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MORE LESSONS IN ANTI-WAR THOUGHT FOR YOUNG READERS OF THE EARLY '80s.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an anti-war monologue for the '80s kids -- the opening splash/introductory page to "Weird War Tales" Vol. 1 #105. November, 1981. DC Comics. Script by Mike W. Barr, artwork by Adrian "Rian" Gonzales.

"Mortals, as always, are fools! You speak of "wars to end all wars," of "wars of peace," of "just wars."

I care not about your endless circles of words! I care only that the more men rationalize war, the longer they will fight! ... and so as men spill each other's blood, peace will remain the ultimate prisoner of war!"

-- DEATH, the ultimate emissary of war, "WEIRD WAR TALES" Vol. 1 #105,

Source: www.zipcomic.com/weird-war-tales-1971-issue-105.

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By Rian Gonzalez:

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Ending this day with a 🧵on Cass, sexuality, and the many love interests she's had in her twenty-six years.

I'll start by saying the Puckett/Scott run avoided this topic. Not so much Dylan Horrocks' run on the comic who confronted the issue head-on at the start of his run in Batgirl #39 with Tai'Darshan aka the Black Wind.

Now within the comic Babs, shrugs this off as an 18-year-old girl with what she's dealt with trying to find herself amongst her hormones, and Batman being Batman (at this time this was him going down the Bat-dickery phase in the book with it escalating with the fight Cass has with him in #50).

Enter the infamous bit of the issue, Babs making Cass wear VERY revealing bikini so she can have some rest and relaxation to "ease" her mind.

Enter love interest #2 being reintroduced to Cass's life within the issue, "Carl", aka Superboy aka Conner Kent.

The two had met prior in Superboy #85. There was a "spark" an interest at the end with Cass, and she did end up bonding with Kon.

And in doing so we learn the negativity of Cass being able to read body language. She knows Kon is thinking impure thoughts on her, and it makes Cass feel sick.

Yeah... I get the reasoning here. But Cass is just trying to find herself in this world. Struggle with her own thoughts and wants.

And in doing so we learn the negativity of Cass being able to read body language. She knows Kon is thinking impure thoughts on her, and it makes Cass feel sick.

Yeah... I get the reasoning here. But Cass is just trying to find herself in this world. Struggle with her own thoughts and wants.

And these two various ends of boys (good boy with Kon and bad body with Tai'Darshan end up colliding with the next issue along with at the start of it Babs realizing Bruce set this all up for Cass to confront these emotions with Tai'Darshan.

Just he never expected Kon to be the WILD CARD in this.

Anyway, we learn stuff about Tai'Darshan, and Cass stops him and makes sure he lives. The issue ends with Cass getting her "first kiss."

Though to be fair, the comic is implying she's kissing Kon to get at Tai'Darshan. Not to mention going with what she's seen around her. The next issue follows up with Kon, with Cass seeking him out when learning Tai'Darshan escaped, and she's still not really sure of herself.

Thankfully, Cass decides to confront these emotions head on going to see Kon in Smallville. What we get is Kon trying to win her over with well being Kon and Cass just trying to figure herself out. Which she eventually does when an alien runs amok on their date and realizes why:

She attains her own thoughts and desires realizing it's better off that she and Kon remain friends. And the next issue, Bruce puts a stop to Kon ever seeing Cass again (cause bat dickery).

I think one of the long-lasting reasons why Kon has remained a love-interest still to this day with Cass is well it's Kon.

Save for having hormonal thoughts, and (not realizing it), he was ever the gentleman in these issues. The "good" boy compared to the "bad" boy in Tai'Darshan.

Save for having hormonal thoughts, and (not realizing it), he was ever the gentleman in these issues. The "good" boy compared to the "bad" boy in Tai'Darshan, who gets the next few issues ironed out more.

