DC First: Batgirl/Joker #1

by Steven Grant, Kevin Nowlan (Cover Art), Bill Sienkiewicz (Penciller)

When Oracle recounts her first encounter with the Joker as the original Batgirl, the current Batgirl gets it in her mind to challenge the Clown Prince of Crime to a duel!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Comic Book

39 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 29, 2002

About the author

Steven Grant is an American comic book writer best known for his 1985–1986 Marvel Comics mini-series The Punisher with artist Mike Zeck and for his creator-owned character Whisper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_...

Reviews

[a ☕︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i mean the art is extraordinarily beautiful, up in the realm of egon schiele’s paintings and jiro matsumoto’s mangas, like velveteen & mandala. i’m honestly astonished to see art like this in a dc comic. and the plot is good too ofc...abt the passing of a legacy, and memory.

[B. P. Rinehart · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting single-issue story. It was written before the Flashpoint-reset and the current Batgirl is Cassandra Cain (possibly my favorite). This story was, of course, written in the aftermath of one of the most famous and controversial comic stories in history Batman: The Killing Joke. That story helped build the terrifying legend of The Joker as the living embodiment of evil at the expense of Barbara Gordon's (the Batgirl before that graphic novel) agency--basically building the case for Gail Simone's "women in refrigerators" treatise. It's one of those stories that you naturally feel two ways about. Barbara Gordon went on to become wheel-chair bound, but still was able to contribute as the superhero Oracle in the DC Universe until Fashpoint and the New 52-era brought back Gordon as Batgirl again without paralysis. In any point, this was from the old-times and in this comic Gordon talks about her first encounters with The Joker as Batgirl. Cassandra Cain, who has a lot of crazy baggage of her own decides that in order to prove herself worthy she has to trackdown and fight The Joker...yikes!

This was a decent story and I believe--though I could be wrong--my first acquaintance with the art of Bill Sienkiewicz which was interesting, but I got use to it rather quickly. I liked this story and I am always up to read a good Cassandra Cain story. She's no longer Batgirl as of this writing, but is still part of the "Bat-family" as the vigilante Orphan.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once I got used to the art style I was able to appreciate the story here.

I still prefer the more silent version of Cassandra Cain, but her original version is growing on me.

[☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

l'admiration de cassandra envers barbara :(( elle est bien meilleure objectivement mais se sentira jamais à la hauteur et barbs qui s'inquiète pour elle. j'aime trop leur relation, les dessins sont super btw

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the art feels too scribbly for me. Kinda weird seeing their first meeting but in a different art style this time.

[Jeremias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me pareció impresionante, no solo por el arte en sí que es precioso, sino porque es un primer acercamiento hacia el la Batgirl de Cassandra Cain, y lo visto es sumamente interesante.