Batgirl #42 Review ‘It ain’t over till its over.’

Oracle’s hostile takeover of Burnside continues. If Batgirl wants to gain any footing in this battle against an enemy who knows her every move, she has to start being more unpredictable ever.

In a funny way, Cecil Castellucci’s script and plot here shows the reader just how well she understands Barbara Gordon. By purposefully having the character behave in ways that she never would, by throwing out Batgirl’s “rule book” and showing her flying by the seat of her tights, we see a new side of Babs, one that takes pride in subverting her own usual patterns. It’s a fun take on how to beat an unbeatable foe, but specifically, it takes into account how Batgirl in particular would do it.

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