Stephanie Brown (character)
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Stephanie Brown is a
The daughter of the criminal Cluemaster, the character originated as the amateur crime-fighter Spoiler, who had taken it upon herself to foil her father's villainous schemes. Establishing herself as a Gotham vigilante, she would initially have a hot and cold relationship to Batman and his allies. She even replaced her longtime love interest Tim Drake as Batman's partner and sidekick to enjoy a difficult spell as the fourth Robin. She would earn her second chance and eventually come in own as the third Batgirl, under the tutelage of former Batgirl Barbara Gordon. From 2009 to 2011, she was the star of her own ongoing Batgirl comic book series, up until DC's company-wide relaunch of all their titles.
In 2014, the character returned to the Spoiler identity in Batman Eternal, completely resetting her to the beginning of her crime fighting career. She is the only character to have been both Robin and Batgirl in mainstream continuity.
Stephanie Brown appeared in the
Publication history
Stephanie Brown was introduced in a three-issue story arc in Detective Comics #647–649 in which writer Chuck Dixon reinvented a villain called the Cluemaster. Dixon created the Cluemaster's daughter Stephanie as simply a plot device for this story, seeking to "spoil" her father's plans.[2] Even so, the character was well received by fans. The following year, Dixon launched the first ongoing Robin series and featured the Spoiler as a foil and love interest for Tim Drake. The character was at the center of a high-profile teen pregnancy storyline in 1998, which caused Wizard Magazine to name Robin the best ongoing comic book of the year. Stephanie remained an integral part of the Robin supporting cast for over a decade, until her death in the 2004 crossover storyline Batman: War Games.
Her death was revealed to have been faked in a 2008 story,[3] and she became the eponymous lead character in the 2009 Batgirl series written by Bryan Q. Miller, with pencils by Lee Garbett.[4] The title was canceled after 24 issues and replaced with a new Batgirl series starring Barbara Gordon as part of the New 52 relaunch.
Controversy on Stephanie's death
There was some controversy in the fan community about both the character's death by torture and the fact that even though she served as Robin for a time, she received no monument or memorial in the Batcave during the years of her apparent death unlike the second Male Robin (Third Over All) Jason Todd.[5]
Regarding the former issue, at the 2011 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, the former Batgirl writer Dylan Horrocks said that the writers were told from the start that Spoiler would die in this crossover and she was made Robin "purely as a trick to play on the readers, that we would fool them into thinking that the big event [War Games] was that Stephanie Brown would become Robin". The decision was unpopular with both him and Nightwing writer Devin Grayson, and he felt "pleased and vindicated" over the eventual controversy.[6]
During a Q&A at a convention in March 2007, DC executive editor Dan DiDio responded to questions about the absence of a Stephanie tribute from the Batcave, saying that the official position of DC Comics is that "She was never really a Robin", despite on-panel claims to the contrary.[7] When Alfred Pennyworth asks if Batman's acceptance of Stephanie as Robin was conceived by him as only a temporary measure from the outset and constituted part of an effort to lure Tim back to the cape, Batman evades the question. However, when a dying Stephanie asks, "Was I ever really Robin?", Batman answers, "Of course you were."[8] However, her memorial has been present in different publications since the controversy arose.[9]
The New 52 publication
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Barbara Gordon takes the role of Batgirl once again, with Stephanie Brown no longer existing in mainstream continuity.[10] In June 2012, fans of the character attempted a letter movement, sending waffles, waffle mix, and/or letters to the editors, expressing a wish to see her published once more.[11] Shortly thereafter, Dan DiDio claimed in an interview that about ten waffles had arrived and expressed doubt that her fandom was really as strong as it appeared.[12]
On October 11, 2013, writer Scott Snyder announced at New York Comic Con that Brown would appear as Spoiler beginning in the third issue of DC's 2014 weekly series Batman Eternal.[13][14][15] Brown made her first New 52 appearance in Batman (vol. 2) #28, a teaser issue for Batman Eternal.[16]
Fictional character biography
Stephanie Brown is the daughter of the
The Spoiler
Stephanie Brown tailors a costume for herself, and calls herself "the Spoiler" due to her attempts to spoil her father's plans. She learns where her father is hiding out, finds out his plans, and leaves clues so that the police and Batman could stop him. Robin (Tim Drake) tracks her down and, after a few brief confrontations, helps capture Cluemaster. Although she initially wishes to kill her father, Batman convinces her to allow him to be arrested.
