What are some great Barbara stories that aren't Batgirl

>>90802536
Babs has Year One, bits in Ostrander's Suicide Squad, and Birds of Prey.

That's it.

>>90802536
The Killing Joke

Buy her Cass's run instead

There's a couple of Kelley Puckett one-shots, a Nicieza/Maguire Batman Confidential series with Catwoman that's fun, some appearances in the animated series books (including Batgirl Adventures oneshot) but actually not a ton of Babs as Batgirl quality stories. She's way better as Oracle.

>>90802536
Look for comics where she is Oracle like Birds of Prey or the first Batgirl ongoing with Cassandra Cain.

>>90802858
She's great as a mentor to both Cassandra and Stephanie in their respective Batgirl series.

>>90802536
>bought Arkham Knight just for the DLC
Not sure whether to applaud her dedication or call her an idiot.

Now I'm curious, what are her thoughts on Oracle?

>>90802858
>>90802897
She already owns Puckett's Cass run.

>>90802936
She likes Barbara as a character, not just as Batgirl, so she likes Oracle too. (she still played all of AK, it was just the Batgirl DLC that convinced to get it when she saw it was on sale for like $10)

Lego Batman movie.

No, really.

>>90803081
I think your girlfriend has a waifu.

And you're seeking out material of said waifu for her to read. Just putting that out there.

>>90803316
she's also bi and super into Poison Ivy. I'm pretty sure I can get a threesome out of this if I find a hot redhead

>>90803490
>getting cucked by Batgirl
>in denial about it
Oh, your poor bastard.

Batgirl: the Cat and the Bat is pretty fun. And she spends half the book running around stark naked chasing an equally naked Catwoman in Gotham's most elite Fetish Club, so your girlfriend will probably enjoy it.

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>>90803665
OP

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Are there any good Bronze Age Batgirl stories? I never really see them brought up despite it being a thing for like 20 years

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>>90803875
Batman Family had some fun stories of Batgirl and Robin teaming up. Kinda goofy, but it's the only time anybody really gave a shit about her pre-Killing Joke

>>90803896
>obligatory girl/girl fight

>>90803896
Any recs from that series? It's note exactly an easy thing to Google

>>90803665
Wait are threesomes cucking now? I've lost track

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>>90803081
>She likes Barbara as a character, not just as Batgirl, so she likes Oracle too
Just tell her the truth - she debuted in 1966, so most of Babs' appearances as Batgirl were campy Adam West/Silver Age fare. By the 80s she was basically written out of the Bat-books, so she was already pretty much retired when The Killing Joke happened, and was only de-crippled relatively recently, so the vast majority of Babs stories that hold up are the ones featuring her as Oracle.

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Film Adaptation when?

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>>90803896
This. Her solo back-up strips were pretty mediocre-to-dire, but to be fair, so were Robin's. At least when they teamed up, they had a fun chemistry.
>>90803875
>>90803962
I'll storytime some in a minute.

>>90802536
DC just released their Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years collection. I don't know offhand what's in it, but that probably has a good assortment. It's going to include all Batgirls and not just Babs though.

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>>90805192
Right now


http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph57cb5cf8caae8

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Remember the time Batgirl and Robin teamed up to defeat Benedict Arnold?

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>>90806104
>"Think for yourselves, kids!"
>Yeah! Don't hate Twinkies because TV tells you to, LOVE Twinkies because comics tell you to!

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>>90806104
...who was also Satan?

>>90806104
>Man-Bat is part of the Bat family

huh.

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>>90806161
Oh yeah, this takes place during the period of the Bronze Age when Barbara was a U.S. Representative.

>>90806161
>Grell on art
Neat!

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>>90806168
Yeah, that's the weirdest thing about him! You assume he's always been a SCREEESNARRRL monstar/tragic scientist ala Curt Connors, cuz that's what BTAS established. But originally, Kirk was totally aware of his transformation and could speak, he made the Man-bat serum deliberately not to cure deafness or whatever, but simply so that he could be a superpowered Bat-vigilante. He was legit pushed as a member of the Bat-family, a Marvel style angsty antihero who's hated and feared by those he'd protect.

It was really fuckin' lame, although after years of feral, out-of-control Man-Bat, it might be fun to see again...

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>>90806168

Oh and Alfred is a moon-powered werebeast supervillain. Yeah the Bronze Age was a weird time.

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>>90806313

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>>90806313
>It was really fuckin' lame

Fuck you the original Frank Robbins Man-Bat saga was great

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>>90806371
>>90806354
That's technically Silver Age. The only Outsiders associated with Batman in the Bronze Age were Metamorpho, Black Lightning, Halo, Geoforce, Katana... the redheaded one...

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>>90806420

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>>90806455

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>>90806529

>>90806556
What the hell, Satan?

>>90806598
What did I miss?

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>>90806595

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>>90806679

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>>90806706

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>>90806785

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>>90806811

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>>90806842

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>>90806883

>>90802703
I second this!

>>90805057
>it's the silver age so therefore it's nothing but campy schlock.
Get fucked

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>>90806912

>>90806937
While that doesn't always hold true, based on the story that was just storytimed here (which wasn't even the Silver Age) I'm willing to believe most of her stories were pretty campy schlock

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>>90806937
Yes, you're right, this is deep philosophical literature right here.

