Showcase presents Batgirl

Showcase presents Batgirl.— New York : DC Comics, 2007.

548 p. : ill. ; cm.

(Showcase presents Batgirl; Volume 1)

978-1-4012-1367-1

1. Batgirl (Fictional character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. 2. Librarians -- Comic books, strips, etc.

741.5973

Black and white reproductions of stories originally published in DC comic book titles between 1967 and 1975 featuring Barbara Gordon as the Batgirl fills this reprint anthology, with “Over 500 pages of Comics!” “Babs,” the daughter of the Police Commissioner, when she’s introduced in 1967 as the new Batgirl, is the director of the Gotham City Library, a librarian with a doctorate and a photographic memory. On the way to the a costume party she discovers the joy crime fighting, and soon develops a talent as a quick change artist as an aid to her moonlighting career as a vigilante Towards the end of this anthology in 1972 she’s elected to Congress.