Each time Cluemaster escapes or starts some new plan, Stephanie dons her costume again. Eventually, she decides she likes being a superhero, and she begins regular patrols as Spoiler. This also brings her into regular contact with Robin, on whom she has a bit of a crush. At first, Robin thinks of her as a pest, but later comes to enjoy her company. He was dating Ariana Dzerchenko at the time. However, the two sometimes work as partners, and during a point in which Robin and Ariana were unable to see each other, he and Stephanie grew even closer. Robin soon realizes that his feelings for Stephanie have grown into something more, and, after breaking up with Ariana, he begins dating Stephanie. Unfortunately, because Robin needs to maintain the secrecy of Batman and his allies, Robin is unable to reveal his true identity to Spoiler. At first, she seems happy with this arrangement.
Stephanie then finds out she is pregnant by an ex-boyfriend who had run from Gotham City after the
Soon after, Robin's father sends him away to boarding school, and the couple is forced into a long-distance relationship, made even more complicated by the fact that Stephanie still did not know his real name. During his time away, Robin befriends a girl named Star. One night, after seeing her go into an alley with some suspicious-looking people, Robin decides to follow her in costume. He runs into Stephanie, also on patrol, and she follows him as he tracks down Star to a gang meeting that erupts in a violent shootout. He saves Star, but Stephanie is convinced that he is cheating on her, and refuses to see him afterward.
Shortly after this, Robin disappears from Gotham for several days, because he is in
Stephanie and Tim, as she now knows him, reconcile. Even after Batman, having decided that she was not crime fighter material, tells her to hang up her costume and have the Birds of Prey stop mentoring her, she still patrols secretly, in addition to going on occasional dates with Robin in their civilian identities.
Stephanie is later injured during Tim's battle with the occult hitman Johnny Warlock breaking her leg. In a fit of rage, Tim apparently beats Warlock to death (though he would later be magically
Robin
Stephanie Brown snaps Tim Drake out of his depression just as his father
In an effort to prove her worth to Batman, Stephanie steals one of his long-term plans for dealing with the entirety of Gotham's criminal underworld, arranging a meeting to bring them all together. Since this plan is predicated on the involvement of "Matches Malone" who, unbeknownst to her, is a persona that Batman uses to infiltrate the underworld, it quickly spins out of control. The result is a citywide
Batman later finds evidence that a vital medical treatment that could have saved Stephanie's life had been denied by Doctor Leslie Thompkins. When Batman confronts the doctor, Thompkins claims she willfully withheld such treatment to send a warning to any of Gotham's youth intending to follow Stephanie's example.
Posthumous appearances
Following her death, Stephanie Brown appears twice in the Batgirl series. The first time, in Batgirl #62,
Spoiler returns
In the events following The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, Robin follows the trail of a female thief called Violet. This leads him to reunite with his friend Ives during social service classes at St. Camillus Cathedral. He also has random encounters with a blonde student in high school that trigger his memories of Stephanie. During his quest to find Violet, he is followed by a character dressed as Spoiler. This Spoiler reveals herself to Robin, trying to warn him that Violet led him to an ambush. Believing someone else is dressing up as Spoiler, Robin falls into Violet's trap after Spoiler addresses him by his real name.[19]
After escaping the ambush, Robin and Batman track down the woman in a bid to force her to stop imitating Stephanie. When confronted, she removes her mask and reveals that she is indeed Stephanie, with Leslie Thompkins having faked her death. Batman reveals his doubts about her death leading him to not erect a memorial for her in the Batcave. Since her secret identity had been compromised, Leslie faked her death so villains could not use her against Batman as Black Mask had done. Living with Leslie in Africa under an alias, Stephanie had been performing volunteer work until an attack from a local witch-hunting tribe prompted her to return to crimefighting, and subsequently to Gotham.[3] Stephanie reunites with her mother, enrolls in Tim's high school, and rejoins the Bat-Family.[20]
Before being revealed to Robin and Batman, Stephanie works freelance for the Penguin and gets information that helps him in his gang wars. She abruptly stops aiding him, after which he loses the advantage and leaves Gotham. She sends Penguin a note apologizing for leaving him when he needed her the most.
