Batgirl (03 - Cassandra Cain)
Real Name: Cassandra Cain.
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Powers: One of the best martial artists in the world and reads body language as a first language. Armed with regular Bat gadgets, rarely uses them.
Weaknesses: Can't read or do basic math.
Bio: Trained to be the perfect assassin by her father David Cain who taught her to read body language instead of English. She performed her first assassination at age eight, and seeing what she had done, ran away from home.
During No Man's land, she became Batgirl, and later learned English when a psychic rearranged her mind. She had to be retaught her unique ability to read body language by assassin Lady Shiva in exchange for a battle to the death one year later.
Having sworn never to take another life, Cass lost on purpose and had to be revived by Shiva. In the fight afterward, Cass became the first person to ever defeat Shiva, knocking her unconcious.
Cassandra had a close friendship with former Batgirl Barbara Gordon, as well as one with Stephanie Brown, the Spoiler. She treated Batman sometimes as a mentor, sometimes as a surrogate father.
Later discovering Shiva was her mother, she was forced to defeat her once more by killing her, then hanging her over the Lazarus Pit to be reborn. After that, she disappeared for a while.
Since then, she has been out under mind control by Deathstroke the Terminator and forced to do evil, and was only recently freed from it by Robin (Tim Drake). Her future is unclear.
Notes: Technically, she's the fourth Batgirl in the DCU's history, taking into account Kane and Bertinelli.
First Appearance: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #120
Other Identities: Black Bat (DC) Cassandra Cain Kasumi Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: 52 (2006)
52/WW III (2007)
TPB - 'DC: World War III' #1 - 'A Call To Arms' #2 - 'The Valiant' #4 - 'United We Stand' Action Comics (1938)
#804 - 'The Harvest, Part Three' Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1998)
#56 - 'No Man's Land: The Night Foretold!' #57 - 'No Man's Land: Scratched Out!' #60 - 'No Man's Land: Evacuation' #61 - 'No Man's Land: Presents of Mind' #66 - 'New Order' #84 - 'Wahoo!' #94 - 'Endgame' Batgirl (2000)
Annual 01TPB - 'Destruction's Daughter' TPB - 'Kicking Assassins' TPB vol. 01 - 'Silent Running' TPB vol. 02 - 'A Knight Alone' TPB vol. 03 - 'Death Wish' TPB vol. 04 - 'Fists of Fury' #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12 - 'Mute Witness' #13#14#15#16#17#18#19#20#21#22#23 - 'Little Talk' #24 - 'Bruce Wayne: Murderer?, Part Two: Batgirl' #25 - 'I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds' #26#27 - 'Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, Part Five' #28#29 - 'Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, Part Thirteen' #30 - 'Legion of the Lost' #31 - 'The Catafracts' #32 - 'Morituri' #33 - 'Father's Day' #34 - 'Lesson One' #35 - 'Blank Slate' #36#37 - 'Thicker Than Water' #38 - 'Testline' #39 - 'Black Wind' #40 - 'Little Bat' #41 - 'Body Language' #42 - 'Death In a Battle' #43 - 'Seeds of Blood' #44 - 'Harvest of Death' #45 - 'Soul' #46 - 'The Lost Girls' #47 - 'The Doll's House' #48 - 'Human Resources' #49 - 'Down Among the Dead Men' #50 - 'Tough Love' #51 - 'The City Is a Garden' #52 - 'The City Is a Jungle' #53 - 'Sisterhood' #54 - 'Cooking the Books' #55 - 'War Games, Act 1, Part 6 of 8: Total War' #55 (Polybagged) - 'War Games, Act 1, Part 6 of 8: Total War' #56 - 'War Games, Act 2, Part 6 of 8: Collateral Damage' #57 - 'War Games, Act 3, Part 6 of 8: Ground Zero' #58 - 'Fresh Blood, Part 2: Following Footsteps' #59 - 'Fresh Blood, Part 4: Settling Up' #60 - 'The Hood, Part 1: Deep Digs' #61 - 'The Hood, Part 2: Into the Light' #62 - 'The Hood, Part 3: Dead Weight' #63 - 'Could've Been Part One: Nowadays' #64 - 'Could've Been Part Two: Gone, Daddy, Gone' #65 - 'A Mother of a Father's Day' #66 - 'Destruction's Daughter, Part 1: Hitting Pavement' #67 - 'Destruction's Daughter, Part 2: Bird Calls' #68 - 'Destruction's Daughter, Part 3: Motherlode' #69 - 'Destruction's Daughter, Part 4: Love's Labors...' #70 - 'Destruction's Daughter, Conclusion: The Resurrection and the Life' #71 - 'Blood Matters, Part 1: Prey for Her' #72 - 'Blood Matters, Part 2: Turning Abel' #73 - 'Blood Matters, Conclusion: Revelations' Batgirl (2008)