My final thoughts on Kon is that there's always potential for the two to keep being friends, but the only stuff we've ever gotten since is Teen Titans several years later with Kon meeting "Cass" (Rose in disguise), and a de-drugged Cass mourning Kon.

My final thoughts on Kon is that there's always potential for the two to keep being friends, but the only stuff we've ever gotten since is Teen Titans several years later with Kon meeting "Cass" (Rose in disguise), and a de-drugged Cass mourning Kon.

The true legacy ironically has been artist Rian Gonzales paying homage to this all-too brief relationship in her Batgirls covers twice.

As for Tai'Darshan, Cass would learn more about him, his country, and his origins, and confront her feelings/thoughts on him in the next few issues.

Unfortunately, just like the Kon subplot, Tai'Darshan ends short with him sacrificing himself after taking in a poisoned wind (thanks Doctor Death ya bastard🙃). Cass pays one final respect to him and mourns the loss.

In a way, I'm a bit surprised this relationship never caught as much on, but I take it more that well he's up against Superboy. There's the "why". Still, Tai'Darshan is memorable for well being the first male love interest, how he exited, and ironically--

--- his legacy possibly being the one who many years latter Cass would use his nickname for her new codename "Black Bat".

Horrocks would continue this theme of Cass trying to discover herself all the way into #50. Where we get probably the two love interests I don't think many want me to talk about but I feel I must: Bruce Wayne and Tim Drake.

Though, Horrocks isn't the one who originally began this Cass crushing on Bruce. Writer Scott Beatty over in Gotham Knights #35 was the first to broach this subject matter.

Just that at this point in his run, Bruce was treating Cass like a weapon (much like David Cain), and upon realizing this forced her to stop being Batgirl (while also indirectly taking out the male love interests in her life). So we get this screwed-up scene from #50 via Babs pov:

I didn't think much of this more of Cass's screwed up raising (which the issue starts out as). She wants Bruce's approval, but also his affection. Something she never got from David Cain. In the end of the issue she gets both.

Just that, listening to a podcast a few years back by Stella Ngwaci, made me rethink the scene differently and the "icky" implications it could also represent.

But I digress, these parts with Bruce begin and end here thankfully.

Tim on the other hand… 🫤

This is a thing that went on for a good chunk of years (just that Horrocks' run Tim briefly expresses interest in her with #45).

It's post-War Games era this is where it all springs from as creators (including co-creator of Cass Damion Scott) viewed the two as a couple just not accepting it (hey it was 2005 to 2008 that this lasted).

Perhaps the only great "positive" given how many HATED Cass's being evil (or later drugged) that the oversexualization with Tim forced other writers to be like, "Um no... this is bad. They're more like brothers. We have to STOP THIS."

So ironically you can thank writer Adam Beechen for stopping this and bringing back fully the brother/sister relationship the two had prior to all this.

But this isn't the end of Horrocks and male love interests as I'll begin the path down the "nameless" ones. Male love interests Cass "had" but if I ask any fan I bet they'll only ever remember one.

First up, is the "Artist" from #51-52, a pawn in a scheme by Poison Ivy. Being that it is "2000s" Ivy, unearthing primal desires comes into play, and so the artist has the hots for Cass. Though her desire for justice is too strong for him.

That's all one can remember of him as it was obvious the only "desire" or interest Cass had was due to Ivy, not her own. So he's the first of many.

Another comes from Batman: City of Light. Where Cass's subplot is where we get nameless love interest #2, Javier (who's name I only remember due to rereading this AGAIN 🙃):

Then there is another exception to the nameless ones, Coldcast, from Justice League Elite #1-12. During her time undercover as Kasumi she gets to know her teammate quite well, and we get this exchange.

It's also this feeling and knowing of his kindness that Cass is the one who helps in eventually proving his innocence to the team (after being framed for murder).

I think the grand problem with Coldcast is it's only confined to this book.

