Board Thread:Comics/@comment-26295738-20150628215510/@comment-26295738-20150629175925

SforHope wrote: The controversy is caused for the meaning behind it all. The image is a homage to The Killing Joke, the graphic novel where Joker shoots Babs, takes off her clothes and takes pictures of her lying in the ground. As a result, Babs ends up paralyzed from waist down.

The trouble with the image was that many people found it offensive, and the response in social media was massive. The artist, Rafael Albuquerque decided that he didn't want the image to be published and he requested that DC pull out the cover.

Other reason given was that the current Batgirl book has a very colorful and happy approach to the character and the image was too dark and didn't reflect what was in the story.

Personally, I find nothing wrong about the cover. It's a perfect homage to the greatest Joker story ever told. But, I guess people these days are easily offended....even with fictional characters.

I knew it was a homage to the Killing Joke. I hated the story. Because to me it signaled that Barbara was not an important enough character in the DCU to get her out of the wheelchair. When Bruce Wayne had his back broke. DC couldn't get him out of the chair faster enough to make him Batman again. Barbara didn't get the same treatment. I could have care less if Barbara wasn't Batgirl anymore or if they was going to leave her in the wheelchair. Get writers who was going to do her justice. Not portray her as weak and unimportant.