The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Batgirl

Welcome to the Wellington Comic Lover’s (WCL) Guide, where we take you through the Wellington City Libraries’ collection of a comic book character. This guide is about the various heroines who have taken up the mantle of Batgirl!

Batgirl is the first female ally to the Bat-Family, joining Batman, Robin, and Nightwing in the fight against crime in Gotham City. Three different women have been Batgirl in the history of DC Comics: Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain, and Stephanie Brown.

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Updated February 17, 2025
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Batgirl. Vol. 1, Beyond Burnside
Larson, Hope
Paper Book
Spinning out of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH comes the newest adventures of Batgirl in BATGIRL VOL. 1: BEYOND BURNSIDE! New York Times best-selling creators Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time) and Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire) take one of Gotham's greatest...
Batgirl. Vol. 2, Son of Penguin
Larson, Hope
Paper Book
After a globe-trotting adventure with the greatest fighters on Earth, Barbara Gordon-a.k.a. Batgirl-is glad to be back in Burnside, Gotham City's coolest neighborhood. There's just one problem- everything's changed, from her school to her friends to Burnside itself. But there's an even...
Batgirl. Vol. 3, Summer of lies
Larson, Hope
Paper Book
From the Eisner and Ignatz award-winning author Hope Larson comes the next chapter for Gotham vigilante Batgirl! Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson are a very different kind of Dynamic Duo. No matter how far apart their careers as Batgirl and Nightwing take them, they always seem to...
Batgirl. Vol. 4, Strange loop
Larson, Hope
Paper Book
The best-selling Rebirth series by Hope Larson returns in Batgirl- Vol. 4, a chilling metropolitan mystery for the ages! It's the holiday season in Burnside, and everyone is getting into the spirit...including Harley Quinn and the Penguin! After the maid of mischief...
Batgirl. Vol. 5, Art of the crime
Scott, Mairghread
Paper Book
Something is rotten in Gotham City. The petty art-thief known as Grotesque is back in town, but his M.O. has totally changed. Instead of just stealing art, now Grotesque is murdering victims in "artistic" ways that more than live up to his name. Batgirl is determined that not one more person will...
Batgirl. Vol. 7, Oracle rising
Castellucci, Cecil
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author of Shade, The Changing Girl Cecil Castellucci makes sure Batgirl knows how to beat the impossible odds! The Return of Oracle! As Killer Moth descends on Gotham once again, this time having been given a mysterious...

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