We barely get an acknowledgment of the team in Batgirl later on (via Andersen Gabrych), and nothing on Coldcast. Much like Kon he's just regulated to a short run and that's it (ironically both relationships introduced by Joe Kelly).

So let's get the only "nameless" love interest out of the way that most remember from Gabrych's run, ironically named, Zero.

I still don't understand the character or Cass's interest in him.

For the beginning half of the run, Zero stalks Cass and she cutely entertains him even "rewarding" him with a kiss on the head after a mission. I think the reason for the attraction is Cass views him as an outcast.

Like herself and there in lies the attraction.

However, that's it. She returns his affection, and-- we really don't know much of him or why he's attracted to Cass. Enter WHY he's more remembered than most of the male love interests: he died in the final issue.

So I've talked about Cass's interest in Kon. Now THE OTHER big one. The one DC officially hasn't confirmed but well-- the evidence is just too much and that's Cassandra's feelings on one STEPHANIE BROWN.

I feel Gabrych's run is the best way to bring talk of Steph into this because it's obvious Cass was feeling loss but also unresolved feelings for Steph during this period.

You have that when Cass teams up with Tim not mentioning or going quiet when bringing her up. Or...

Plus the way "Ghost" Steph shows up when Cass is near death and we get these sorts of things. Cass casually touching Steph's face or HOW Steph holds Cass when at death's door the final time in #72.

But it isn't until "Future State" Batgirls story where we have the most frustrating bit between the two. As it was basically said by the creators (and editor of the story) that Cass/Steph WHERE in a relationship and it fizzled out. You get that in the various beats of the tale.

But it isn't until "Future State" Batgirls story where we have the most frustrating bit between the two. As it was basically said by the creators (and editor of the story) that Cass/Steph WHERE in a relationship and it fizzled out. You get that in the various beats of the tale.

I feel like that meme of "SO CLOSE TO PERFECTION" (though I digress remove the Nightwing being a dick subplot in part 2 of the story please) with this tale could've been something and it just falls flat.

We do get cute moments though...

I feel we were on the verge of it near the end of the Batgirls run. I mean literally, in Batgirls #14 we have Stephanie writing to Cass a love confession (along with Cass wearing a piece of Steph's Batgirl costume as a scarf).

And even after that tale, Cass was well VERY affectionate toward Steph at various points throughout the series going forward.

Just that again, it just feels like DC has cold feet in that regard. In ways it reminds me of Buffy/Faith from BTVS.

Though it was NEVER stated outright, the fans knew Buffy/Faith were in a relationship. Just like Cass/Steph. And I guess that'll be the way until DC gives the clearance one day...

So we're back to the nameless male love interests. Not the final (I mean there is one more, but the final there's a POINT to it. In a nice roundabout way), and that's Sal from Batgirl Vol. 2 (aka Redemption Road).

At the very least like Coldcast, Cass shows interest and you could understand the WHY (cause there's depth). Just unlike Coldcast, we don't get much time with Sal save a brief history lesson.

He has a reading disorder and was taking ESL classes with Cass.

That's just a problem writers have with a character like Cass. It just doesn't fit the character to have just a random male love interest. You gotta give them more details and give a reason WHY Cass would be interested.

Which leads to our final one which is more a lampshaded moment from the DC Festival of Heroes: Asian Superhero Celerbration #1 in the tale "Sounds" with Dr. Shin.

The point of him (even though via the art we see Cass has an interest) it's more the battle of her disability that's the crux.

And which is why the "payoff" to Cass getting her only line of dialogue is special because it just works. Likewise the snarky look. Cause the interest is not about Shin, we get anything we need to know.

The focus is ALL on Cass.

But the problem isn't just all males, we do have one female character who Cass has an interest in, and it's never really touched on EVER again.

To whom I'm speaking is Christine Montclair from Detective Comics #950-956.

And this is the pivot Cass gets in characterwise when reintroduced to the DCU in 2016. I feel Christine probably deserves to be talked about first given well she fits the nameless male love interests in the past.

