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Summary
After 25 year , DC Comics finally receipt who the real thirdBatgirlis . In prescribed DC continuity , despite the pre - Crisis existence of Betty Kane , Barbara Gordon is acknowledged as the first Batgirl , and most hearing echo Cassandra Cain being the one to take her cowl . That order is n’t entirely precise , however . Cass does become Batgirl shortly after Barbara steps down , but there is a forgotten Batgirl before her .
InTitans : Beast World Tour - Gotham#1 ’s " Claw & Order " by Sam Maggs , and PJ Holden , DC finally acknowledges that Helena Bertinelli , also cognize as Huntress , was the Batgirl to straight off follow Barbara Gordon . The story highlights a unique team - up of sorts between the former and current Batgirl during theBeast Worldevent localize off bya newly nefarious Beast Boy .
WhenHuntress is transformed into a opprobrious panther , one of the Batgirls , Cassandra Cain , steps onto the scene . Immediately , the narration preface Cass as the Batgirl who supersede Helena in the theatrical role . Considering that 2024 marks the 25th day of remembrance of the iconic Bat - Family storyNo Man ’s Land , Huntress have her due could n’t have fare at a near meter .
The Suicide Squad is presently in camphor ball while Amanda Waller pursues a minatory agenda , and Batman ’s girl is perfect to rectify the Squad .
DC Finally Remembers that Huntress Was Batgirl Before Cassandra Cain
1999’sNo Man ’s Landwas a year - tenacious plot line in which , following an earthquake that ravages Gotham , the US government forces the citizens to empty Batman ’s metropolis . Those who quell are unsafe because of the come forth crew warfare that ensue as villains claim their territorial dominion . thing only get unfit as Batman is missing from the legal action . Anointing herself as the city ’s new protector , Helena Bertinelli adorns the cowl herself to become Batgirl — the third after Betty Kane and Barbara Gordon — recognizing that felon will always fear the Bat as a symbol far more than her Huntress persona . Her try try successful , but Bruce never approve and necessitate she give him the cowl — which by and by goes to Cassandra Cain , who make her debut during the consequence .
Helena ’s campaign as Gotham ’s protector end in tragedy wherein she ’s intimately killed after being shot by the Joker in a vicious present moment that never result in any real payoff for the Huntress . She lastly gains Batman ’s approval for everything she ’s done for the city , but at the toll of everything she ’s sacrifice physically and emotionally . Huntress ' time as Batgirl is for the most part forget now — until Cassandra Cain come out in thisTitansstory , which in the end acknowledge this lose moment in DC ’s continuity . “Cassandra Cain , better cognise as Batgirl,“reads the narration , which continues:“Once replaced Helena as Batgirl , but it ’s fine . They ’re cool now . Except at this current moment . "
Huntress' Time as Batgirl Finally Gets Respect
Helena is , by far , one of the most disrespected characters on DC ’s active roster . In - macrocosm , she wasthe Bat - family unit ’s original black sheep , a status emphasized by how underappreciated her efforts to protect Gotham during No Man ’s Land were , despite how lively she was in building the metropolis back to excrescence . Meanwhile , in the larger tapestry of current DC stories , she ’s rarely used in major Gotham storylines , for the most part because of continuity mix-up between herself andanother Huntress who has just returnedto the independent DCU . ThisBeast Worldmoment , though , is a tone in the right direction for Huntress , as it not only pays regard to her time asBatgirl , but could hopefully springboard her back to the head of DC .
colossus : BEAST WORLD TOUR - GOTHAM # 1 ( 2023 )
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