During the Batman R.I.P. storyline, Stephanie played the role of both ally and betrayer to Robin. Following Batman's disappearance and descent into madness, Robin attempts to balance his search for Bruce with his attempts to maintain control over Gotham's criminals. Tim asks that Stephanie help him locate Batman, but having anticipated his downfall, Batman has ordered Stephanie to hinder the investigation, believing that Tim needs to learn how to handle things on his own. Tim discovers the deception, and pulls away from his relationship with Stephanie. Unbeknownst to Tim, Batman has also ordered Stephanie to make Robin a stronger hero by challenging him, so Stephanie hires the Scarab, an assassin she encountered while she was Robin. After ordering the Scarab to use non-lethal methods, she also begins working with Tim's enemy, the General, who eventually tries to kill her. Her martial arts skills were able to save her from getting shot in the head—she is instead shot in the shoulder, escaping just in time to save Tim's life when the Scarab goes rogue.
The General, now using the identity of Anarky, decides to plunge Gotham into anarchy by starting a citywide gang war, and Stephanie aids Robin in keeping order and defeating the General. Afterward, Robin reveals that he is aware that Stephanie had worked with the villains to help him become a better Robin under Batman's orders. He notes that her actions were successful, but her methods were questionable. No longer in love with Stephanie, Robin orders her to abandon the Spoiler identity as he can no longer trust her.
In
In Teen Titans (vol. 3) #66, Stephanie appeared as one of the potential candidates to help fill Miss Martian's vacant seat on the team's roster. She was drawn into a fight with Bombshell, who mocked her and accused her of being a coward. In the end, Robin revealed that Stephanie had not come to join the Titans, but instead to help him with his preparations to leave the team.
In the Red Robin series, Stephanie and Dick Grayson (now, the new Batman, following Bruce Wayne's apparent death) become concerned about Tim after Dick transfers the mantle of Robin from Tim to Damian Wayne. Furious, Tim comes to believe that Bruce is still alive, and goes in search of him under the guise of Red Robin. When he cuts off all communication with the Bat-Family and the Teen Titans, Stephanie approaches Tim in his private base. This action, however, only infuriates Tim more. Kicking her in the chest after she sneaks up on him, he reiterates that he cannot trust her and orders her not to follow him on his mission, leading her to return to Gotham.
Batgirl
Stephanie Brown graduates from high school off-panel, is a student at Gotham University, and is still living with her mother. Cassandra Cain has apparently become disillusioned following Bruce Wayne's apparent death and gives Stephanie her Batgirl costume. After operating as the new Batgirl in Cain's costume, Stephanie is confronted by Barbara Gordon who was notified of her activities by Dick Grayson. Barbara tried to reason with Stephanie to get her to stop being a vigilante, as she still saw Stephanie as an impetuous youth, remembering her role in causing a citywide gang war and her near-death experience at Black Mask's hands.[22] However, a new type of recreational drug is hitting the streets of Gotham known as "Thrill", which they discover was manufactured by the Scarecrow and the second Black Mask, and the two women need each other to stop the drug trade.[23] Stephanie eventually confronts and defeats the Scarecrow, impressing Barbara and proving that she now has the maturity and the responsibility to face her fears and failures. Barbara decides to allow Stephanie to continue on as Batgirl. Barbara later takes a job as an assistant professor at Stephanie's school to continue to keep in contact with her. Barbara also designs a costume for Stephanie to replace Cassandra's tattered costume, incorporating various elements of both the Spoiler and previous Batgirl costumes.[24]
As Stephanie is taking steps to balance her double-life as a college student and a vigilante, Barbara makes a test run on Stephanie's Batsuit, which includes monitoring Stephanie's vital signs and allowing both women to communicate through
While meeting a classmate, Francisco, Stephanie is left unconscious after being shot while trying to protect him from a group of kidnappers.[26] Stephanie survives the gunshot wound and it is later revealed that Francisco's real name is Fernando Garcia, a son of a real estate mogul whose father's unethical business practices have led to him becoming a target. Because of Garcia's abduction, Stephanie and Barbara join forces with Batman and Robin, as some of the Gotham rogues are involved in the crime, including Roulette.[27] After they rescue Garcia, Dick, after seeing Stephanie's fight with Roxy Rocket, although still not completely approving of her as Batgirl, realizes that she reminds him of Barbara when she was in the role, so he allows Barbara to continue training Stephanie. Stephanie also receives a new state-of-the-art transportation known as the Ricochet (based from Batman's Batcycle designs) from Barbara.
