Summary
What Bat-Family fans have been waiting for is finally happening:Cassandra Cainis returning to her own ongoing series this fall asBatgirl. DC promises martial arts action and intense introspection for Gotham’s deadliest fighter as Cass Cain returns to the forefront of DC lore in November.
DC Comics has announced its latest ongoing title as part of its DC All In initiative:Batgirlby Tate Brombal and Takeshi Miyazawa.Not only will the titlereturn Cassandra Cain to a starring role, but it will also heavily feature her mother, Lady Shiva, and their complicated relationship.Batgirl#1 arrives November 6th and is available for preorder on August 16th.
BATGIRL #1 (2024)
November 6th, 2024
Variant Covers:
Jeff Dekal, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Skylar Patridge
When a deadly group of assassins shows up to kill Cassandra Cain, Lady Shiva must come to the rescue, and they’re forced to put their complicated past aside and work together as mother and daughter to ensure they make it out alive. Unfortunately, things are never as easy as they seem, and Batgirl must embark on a jaw-dropping, martial-arts filled adventure in her quest for truth and justice…and revenge?! This is a Batgirl unlike any other so don’t miss the opportunity to dive into the psyche of one of Gotham City’s deadliest fighters, while exploring her deep and complex relationship with her mother.
Brombal promises lots of action and lots of drama for Cass and her mother: “Get ready for family drama, long-buried secrets coming to light, and LOTS of martial arts ass-kicking the way only Cass can do.” Whilelongtime Cassandra Cain fanswill be thrilled to seethe return of her ongoing solo series for the first time since the original ended in 2006, being part of the All In initiative means this #1 will be the perfect jumping on point for new readers — who will surely become longtime Cass Cain fans in no time at all.
Cassandra Cain made her dramatic debut during theBatman: No Man’s Landevent, one of the most beloved Bat-Family stories in DC history, inBatman#567 by Kelley Puckett, Damion Scott, John Floyd, Gregory Wright, and Todd Klein.
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Cassandra Cain Returns to theBatgirlTitle After 18 Years
Cassandra’s Solo Title Begins in November
Cassandra Cain’s original and long-runningBatgirltitle launched in 2000 and has the honor of being the firstBatgirlseries in DC history.Cass, of course, picked up the mantle from the original Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, and eventually passed the name on to Stephanie Brown before the three characters began sharing the role during DC’s Infinite Frontier era. Eighteen years have passed since Cass' original ongoing series, but she has co- and guest-starred in many since, including the recentBatgirlsseries,Spirit World, andthe currentBirds of Preyongoing series, in which she will still appear as DC All In continues its roll-out.
Cassandra Cain is one of Gotham’s most compelling characters.
ThoughCassandra Cain never fully disappeared from DC lore— except for the first, controversial years of the New 52 — to have her returning to her own solo title is one of the most thrilling DC All In announcements yet — and that’scounting the Absolute Universe news.
Cass' origin, her commitment to Batman’s sense of justice and morality, and her own complicated family history — including and especially with Lady Shiva — make herone of Gotham’s most compelling characters. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that she’s considered to be among DC’s best combatants, if not the best of all time. She’s the perfect choice for an introspective martial arts story, as Brombal and Miyazawa are promising.
Batgirl Has Earned Her Place in the DC All In Line-up
Panel fromDetective Comics#1086 by Ram V, Stefano Raffaele, Lee Loughbridge, and Ariana Maher
Though the last Batgirl-oriented title,Batgirls, only ended in 2023, the Batgirl-sized hole in DC’s Gotham line absolutely needed to be filled, and there’s no better time than during a new-reader-friendly, line-wide “relaunch,” and with a character as beloved as Cassandra Cain. The action-oriented nature of the story will surely attract readers, but Cass fans can only hope her spirit, sense of justice, and unending loyalty will get those readers to stick around. She had to wait eighteen years for her chance, butCassandra Cainis finally back in theBatgirlspotlight, and hopefully for many years to come.
