Batgirl Vol 6 8

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"The Book of Shiva, Chapter 2"
Part of the "All In" event.
Batgirl Vol 6 #8
August, 2025
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Executive Editor	Marie Javins
Cover Artists	David Talaski
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Jessica Fong
The Book of Shiva, Chapter 2
Writers	Tate Brombal
Pencilers	Takeshi Miyazawa
Inkers	Takeshi Miyazawa
Colorists	Mike Spicer
Letterers	Tom Napolitano
Editors	Jessica Berbey Rob Levin
Previous Issue	Batgirl Vol 6 # 7

She was just another pawn in a cruel man's game.

— Lady Shiva

Batgirl (Volume 6) #8 is an issue of the series Batgirl (Volume 6) with a cover date of August, 2025. It was published on June 4, 2025.

Appearing in "The Book of Shiva, Chapter 2"

Featured Characters:

• Cassandra Cain (Flashback and main story)
• Lady Shiva (Sandra Wu-San/Wu Ming-Yue) (Flashback only) (Also as a voice record) (Origin)

Supporting Characters:

• "Heroic Quarter" (Single appearance)
  • Bronze Tiger (Benjamin "Ben" Turner) (Flashback only)
  • Carolyn Wu-San/Wu Mei-Xing (Dies in flashback) (Origin)
  • Richard Dragon (Richard "Richie" Drakunovski) (Flashback only)
• O-Sensei (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Antagonists:

• David Cain (Flashback only)
• "Freak-O" (Mantis-like villain) (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
• Unnamed ice-skaters gang (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Shiva/Mahakala (Real name revealed) (First full appearance) (Flashback only) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
• The Blood (Mentioned only)
  • The Bloodmaster (Wu Feng) (Mentioned only)
• The Devil (Mentioned only)
• Dragons (Mentioned only)
• Mr. Wu (Lady Shiva's father) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Mrs. Wu (Lady Shiva's mother) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Late 1980s (See Notes)
    • Japan
      • Kyoto
        • O-Sensei's Temple (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • Himalayas
    • Nepal (Flashback only) (Cameo)
      • Unnamed village (In ruins) (Behind the scenes)
  • 1990s (See Notes)
    • Japan
      • Kyoto
        • O-Sensei's Temple (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • Pacific Ocean (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • United States of America
      • Detroit
        • Detroit Chinatown (Flashback only)
          • Heroic Quarters' Apartment (Single appearance)
    • Nepal
      • Unnamed village (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
  • 2024
    • United States of America
      • Montana
        • Whitefish (Cameo)
      • New Jersey (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Sphere of the Gods
  • Dreamtime (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Items:

• Lady Shiva's Diary

Vehicles:

• Train

Concepts:

• Magic
• Mutants
  

Notes

• Lady Shiva's adventures with the Quartet occur in the 1990s, several years after the destruction of her village in the flashback from the previous issue.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Batgirl series
• Images from Batgirl Vol 6 8

Recommended Reading

• Batgirl Recommended Reading

Links and References

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