Batman #9 Redefines Batgirl’s Role in the DC Universe

Matt Fraction's Batman bid has been engaged establishing a caller presumption quo for the Dark Knight and his city, and we've already seen immoderate monolithic changes (including a extremist reinvention of the Batman/Joker dynamic). But contented #9 is easy the astir important section yet. This communicative wholly changes Batgirl's spot successful the DC Universe and drops different immense bombshell of a twist.

Read connected to find retired what happens successful this issue, but beware of spoilers for Batman #9 ahead!

Issue #9 builds connected caller events successful the series, with GCPD Commissioner Vandal Savage intensifying his warfare against Batman and the city's different costumed vigilantes. Savage sends his forces to raid assorted Bat-bunkers crossed the city, forcing our heroes into a contention against the timepiece to region delicate information and exertion earlier it tin beryllium confiscated.

Heroes similar Signal and Spoiler look adjacent calls successful their respective missions, adjacent arsenic Oracle guides them from her perch successful the Clocktower. Finally, Oracle realizes that she has nary prime near but to surrender herself to GCPD custody and instrumentality the vigor disconnected her friends.

Art by Ryan Sook. (Image Credit: DC)

Meanwhile, crossed town, Batman and Robin are carrying retired a captious ngo of their own. Batman pays 1 past sojourn to his family's ancestral location astatine Wayne Manor (which had antecedently fallen into the hands of Commissioner Savage) earlier detonating a bid of explosives helium planted passim the building. Wayne Manor is nary more. Good happening Bruce and his household person their caller location astatine Pennyworth Manor.

Art by Ryan Sook. (Image Credit: DC)

The detonation is hardly a blip connected the evening news, however, arsenic everyone is excessively distracted by the biggest quality of the day. The GCPD has arrested 1 of Batman's closest allies, and she's nary different than Barbara Gordon, the girl of erstwhile Commissioner Jim Gordon.

This is evidently a immense alteration for the erstwhile and aboriginal Batgirl, and it's 1 that straight sets the signifier for a caller bid called Barbara Gordon: Breakout. In breakout, Barbara is sent to Savage's caller supermax prison, wherever she'll beryllium forced to combat for her endurance portion being locked up with galore of the criminals she helped enactment away.

Barbara Gordon: Breakout #1 screen by Karl Kerschl. (Image Credit: DC)

What bash you deliberation of the large changes introduced successful Batman #9? Is this the close determination for Oracle? Let america cognize your thoughts successful the comments below.

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