TPB - 'Redemption ' #1 - 'Batgirl: Redemption Road - Chapter One//Square One' #2 - 'Batgirl: Redemption Road - Chapter Two//Trust is a Ghost' #3 - 'Batgirl: Redemption Road - Chapter Three//Daughters' #4 - 'Batgirl: Redemption Road - Chapter Four//Daddy Issues' #5 - 'Batgirl: Redemption Road - Chapter Five//As My Father Made Me' #6 - 'Batgirl: Redemption Road - Chapter Six//The Great Gray Dragon' Batgirl (2009)
Batgirl Secret Files and Origins (2002)
Batman (1940)
TPB - 'Under The Hood Vol. 1' TPB - 'Under The Red Hood' #569 - 'No Man's Land: I Cover the Waterfront' #586 - 'Penguin Dreams' #594 - 'Sanctuary, Part Two of Two' #597 - 'Crooked Miles' #600#600 (2nd Printing)#605 - 'Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, Part Eighteen: Courage' #607 - 'Death Wish for Two, Conclusion' #631 - 'War Games, Act 1, Part 8 of 8: Last Stand at Alamo High' #632 - 'War Games, Act 2, Part 8 of 8: Orpheus in the Underworld' #633 - 'War Games, Act 3, Part 8 of 8: No Going Back' #635 - 'Under the Hood, Part 1: New Business' Batman [GER] (2001)
Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2005)
Batman and the Outsiders (2007)
TPB vol. 01 - 'The Chrysalis' TPB vol. 02 - 'The Snare' #2 - 'Infestation' #3 - 'Throwdown' #4 - 'Mission: Creep' #5 - 'Ghosts' #6 - 'Ghost Star' #7 - 'The Snare' #8 - 'The Hard Way' #9 - 'The Uninvited' #10 - 'Monsters' #11 - 'Outsiders No More, Part 1 of 2' #12 - 'Outsiders No More, Part 2 of 2' #13 - 'The Network' #14 - 'A Family Affair' #40 - 'Land's End' Batman Black and White (1996)
Batman Legends (2007)
Batman Special (2002)
Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2005)
Batman War Drums (2004)
TPB - 'Batman: War Drums' Batman: Arkham Asylum Special (2009)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl (2009)
HC - 'Batman: Battle for the Cowl' TPB - 'Batman: Battle for the Cowl' #1 - 'A Hostile Takeover' #3 - 'Last Man Standing' Batman: Battle for the Cowl: Companion (2009)
TPB - 'Batman: Battle for the Cowl: Companion' Batman: Battle for the Cowl: The Network (2009)
Batman: Bruce Wayne - Murderer? (2002)
Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive (2003)
Batman: City of Light (2003)
#1 - 'City of Light' #2 - 'Chapter Two' #3 - 'Chapter Three' #4 - 'Chapter Four' #5 - 'Chapter Five' #6 - 'Chapter Six' #7 - 'Chapter Seven' #8 - 'Chapter Eight' Batman: Family (2002)
#6 - 'Chapter Six: Machinery' #7 - 'Chapter Seven: Precipice' #8 - 'Chapter Eight: Blackout' Batman: Gotham City Secret Files (2000)
Batman: Gotham Knights (2000)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989)
#120 - 'No Man's Land: Assembly' #124 - 'No Man's Land: Captain of Industry' #182 - 'War Games: Act 1, Part 2 of 8: Behind Enemy Lines' #183 - 'War Games: Act 2, Part 2 of 8: Philosophical Differences' #184 - 'War Games: Act 3, Part 2 of 8: The Road to Hell' Batman: No Man's Land (1999)
Batman: No Man's Land Gallery (1999)
Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files (1999)
Batman: Officer Down (2001)
Batman: Orphans (2011)
#2 - 'Part 3: Way of the Bat/ Part 4: The Twist' Batman: Orpheus Rising (2001)
Batman: Outlaws (2000)
Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992)
#92 - 'No Man's Land: Stormy Weather' #93 - 'No Man's Land: Assembly Redux' Batman: War Crimes (2006)
Batman: War Games (2005)
Birds of Prey (1999)
