include "The Darkest Reflection," where she confronts a villain who mirrors her own traumatic experience with the Joker, and "Death of the Family," a crossover arc that sees her facing the Joker once again. These narratives explore themes of trauma, recovery, and resilience, showcasing Barbara's growth as a character. Her struggle to balance her crime-fighting career with her personal life adds depth to her role as Batgirl, making her one of the most compelling characters in the New 52 era.

## Pre-Crippling

### **Output:**

#### Physical Strength

* Breaks a wooden chair over a criminal's face, disorientating him as she runs away with her brother.
* Brawls a large criminal using a police recreation of Batman's suit.

### **Defense:**

#### Blunt

* Takes a hit from a very large criminal.
* Brawls a large criminal using a police recreation of Batman's suit.

### **Speed:**

#### Combat

* Brawls a large criminal using a police recreation of Batman's suit.

## Post-Miracle

### **Output:**

#### Physical Strength

* Knocks a thug out by smashing through a window and kicking him straight in the spine, ten fighting the others holding a family hostage and beating them all.
* Pounces onto Mirror from above, throwing him forward and almost off the building they're on.
* Can brawl and damage Mirror, Babs describing him as superhuman. Mirror showing that he can almost knock her out with one punch and can bust through stone statues casually.
* Literally sweeps Nightwing off his feet, and onto the floor.
* Hits Nightwing in the back of the neck with a batarang and then proceeds to brawl him.
* Easily blitzes and beats some thugs.
* Beats Mirror in a fight, busting through his mask and incapitating him at the end.
* Knocks a thug out with a batarang, then knocking out all but one in a fight.
* Fights and knocks out Bruce Wayne's hypnotized driver.
* Manages to knock back Bruce with a kick while he pretends to be hypnotized, then supplexing him.
* Throws a batarang hard enough to hit multiple hypnotized cops with the ricocheting, then knocking them out herself.
* Knocks Spinebender away from Dick when they fight with a batarang.
* Seemingly cracks some of Dinah's ribs with a kick.
* Easily beats Starling in CQC even after getting shot in the arm.
* Batgirl and Black Canary are fairly even in a spar, getting a bit too into it and harming each other.
* Knocks out a bunch of thugs with ease with only a moment after dropping in on their attack on a party.
* Easily outspeeds and knocks out a goon attacking her from behind.
* Beats down Grotesque after a short fight.
* Pierces Mary Turner with a bunch of Batarangs, fights her in CQC, and then tosses her into a balloon bomb.
* Overpowers a bunch of goons with ease, overpowering one with a chain and then throwing another into a car hard enough to shatter the windshield.
* When a flying meta is trying to take her into the air, she uses her grapple to hitch a building and bring them down, then yanking her down and busting her jaw.
* Temporarily downs two metas with a batarang each before taking on a meta with super strength who can bust through chunks of concrete, able to throw her and then take on the other metas for some time.
* While being strangled in the air by one meta, she kicks another one about to grab her, then taking on the super strength meta, able to burst her ear drums.
* Despite being stabbed in the side of the torso, she is able to take on and overpower Knightfall.
* Despite her stab wound, she brawls and beats Knightfall in CQC.
* Fights off a bunch of vampires at once.
* Punches a meta in the face, although this annoys him more than anything.
* Kicks back a goon in armor trying to capture Black Canary.
* Black Canary and Batgirl fight off two metas for a moment.
* Wrapping the grapple of her grapple gun around the neck of a Talon, she hangs a Talon from the roof of a church for a moment.
* While swinging on her grapple, she kicks the Talon out of a window.
* Swings into a building and knocks down a guy attacking Poison Ivy.
* Breaks a computer security system with a batarang.
* Knocks a man out with a batarang.
* Takes on a bunch of ninjas to save Katana.

