Daily reminder that "The Killing Joke" has defined Barbara Gordon for decades
Alan Moore didn't even want it to be canon.
>>81479141
Not exactly correct: being Oracle has defined Barbara Gordon for decades
It isn't even clear that she's alive at the end of Killing Joke.
>>81479141
lol nipples
>>81479141
So, before "The Killing Joke" what Batgirl story defined Barbara Gordon until this came along and changed it.
>>81479247
>>81479317
Mostly this, if she had healed up right after TKJ then it wouldn't have mattered at all. The story itself isn't that relevant (though it is good, I don't want to make it look like I'm shitting on it).
>>81479317
I miss Oracle......
>>81479141
>those wonderful toes
>pretty much a perfect reference
>they botch it in the animated adaptation
Was 10 more minutes worth of work too much to ask for?
And now it doesn't. Big deal.
>>81479209
too bad
>>81479764
doesn't it? both in comics and metatextually? even though they're ironically trying to undo it, every action seems to cement that it defines her.