Stephanie was later asked by Barbara to shut down the vigilante operations of
In the first part of the Red Robin/Batgirl crossover story "Collision", Tim Drake returns to Gotham with proof that Bruce Wayne is not only still alive but also lost in time. At the same time, immortal terrorist
Stephanie would also show up against her mentor's nemesis, the
In another storyline, Stephanie made a cameo appearance as a member of the assault team led by Dick Grayson to go against the new Black Mask.[30]
She later appears alongside Batwoman and fellow teen superheroines Stargirl, Supergirl, and Lightning as part of an all-female team created by Wonder Woman to repel Professor Ivo's faux-alien invasion of Washington, D.C.[31]
After Bruce Wayne's return, it is revealed that the true reason Cassandra Cain handed over her Batgirl mantle to Stephanie was that she was acting under her mentor's order in the event of his death or disappearance.[32]
Around this time, during The Lesson arc, Stephanie was forced to deal with a mysterious group known as The Order of the Scythe, who briefly framed her for murdering a student on her campus.
During the Convergence storyline, Stephanie (who still uses the Batgirl title) is chosen as the champion of her version of Gotham City, and must fight other city's champions if they are to survive.[35]
The New 52
In the New 52, a 2011 reboot of the DC Universe, Stephanie Brown's history was completely removed from continuity. She makes her first appearance in the new mainstream continuity as Spoiler in Batman (vol. 2) #28 (April 2014), a sneak peek into the future of the Batman Eternal series; she is seen tied up in a vault by Selina Kyle, with Kyle stating she is the only one who knows how to stop what is coming next for Gotham.[16] In Batman Eternal #3 (July 2014), Stephanie is a purple-clad teen who stumbles into a meeting between her father, the Cluemaster, and his criminal associates. She manages to escape their murderous plot, and over the course of the series, works to "spoil" her father's plans by becoming a vigilante, calling herself the "Spoiler." At first, she merely attempts to spread news of the Cluemaster's plans on the internet, then works actively as a costumed crimefighter to capture and foil him.[36] Following the Batman Eternal storyline, Brown as Spoiler helped other teens fight the Joker's chaos in Detective Comics: Endgame, and sought training from Selina Kyle and Eiko Hasigawa in Catwoman. In the aftermath of the gang war in that title, Barbara Gordon took Stephanie under her wing for a time. Stephanie also appeared as Spoiler fighting the supervillain Mother alongside the Robins in Batman and Robin Eternal.
DC Rebirth
In
After discovering Tim is alive, she briefly rejoins the team to help them stop the Victim Syndicate, but leaves again after the death of Clayface and breaks up with Tim since he was consistently dishonest about his intent to remain Red Robin instead of attending Ivy University.[41] When Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong, the General, infects Tim with the OMAC nanites and threatens to control Gotham, Batman and Cassandra ask Stephanie for help, and she reluctantly agrees.[42] Using her drones, she leads an infiltration into the General's Belfry 2.0 stronghold, and hacks into the system to shut it down. The evil AI Brother Eye confronts her with images of her past in the alternate timeline from which Batman Tim Drake from the future appeared, mocking her as "lesser" than a timeline where she was both Robin and Batgirl.[43] Instead of being cast down, Steph laughs and cracks into the timeline history that Brother Eye and the General have been using to manipulate Tim, showing him the truth, and convincing him to destroy the OMACs himself. After the dust settles, Tim decides to investigate the divergence in timelines Steph discovered, and she joins him in his quest.[44]
Joker War
During The Joker War, Stephanie and Cassandra fight the Hench Master in Bludhaven. At the end of the story, both she and Stephanie reclaim their Bat symbols. Stephanie receives a new costume, which is an amalgamation of her Spoiler outfit and her previous Batgirl suit.[45]
Infinite Frontier
In Infinite Frontier, Barbara Gordon – now primarily operating as Oracle again – explains to Huntress that Stephanie and Cassandra will share the Batgirl title, but that she reserves the right to occasionally suit up as Batgirl in future.[46] In Batman: Urban Legends, it is revealed she and Tim broke up and are not speaking, although she is supportive when he comes out as bisexual and starts dating Bernard Dowd.[47][48]