### **Defense:**

#### Blunt

* Tanks hitting a car hard enough to dent the door as she is falling and grappling to swing herself.
* Takes a punch to the gut from Mirror, but almost passes out from the hit.
* Tanks hits from Mirror in their fight in the hall of mirrors.
* Tanks hits from Gretel.
* Tanks a punch to the face from Bruce Wayne's hypnotized driver.
* Tanks Bruce's assistant slamming a device pad onto her head.
* Tanks a punch to the face from an angry cop.
* Tanks being thrown through a window by Black Canary.
* Batgirl and Black Canary are fairly even in a spar, getting a bit too into it and harming each other.
* Tanks hits from a Talon (Mary Turner) who has the drop on her.
* Tanks getting slammed through a window by a flying meta.
* Takes hits from multiple metas, one able to bust through chunks of concrete.
* Tanks hits from Batwoman.
* Despite her stab wound, she brawls and beats Knightfall in CQC.
* Takes getting thrown back by a meta slamming through the wall behind her.
* Takes a punch from a meta stronger than her.

#### Piercing

* Tanks getting hit with multiple throwing knives from Mary Turner.
* Handles getting stabbed in the side of her torso and still gets up.
* After getting stabbed, she is up and seemingly fine after four hours of recuperation and first aid.

#### Energy

* Tanks getting blasted back by Grotesque's electric blast.

### **Speed:**

#### Combat

* Outspeeds normal thugs in CQC while outnumbered, knocking them all out and hitting one with a batarang in the hand before he can shoot a hostage.
* Keeps up with Mirror as he tries to escape the hospital by grappling through the city, then landing on him.
* Fights Mirror in CQC, Babs describing him as seemingly superhuman.
* Literally sweeps Nightwing off his feet, and onto the floor.
* Keeps up with and beats Nightwing in CQC while he is trying to get her to accept help.
* Easily blitzes and beats some thugs.
* Outspeeds Mirror in the hall of mirrors, using them as well to her advantage.
* Outspeeds some thugs in a fight, dodging gunfire, although too slow to stop the last one from shooting his downed comrades, then grappling the last one as he tries to kill himself by jumping off a bridge. Once Gretel arrives, she is able to fight her in CQC.
* Fights and knocks out Bruce Wayne's hypnotized driver.
* Dodges attacks from Bruce pretending to be hypnotized.
* Pushes Bruce away from gunfire while he makes a speech as bait, then captures Gretel later when she tries to attack Batman.
* Hits a car with a batarang while chasing it down a busy highway on her bike.
* Fights a gang of thugs so Dick can handle Spinebender.
* Knocks the gun from Starling's hand and fights Black Canary in CQC.
* Easily beats Starling in CQC even after getting shot in the arm.
* Dodges an attack from Zsasz from behind.
* Batgirl and Black Canary are fairly even in a spar, getting a bit too into it and harming each other.
* Knocks out a bunch of thugs with ease with only a moment after dropping in on their attack on a party.
* Easily outspeeds and knocks out a goon attacking her from behind.
* Beats down Grotesque after a short fight.
* When Talon (Mary Turner) has the drop on her, she is able to somewhat keep up but has trouble.
* In their second fight, when Batgirl isn't surprised, she is capable of keeping up and then beating Talon.
* Takes on a group of goons with ease in a parking lot.
* Takes on three metas at once for some time.
* Blitzes a cop holding her at gunpoint.
* Mostly keeps up with Batwoman, but Batwoman's combat skills make her harder to fight over time.
* Again takes on three metas at once.
* Despite her stab wound, she brawls and beats Knightfall in CQC.
* Fights off a bunch of vampires at once.
* Black Canary and Batgirl fight off two metas for a moment.
* Fights back a goon in a suit, then tackling him through an elevator. Katana, Black Canary, and Batgirl escape the building they are in as it is exploding and burning down.
* Swings into a building and knocks down a guy attacking Poison Ivy.
* Takes on a bunch of ninjas to save Katana.

#### Travel

* Keeps up with Mirror as he tries to escape the hospital by grappling through the city.

### **Misc:**

#### Gear

* Carries what seems to be an x-ray binoculars and a grapple gun.
* Armed with batarangs.
* Armed with electric batarangs.
* Uses her grapple gun while being drowned by a meta named Grotesque, firing it into his mask to get him to back off for a moment.
* When the helicopter the BoP are using gets hit with a missile and they fall out, she uses her grapple gun to handle the fall into the jungle below, Katana managing to grab her for safety too.

#### Vehicles

* Has a sweet batbike that she uses to traverse the city.

#### Intelligence

* Figures out Mirror's identity and address after a day of studying the names involved in his kill list.
* Has an eidetic memory.
* Uses a hall of mirrors and Mirror's past grievances to get the upper hand on him.