https://idlermag.com/2012/09/13/521-the-girl-most-likely-to/ A U.S. Webzine: 2010-2013 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://idlermag.com/2012/09/13/521-the-girl-most-likely-to/#comment-4633 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:03:11 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=10546#comment-4633 […] 2. Let us not discount either the original Batwoman and Batgirl (Kathy and Betty Kane) or, of course, the Barbara Gordon Batgirl, but the dynamics in those relationships were entirely different, and less immediately familial. The Kanes served as wanted or unwanted love interests for Batman and Robin, and Barbara Gordon, while unquestionably a member of the Bat family, has usually been written as a more independent character (with, importantly, a strong father figure of her own in Jim Gordon) rather than as a surrogate daughter to Bruce Wayne. For a great analysis of Babs, read Matt Santori-Griffith’s “The Girl Most Likely To” […]

]]> https://idlermag.com/2012/09/13/521-the-girl-most-likely-to/#comment-4444 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:31:07 +0000 http://idlermag.com/?p=10546#comment-4444 […] in a way that’s still amazingly faithful to who they’ve been in the past. (Like Barbara Gordon, for […]

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