While I get that the DC Zoom and DC Ink imprints are directed at the 'tween' and teenage / young adult crowd, respectively, Cassandra Cain's incarnation of Batgirl is - somewhat like Harley Quinn - sort of an odd choice for a starring role. It's nice to be able to talk about it like this.' - Barbara Gordon, to Cassandra Cain, on page 135 'I mean, everybody feels a little weird sometimes. Featuring the edgy art style of Nicole Goux, Shadow of the Batgirl tells the harrowing story of a girl who overcomes the odds to find her unique identity. Sarah Kuhn, author of Heroine Complex and I Love You So Mochi, takes on her favorite hero of color for a new audience of readers.

But Batgirl hasn't been seen in Gotham for years, and when Cass's father threatens the world she has grown to love, she'll have to step out of the shadows and overcome her greatest obstacle-that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero. But how do you figure out who you're supposed to be when you've been trained to become a villain your entire life?Īfter a soul-shattering moment that sends Cass reeling, she'll attempt to answer this question the only way she knows how: learning everything she possibly can about her favorite hero-Batgirl. But that doesn't mean she has to stay that way, right? She'll have to go through an identity crisis of epic proportions to find out. But when Batgirl goes missing from Gotham, can Cassandra defy her destiny and take on a heroic mantle of her very own?Ĭassandra Cain is the daughter of super-villains and a living weapon trained from birth to be the ultimate assassin.

Cassandra Cain, teenage assassin, isn't exactly Batgirl material.not yet, at least.

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