James Harvey
10-03-2001, 01:55 PM
<a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> reports that Batgirl wil be getting a Year One treatment!
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Batgirl: Year One, the nine-issue, 32pp (22-page stories with heavier stock covers) limited series will be penciled by artist Marcos Martin (who drew the last issue of Robin: YO and the upcoming The Joker: Last Laugh #2) and is tentatively set for release sometime in 2002.
"This project has been in the works for some time now, but Chuck's impending move to CrossGen is still several months away and won't affect our timetable," explained co-writer Beatty.
"Unfortunately, it looks like this will be one of our final collaborations for the foreseeable future. With that said, we're pulling out all the stops."
"We're tackling the 'Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl' in a radically different way. Barbara Gordon's origin hasn't benefited from any radical post-Crisis reboot to cast off the 'campier' aspects of her beginnings. She was, after all, created for the Batman TV series (inspired by previous 'Bat-Girl' Bette Kane) and then inserted into comics continuity. While we're keeping the fundamental bells and whistles intact, readers will see a much broader interpretation of why Babs ultimately decided to become a masked vigilante."
"Batman, we'll discover, certainly wasn't her first choice as a role model."
To read the entrie article, go to <a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a>.
<a href="http://www.comicon.com/gallery/categories/DC_Comics/media/Batgirl.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comicon.com/gallery/categories/DC_Comics/thumbs/Batgirl_t.jpg" width="140" height="216" align="right" alt="Picture Courtesy of Comic Newsarama" border="0"></a>
Batgirl: Year One, the nine-issue, 32pp (22-page stories with heavier stock covers) limited series will be penciled by artist Marcos Martin (who drew the last issue of Robin: YO and the upcoming The Joker: Last Laugh #2) and is tentatively set for release sometime in 2002.
"This project has been in the works for some time now, but Chuck's impending move to CrossGen is still several months away and won't affect our timetable," explained co-writer Beatty.
"Unfortunately, it looks like this will be one of our final collaborations for the foreseeable future. With that said, we're pulling out all the stops."
"We're tackling the 'Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl' in a radically different way. Barbara Gordon's origin hasn't benefited from any radical post-Crisis reboot to cast off the 'campier' aspects of her beginnings. She was, after all, created for the Batman TV series (inspired by previous 'Bat-Girl' Bette Kane) and then inserted into comics continuity. While we're keeping the fundamental bells and whistles intact, readers will see a much broader interpretation of why Babs ultimately decided to become a masked vigilante."
"Batman, we'll discover, certainly wasn't her first choice as a role model."
To read the entrie article, go to <a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a>.