In 2022, Stephanie and Cassandra received a series called Batgirls by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad where they take up residence in one of Gotham's poorer areas after Fear State made them fugitives. Stephanie and Cassandra acquire a new vehicle they name Bondo.[49]
Powers and abilities
Like most of the Batman family, Stephanie Brown has no superhuman powers. She has been trained extensively by Oracle, Batgirl, Batman, and the Birds of Prey in martial arts, acrobatics, strength training, interrogation, engineering, computer operation and detective work. She's spontaneous, inventive and quick on her feet, known for her creative solutions and 'leap before you look' attitude in her vigilante work.[25] Bruce Wayne likens her mobility, wit and determination to that of fellow ex-Robin Dick Grayson.[32] She has a strong intuition when it comes to people and is able to get across to and bond with many different kinds of people.[34] Although not a martial artist of the caliber of Cassandra Cain, she is an expert in her own right; an unpredictable fighter and a match for Tim Drake.[35] She carries a belt similar to that used by other Gotham vigilantes containing a grappling hook, tracking devices, and various other crime-fighting paraphernalia. During Gotham Underground, the Penguin gave her an unknown device that allowed her to become completely invisible. According to Tim Drake, this "ability" was achieved through stolen technology. According to Batgirl writer Bryan Q. Miller, the ability to become invisible has not been incorporated into Stephanie's Batgirl costume.[4]
After Stephanie took on the Batgirl identity, Barbara Gordon designed a new costume for Stephanie more in line with the rest of the Bat-family's. It is equipped with
Other versions
- In the alternate World Without Young Justice timeline, Stephanie was Robin instead of Tim Drake.
- A toddler version of Stephanie appears in Tiny Titans. She is a close friend of Cassandra Cain and Barbara Gordon.
- As part of The New 52: Futures End September tie-in event, Stephanie, along with Cassandra Cain and Tiffany Fox, serves as part of "The League of Batgirls" under the leadership of Barbara Gordon (going by "Bête Noire") in The New 52: Future's End: Batgirl #1. She speaks with the quippy dialogue seen in her Batgirl title, and uses a "gooperang," one of her trademark weapons in that run. According to Gail Simone, she consulted with Bryan Q. Miller on Stephanie's portrayal.[50]
- In the final issue of the alternate universe series Bombshells United, Catwoman tells Bruce Wayne of a girl all in purple who spoils the best laid plans of crooks and villains in Gotham.[51]
- Young Justice (2019) introduces an Earth-Three version of Stephanie Brown serves as her world's Batwoman. Despite the generally reversed moralities of Earth-Three, this Stephanie appears to be a hero.[52]
- Stephanie makes an appearance as Spoiler in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12.
- In the possible future, Future State, Stephanie primarily stars in backups in Future State: The Next Batman where ends up in prison as a con to get information on the villains locked up in there. She has an eyepatch and short hair, and it is implied she and Cassandra Cain used to be a couple. She also appears in Future State: Robin Eternal which is set before The Next Batman. She has further appearances in Future State: Nightwing and the ongoing series, Future State: Gotham.[53][54][55][56]
In other media
Television
- Stephanie Brown as Spoiler appears in Reach and rescued by the Team, she returns in the third season, initially as a member of the latter group before joining Batman Incorporated in resigning from the Justice League to counter U.N. secretary general Lex Luthor's restrictions on the League. By the end of the season, Batman Inc. rejoins the League.
- Stephanie Brown appears in the Luke Fox.
- Stephanie Brown appears in a photograph in the Titans episode "Barbara Gordon" as one of Bruce Wayne's potential Robin candidates following the death of Jason Todd.
- Stephanie Brown appears in Gotham Knights, portrayed by Anna Lore.[58] This version is the best friend of Bruce Wayne's adoptive son and series original character Turner Hayes who initially displays a rivalry with Harper Row before developing a romantic relationship.
Video games
- Stephanie Brown as Spoiler appears as an unlockable character in Lego Batman: The Videogame.
- Stephanie Brown as Spoiler, Batgirl, and Robin appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
- Stephanie Brown as Spoiler appears as a DLC character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
- Stephanie Brown as Spoiler appears as an unlockable character in DC Legends.
