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Gotham City ’s forgotten version ofSupergirl , Gotham Girl , returns toDetective Comicswith a newfangled costumefor a three - part backup story that explore genial wellness . ‘ Gotham Girl , Interrupted is a story that direct its name from Susanna Kaysen ’s memoir , Girl , Interrupted , which delves into a teenage girl ’s experience in a psychiatric infirmary in the belated LX . Gotham ’s own version of Supergirl will share a similar story following her release from Arkham Tower .
Gotham Girl has had a tumultuous risible - Scripture run . From her origin , Claire and her brother , Hank , were picture as wannabe Hero who were experimented on with Bane ’s Venom , grant them Kryptonian - like powers . The downside : with each use of goods and services of their abilities , their lifespan would decrease . During Tom King’sBatmanrun , Bruce Wayne take the distich under his wing , not knowing that Bane , with the assistance of Hugo Strange and Psycho Pirate , was manipulating them for his own purposes . This result in a annihilating confrontation when Gotham and Gotham Girl side with Bane against Batman , leading to Hank ’s end . Using silver grey Kryptonite , Bruce managed to return Claire ’s powersto her without the deadly side effect . However , the ordeal leave her mind fractured and Claire turned herself in to Arkham Tower to seek psychiatric handling for her harm .
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InDetective Comics # 1059 , byIcemanwriter Sina Grace , and artists David Lapham and Trish Mulvihill , Claire returns to the streets of Gotham to reclaim her name as Gotham Girl . Back in the halls of Gotham High , Claire finds that the name ‘ Gotham Girl ’ is now being overwork for an online gabfest magazine , and to top it off , she must essay to everyone around her that her mental wellness is stable . Like Batman exact he does n’t need the Justice League , Claire prefers not to require for help from others . When one of her classmates , Andre — another former house physician of Arkham Tower — come on her during drama rehearsals , she begin to panic . He says that she ’s been missed at Arkham ’s radical meeting . He touches Claire ’s hand and for a moment , she dissociates , imagining crucify his mitt with heat energy vision and destroying the shoal theater .
Claire convinces herself that it ’s best to interiorize her struggle , fear that if anyone realizes there ’s still something wrong , she ’ll get lock up in Arkham again . In an abandon Wayne Manor , Claire hides away , continually having to piece up the building whenever her top executive go haywire . The medication she ’s been taking only seems to inhibit her abilities and she ’s certain that nobody could perchance sympathize what she ’s going through as someone struggling with grief and trauma on top of being a superhero . When she finds Andre ’s dead consistency at the end of the issue , things only get worse .
' Gotham Girl , Interrupted ' severalise an important tarradiddle for those struggling with mental health or have it away someone who is . Hopefully , the forthcoming issues will provide Claire with the support she need for her retrieval , be it in or outside ofthe freshly helpful Arkham Tower . So far , the forgottenSupergirl , Gotham Girl ’s , return looks promising .
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