TPB vol. 03 - 'Of Like Minds' TPB vol. 04 - 'Sensei & Student' #27 - 'Officer Down, Part Three: Armed and Dangerous' #61 - 'Feeding the Game, Part Two' #63 - 'Sensei & Student, Part Two: Pride & Poison' Birds of Prey Secret Files 2003 (2003)
Catwoman (1993)
#72 - 'No Man's Land: The Mission' #90 - 'Officer Down, Part Four: Smoking Gun' Chase (2011)
Countdown (2007)
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland (2011)
HC - 'Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland' DC First: Batgirl/Joker (2002)
DC Universe: Origins (2009)
TPB - 'DC Universe: Origins' Detective Comics (1937)
#738 - 'No Man's Land: Goin' Downtown, Part Two: The Vandal' #739 - 'No Man's Land: Jurisprudence, Part II' #741 - 'No Man's Land: Endgame, Part Three: ...Sleep In Heavenly Peace...' #782#790#796#797#799#800 - 'Alone at Night' Final Crisis (2008)
Ghost/Batgirl (2000)
TPB - 'The Resurrection Engine' #1 - 'The Resurrection Engine, Part 1' #2 - 'The Resurrection Engine, Part 2' #3 - 'The Resurrection Engine, Part 3' #4 - 'The Resurrection Engine, Part 4' Gotham Underground (2007)
#7 - 'Book Seven: War' #9 - 'Book Nine: The Day the Penguin Died' Green Lantern: Circle of Fire (2000)
Harley Quinn (2000)
#6 - 'Who Wants To Rob A Millionaire?' #10 - 'Brilliant Mistake' #11 - 'The Girl is Bats!' #12 - 'A Date Which Will Live In Infamy!' JLA (1997)
#88 - 'Trial by Fire, Part 5' JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (2003)
Joker: Last Laugh (2001)
#3 - 'Joker: Last Laugh, Part Three: Lunatic Fringe' Justice League Elite (2004)
#6 - 'The Aftermath, Part Two' #9 - 'Poison' Nightwing (1996)
#81 - 'Venn Diagram, Part Two of Three: Friends Under Fire' #98 - 'War Games, Act 3, Part 3 of 8: Casualty of War' Robin (1993)
#70 - 'No Man's Land: War Beneath the Streets!, Part Three: The Survivors' #73 - 'No Man's Land: The World Around the Corner' #86 - 'Officer Down, Part Two: Behind the Lines' #88 - 'Secrets & Lies' #98 - 'Bruce Wayne: Murderer?, Part Six: The Thin Line' #119 - 'Time Won't Tell' #127 - 'Girl Wonder' #128 - 'Fired!' #132 - 'Fresh Blood, Part One: Too Many Ghosts' #133 - 'Fresh Blood, Part Three: The Auction' #156 - 'The High Dive' Robin: The Teen Wonder (2009)
TPB - 'Robin: The Teen Wonder' Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 (2000)
#1 - 'Guide to the DC Universe 2000' Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2001-2002 (2002)
#2002 - 'Guide to the DC Universe 2001-2002' Solo (2004)
Superboy (1994)
#85 - 'Silent, But Deadly' Supergirl (1996)
#63 - 'Joker: Last Laugh: The Best Medicine' Supergirl (2005)
#13 - 'Love at First Fight' #14 - 'Special' Superman/Batman (2003)
#5 - 'The World's Finest, Part Five: State of Seige' #5 (Panini German variant) - 'The World's Finest, Part Five: State of Seige' #41 - 'Torment, Part 5: Purgatory' Superman/Batman Secret Files 2003 (2003)
Teen Titans (2003)
#22 - 'Lights Out, Part 2: War and Peace' #43 - 'Titans East, Part 1' #44 - 'Titans East, Part 2' #45 - 'Titans East, Part 3' #46 - 'Titans East, Part 4' The Batman Chronicles (1995)
#18 - 'No Man's Land: Spiritual Currency' The DC Comics Encyclopedia (2004)
HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia: Updated And Expanded' HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia' The OMAC Project (2005)
Wonder Woman (1942)
Wonder Woman (1987)
#174 - 'The Witch & the Warrior Part One' #175 - 'Joker: Last Laugh: The Witch & the Warrior Part Two: Girl Frenzy' Young Justice (1998)
#20 - 'Time Out' #21 - 'Young, Just Us Too' Video Game Appearances: Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003) Group Affiliation(s): Batman Family Justice League Elite (DC) League of Assassins (DC) Outsiders (DC)(04 - 2000s) Titans East (02) Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote "STOP!"
"Huh. Lady Shiva came to Gotham for the fine french food."
"This sucks."
"This sucks."
"Huh. Lady Shiva came to Gotham for the fine french food."
"STOP!"
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