- Stephanie Brown appears in Lego DC Super-Villains.
Miscellaneous
- Two incarnations of Stephanie Brown appear in All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13. The Phantom Stranger summons her as Robin, among other Robins, to help Batman while Madame Xanadu shows him a team of Batgirls, with Brown as a member.[59]
- The Batwoman incarnation of Stephanie Brown appears in the tie-in comic Earth-Prime: Batwoman #1.[60]
Collected editions
Stephanie Brown as Spoiler/Robin:
Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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Robin: Flying Solo | Robin Vol. 4 #3–5 | July 2000 | 978-1563896095 |
Batman: No Man's Land (Modern Edition) Vol. 3 | Robin Vol. 4 #68–69; #71–72 | August 2012 | 978-1401234560 |
Batman Black and White Volume 3 (B&W) | Batman: Gotham Knights Vol. 1 #22; #37 | September 2008 | 978-1401213541 |
Green Arrow: Quiver | Green Arrow Vol. 3 #5 | April 2015 | 978-1401259426 |
Batgirl: Death Wish | Batgirl Vol. 1 #20 | August 2003 | 978-1840237078 |
Batgirl: Fists of Fury | Batgirl Vol. 1 #21, #26–28 | May 2004 | 978-1401202057 |
Batman: Bruce Wayne: Murderer? | Robin Vol. 4 #98–99; Birds of Prey Vol. 1 #39–40 | March 2014 | 978-1401246839 |
Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive | Birds of Prey Vol. 1 #43 | July 2014 | 978-1401246822 |
Teen Titans Vol. 3: Beast Boys and Girls | Teen Titans Vol. 3 #13 | Juin 2005 | 978-1401204594 |
Robin: Unmasked! | Robin Vol. 4 #122–125 | April 2009 | 978-1435270466 |
Batman: War Drums | Detective Comics Vol. 1 #796; Robin Vol. 4 #126–128 | October 2004 | 978-1401203412 |
Batman: War Games Book 1 | Catwoman Vol. 3 #34; | March 2005 | 978-1401204297 |
Batman: War Games Book 2 | Robin Vol. 4 #130; Batman: Gotham Knights Vol. 1 #57; Catwoman Vol. 3 #35; Nightwing Vol. 2 #97 | July 2005 | 978-1401204303 |
Batman: War Games Book 3 | Robin Vol. 4 #131; Batman Vol. 1 #633–634; Batman: Gotham Knights Vol. 1 #58; Catwoman Vol. 3 #36; Nightwing Vol. 2 #98 | October 2005 | 978-1401204310 |
Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood | Robin Vol. 4 #132 | October 2005 | 978-1401204334 |
Batman: Under the hood | Batman Vol. 1 #635 | November 2005 | 978-1401207564 |
Robin: To Kill a Bird | Robin Vol. 4 #134 | April 2006 | 978-1401209094 |
Batman: City of Crime | Detective Comics Vol. 1 #800; | July 2006 | 978-1401208974 |
Batman: War Crimes | Detective Comics Vol. 1 #809; | February 2006 | 978-1401209032 |
Batgirl: Kicking Assassins | Batgirl Vol. 1 #60–64 | January 2006 | 978-1401204396 |
52 Omnibus | 52 Vol. 1 #8 | November 2012 | 978-1401235567 |
Robin: Teenage Wasteland | Robin Vol. 4 #156; | November 2007 | 978-1401214807 |
Gotham Underground | Gotham Underground Vol. 1 #1–9; | April 2009 | 978-8467474169 |
Robin: Violent Tendencies | Robin Vol. 4 #172–174; Robin/Spoiler Special #1 | December 2008 | 978-1401219888 |
Robin: Search for a Hero | Robin Vol. 4 #175–183; | August 2009 | 978-1401223106 |
Teen Titans Vol. 3: Changing of the Guard | Teen Titans Vol. 3 #66; | August 2009 | 978-1401223090 |
Batman: Life After Death | Batman Vol. 1 #697; | October 2011 | 978-1401229757 |
Red Robin: The Grail | Red Robin Vol. 1 #2; | May 2010 | 978-1401226190 |
Red Robin: Collision | Red Robin Vol. 1 #9–12; | September 2010 | 978-1401228835 |
Justice Societe of America Vol. 8: Axis of Evil | Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #39; | December 2010 | 978-1401229016 |
Red Robin: Hit List | Red Robin Vol. 1 #15; | July 2011 | 978-1401231651 |