>>90806313
>he made the Man-bat serum deliberately not to cure deafness or whatever, but simply so that he could be a superpowered Bat-vigilante.
I love shit like that.

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>>90806984
I wish I could say otherwise, but they really weren't all that great. For the longest time, Babs seemed to be a controversial figure because she represented the first Silver Age addition to the Bat-family after trimming the fat of Bat-Woman, Bat-Girl, Bat-Mite, Bat-Hound etc., and because her back-up strips were not that great.

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>>90802536

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>>90807190

>>90806313
I like how Benedict Arnold knows what a TV camera is.

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>>90807225

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>>90807265
>Hey, is that one of those new EE-LEC-TRONIC KEY-CARDS? With the MAG-NET-IC CODE STRIP?
We've come a long way.

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>>90807311

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>>90807337

So these Batgirl stories. They're uh... they're not the best.

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>>90807373

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>>90807407
Sorry about the delay.

>>90806371
>Batgirl and Robin undressing in the halls
Shit I thought the CCA was supposed to censor such lewd and unchristian scenes.

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>>90805192


Such a fun story.

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>>90807748

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>>90807778

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>>90807823

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>>90807861

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>>90807887
All the scintillating campaign trail excitement you expect from Detective Comics!

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>>90807963

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>>90808040

>>90805359

It includes a good helping of Barbara (Silver Age, New 52 and various), Cassandra (first appearance in the costume, two issues from her ongoing), Stephanie (three issues from her ongoing), and Bette.

The Barbara stuff has a good chunk of her as Batgirl, while reprints a few Birds of Prey issues.

Batman #139 (1st Bette as Bat-Girl)
Detective Comics #359 (1st Barbara as Batgirl), 371, 422-424, 518-519
Batman Family #9
Batgirl Spec #1
Batman Chronicles #5
Birds Of Prey #8
Legends Of The Dark Knight (1st Cassandra as Batgirl) #120
Batgirl (Cassandra) #8, 45
Batgirl Year One #4
Batgirl (Stephanie) #9, 13
Batgirl (New 52): #0, 35

Surprisingly, I'm shocked Batgirl: Future's End wasn't in this. Or any "Burnside".

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>>90808316

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>>90808465
And after that, she pretty much only appeared in Batman Family for a little over two years, then disappeared until TKJ.

>>90808553
It's crazy how famous a character she became given how small of a presence she actually had in the comics pre-TKJ. Was it really all just because of the TV show?

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>>90808721
Pretty much. She appeared in the Filmation Batman cartoon too, which had West & Ward reprising their roles but on the downside, no Yvonne Craig.

On the upside, she had a qt design somewhere between her comic book and Yvonne Craig looks.

I'm a big fan of her story with Wonder Woman and Zatanna, where they take her out clubbing because Zatanna has predicted the tragedy to come, and wants Babs to enjoy dancing one last time.

I think it was in Waid's Brave and the Bold?

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>>90809660
Looked it up, it's JMS and Chiang.

>>90809660
>I think it was in Waid's Brave and the Bold?
JMS', and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I have mixed feelings about that Booster Gold issue where he travels back to stop TKJ and fails repeatedly, too, even though it lead to one of my all-time favorite Bat-moments... I just don't think it's a good idea to highlight that the story takes place in a world of actual magicians and time-travelers with future tech, because it makes us being asked to take its consequences as serious, permanent business that much harder to swallow.

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>>90803490
>she's also bi
You both HAVE to read Birds of Prey.

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>>90810266

>>90803490
>have bi gf
>she's huge fan of Black Widow
>made her hair look like Johansson's in Avengers
>bought a black catsuit

Shit's great

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>>90810528

>>90802536
>my gf is a huge Barbara fan
>she asked me for comics featuring her

really activates your almond......

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>>90810723
Hope I don't preempt you

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>>90810723

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>>90810807

>>90802536
First Simone run on Birds of Prey is a fantastic Barbara story. Truly excellent. Black Mirror also has really strong Babs stuff.

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>>90810926
Chuck Dixon's run is also very good.

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>>90810973
I tried reading Dixon's run, but I just find most of his writing to be so boring. It's a shame because I really want the famous #8 issue, but the only way to buy it is to get the trade filled with other stories that I don't give a shit about

>>90811021
If this Anon is right >>90808105
You could get that #8 issue with a bunch of other Babs related stuff (that I assume you already have)

>>90813385
>meaty Brian
Heh.

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>>90804769
No, but you can be cucked AFTER a threesome, if you're not careful.

>>90803665
Anon, Batgirl isn't real.

>>90806420
Looker only joined after Batman left, Anon.

>>90813495
girl on girl doesn't count as sex ergo it's not cucking

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>>90807265
>>90807265
Calling it now. Greg is secretly a gorilla.

>>90803962
Honestly, the whole series was pretty solid. Not A+ material, but damn god al the same

mtcdc-nmc 08. You're welcome.

>>90809660
I hated the way they fetishized the TKJ before FP as some sort of temporally immovable event.

>>90817200
You're forgetting the first rule of comics: the more popular something is, the more important it becomes. The Killing Joke is the most popular "canon" story DC has, so they're gonna give it a ton of lipservice

>>90806141
They just drew Bea Arthur didn't they

>>90817869
Looks more like a grey-haired Agnes Moorhead to me