Not even other Bat-titles felt like they have as much baggage as this comic does.
So the Bat-franchise got the opportunity to relaunch with the knowledge that the most recent history can be used as cannon for the new 52 universe. The problem with Batgirl is that the character of Barbara Gordon has developed beyond the wildest expectations of anyone since she was shot and paraplegic. There have been two other Batgirls since Barbara that have taken the title and role on their own and have done wonderfully with it.
And now we go back to Barbara.
The big two questions with this series has to answer why would they regress the character like that, and how they did it. Three issues in and neither question is answered. Instead, we have the comic try to do what feels like a giant dance around the subject. It feels like acknowledging the elephant in the room, but using any word to describe it besides "elephant."
As a fan of what Barbara was before the reboot, this just feels wrong. On any level. I really, really hope that the next few issues move away from trying to answer the two big questions that fans have and tries to make it on it s own. If it doesn't, then I know it will lose this reader. Quite frankly, I am hoping that they take Barbara out of the costume soon and puts someone else in there.
Averages for Issues #1-3:
Words: 7.6/10
Pictures: 7.3/10
Overall grade for Issues #1-3: Overall its not bad, but for older fans it just stinks. 7/10
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