Red Robin: 7 Days of Death | Red Robin Vol. 1 #20; | March 2012 | 978-1401233648 |
Wonder Woman: Odyssey, Vol. 1 | Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #600; | July 2012 | 978-1401230784 |
Batman Incorporated | Batman, Incorporated Vol. 1 #1–8; | January 2013 | 978-1401238278 |
Futures End: Five Years Later Omnibus | Batgirl Future's End; Batman Future's End; Catwoman Future's End | December 2014 | 978-1401251291 |
Batman Eternal Vol. 1 | Batman Eternal Vol. 1 #3–4; #8; #10–11; #13; #20 | December 2014 | 978-1401251734 |
Batman Eternal Vol. 2 | Batman Eternal Vol. 1 #24; #26–27; #31–32 | July 2015 | 978-1401252311 |
Batman Eternal Vol. 3 | Batman Eternal Vol. 1 #41–45; #47–49; #51–52 | October 2015 |
Issues not collected into TPB/HC format:
Detective Comics Vol. 1 #647–649
Robin Vol 4: #15–16; #25–26; #35; #40–41; #43–45; #50; #54; #56–62; #64–65; #74–75; #80; #82–84; #87–88; #92–95; #100–105; #107–113; #116; #119–120
Batgirl Vol. 1 #31–32; #38; #53–55
Young Justice Vol. 1 #30; #49–51; #54
Batman Vol. 1 #713
Nightwing Vol. 2 #75
Batman and the outsiders Vol 2 #13
Supergirl Vol. 4 #60
Convergence Vol. 1 #1
Convergence Batgirl Vol. 1 #1
Detective Comics: Endgame Vol. 1 #1
Stephanie Brown as Batgirl:
Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
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Batgirl Vol. 1: Batgirl Rising | Batgirl Vol. 3 #1–7 | June 2011 | 978-1401227234 |
Batgirl Vol. 2: The Flood | Batgirl Vol. 3 #8–14, Red Robin #10 | May 2011 | 978-1401231422 |
World's Finest | World's Finest Vol. 4 #1–4 | June 2010 | 978-1401227975 |
Batgirl Vol. 3: The Lesson | Batgirl Vol. 3 #15–24 | November 2011 | 978-1401232702 |
See also
- Character lists
- Concepts and themes
- Girl Heroes
- Girl Power
- Portrayal of women in comics
- Women warriors in literature and culture
- Women in Refrigerators
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- ^ Red Robin #9 (April 2010)
- ^ Batman #697 (May 2010)
- ^ Wonder Woman #600 (August 2010)
- ^ a b Bruce Wayne: The Road Home – Batgirl #1 (December 2010)
- ^ Batgirl (vol. 3) #15 (November 2010)-Batgirl (vol. 3) #16 (December 2010)
- ^ a b Batgirl (vol. 3) #24 (August 2011)
- ^ a b Convergence – Batgirl #1
- ^ Batman Eternal #20
- ^ Detective Comics 934
- ^ Detective Comics #947
- ^ Detective Comics #957
- ^ Detective Comics #964
- ^ Detective Comics #974
- ^ Detective Comics #979
- ^ Detective Comics #980
- ^ Detective Comics #981
- ^ Batman: The Joker War Zone #1
- ^ Infinite Frontier #0
- ^ Batman: Urban Legends #4-6
- ^ DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1
- ^ Batgirls #1-2
- ^ Batgirl: Futures End #1
- ^ Bombshells United #19
- ^ Young Justice (vol. 3) #8
- ^ Future State: The Next Batman #1-4
- ^ Future State: Nightwing #1
- ^ Future State: Robin Eternal #1-2
- ^ Future State: Gotham
- ^ Agard, Chancellor (May 7, 2021). "New Batwoman photo reveals Stephanie Brown's debut in girls' night episode". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (March 28, 2022). "'Gotham Knights': Anna Lore Joins The CW's DC Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13
- ^ Earth-Prime: Batwoman #1
External links
- Stephanie Brown on DC Database, a DC Comics wiki
- Spoiler at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Robin (Stephanie Brown) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- GirlWonder.org Host of "Project Girl Wonder"
- Spoiler at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe