Batgirl: Year One Vol 1 1



Masquerade


 * "I have to find another path. Divine my own future. One uniquely mine. Not a page from someone else's book. Not a fate that begins and ends on page one."
 * --Batgirl

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Month: February Year: 2003

Credits
Editor in Chief: Jenette Kahn Head Writer: Scott Beatty Writers: Chuck Dixon Cover Artists: Marcos Martin and Alvaro Lopez Pencilers: Marcos Martin Inkers: Alvaro Lopez Colourists: Javier Rodriguez Editors: Nachie Castro and Mark Idelson

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batgirl
 * Batman
 * Boyle
 * Donald
 * Dragoncat
 * James Gordon
 * Jason Bard
 * Killer Moth
 * Murph

Locations
 * Gotham City
 * 1940 Fox & Gardner
 * 359 Murphy Avenue
 * Bristol Country Club
 * Gotham Public Library
 * Justice Society Headquarters
 * Police Headquarters

Items
 * Bat-signal

First Appearances: Boyle (an FBI agent); Donald (a library assistant); Murph (a computer hacker) Final Appearances: Boyle; Donald; Murph

Synopsis: Young Barbara Gordon wants desperately to become a police officer on the Gotham City Police Department. However, her father Captain James Gordon, refuses to entertain the notion, citing the fact that Barbara doesn't even meet the Academy's height requirements. Undeterred by this, Barbara tries to find a position within the FBI, but with no avail. She takes martial arts classes but realizes that she needs training that is more extensive. She decides that the only way to serve the cause of justice is by becoming a vigilante. She steals her father’s sealed files and learns the location and security codes for the Gotham City headquarters of the Justice Society of America. She wants to ask Black Canary to give her physical combat training. She leaves a letter on the JSA meeting table and makes certain that the mansion security cameras capture her image on film.

Trivia

 * An issue of the Gotham Gazette is seen, featuring a photograph of the Justice Society of America. Members include: Hourman (Rex Tyler), Atom (Al Pratt), Johnny Thunder, Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance), Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider) and the Flash (Jay Garrick).


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Recommended Readings

 * Detective Comics #359 (1st appearance of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl)
 * Batman: The Killing Joke (The Joker cripples Barbara Gordon)

Related Articles

 * Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance)
 * Gotham City Police Department
 * Gotham Gazette
 * Million Dollar Masquerade
 * Wizard (William Zard)