Though, I think unlike the prior it's more due to writer James Tynion IV having A LOT on his plate to wrap up his Tec run, and Christine got tossed to the wayside.

Just that there's A LOT of Christine to unpack and you could see WHY Cass has an interest in her. She's a ballet dancer (and Cass LOVES ballet), and it's more a crush in that she's probably the best ballet dancer in Gotham. Cass REALLY wants to learn from her.

Not only that but later on in the story she aids Cass by addressing her wounds after a disastrous encounter with Lady Shiva, and gives her the peptalk needed to take on her mom (though ironically as readers we find out it's from a book by Carolyn Wu-San, Cass's aunt/Shiva's sister).

I have to say there is still potential here to this return to this character (paging Tate Brombal). Though I doubt we'll ever see this character again. I get that given the Phantom of the Opera homage was deep in the tale with Cass being Eric/thePhantom to Christine's um Christine.

Which leads me to circle back to the original female Cass was quite interested in when reintroduced to the DCU-- Harper Row.

Harper is the main character of the series Cass returns in, Batman & Robin Eternal (which also serves at the time as the character's exit from the Bat Books for the most part). Cass's interest in Harper is well to protect, but also have her assist in investigating the conspiracy of Mother & Orphan.

Besides that, we get the cliche reveal that in this new universe Cass murdered Harper's mom Miranda, and THAT was what turned Cass into being a hero. It does add a few layers.

Though I do get WHY some aren't fond of it also takes away Cass's own precedence.

And yeah, the story goes with those cliche when she comes to realize just how extraordinary Cass is. And well, the scene still 💛💙 (along with establishing Cass's passion for ballet).

But much like Steph, DC just doesn't really have Cass commit to Harper (save in the story here). After a few issues in Tec Tynion just drops the character altogether. Which I think is a loss cause Harper did add some interesting layers.

That's it for all the mainline DCU (though one COULD make a case for current BoP member Cela (like I was REALLY tempted to put her in here, but I'm gonna let that story still play out).

So instead, I'll end this thread with the final love interest Cass has shown EXTREME interest in, Eric from Shadow of the Batgirl.

Now it's interesting to me how writer Sarah Kuhn frames Eric like many of the nameless male love interests in the past. Except HERE we pathos on why he's interested in Cass, why he's at the library, and most importantly why Cass is interested in him.

In other words, Eric feels like an character who also contributes to the story at large within Shadow of the Batgirl. You take out any Zero, Sal, and Javier you'd not even notice a change AT ALL.

Eric is key to Cass's path of discovery within the graphic novel.

Likewise, Cass is Eric's path of discovery to himself as well. She lays it quite clear to Babs WHY he's there midway in the novel. He's into poetry and love stories though is being afraid to open up to others.

Hmm.. that sounds familiar just in her own interests also is terrified in opening up to others.

THIS STORY IS JUST SOOOO GOOD.

Likewise the payoff to this all is just as rewarding. Eric being the final voice Cass needs to hear on who she really is before confronting her father.

Cue that George Lucas gif of "poetry".

Cue another reason why Shadow of the Batgirl is just THE Cass comic for new readers. It takes everything in the past and just gets EVERYTHING right.

But that's Cass her love interests and history of sexuality in general in main DCU with that brief tour to one universe outside it.

I hope you enjoyed it.

[616witch]

random assorted marvel lockscreens. 1440 by 2560 pixels, may require resizing.

artists, from left to right -> rick leonardi, terry & rachel dodson, rian gonzales, daniel acuña, mark brooks, valerio schiti, alan davis, lucas werneck, javier rogríguez

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X-Men '97 (Vol. 2) #3 Gonzalas Variant / Published: May 2024 / Artist: Rian Gonzales

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Artist

Rian Gonzales

Colorist

Rian Gonzales

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『Marvel Snap』 Pixel Variants (pt. 1)

Released in 2022, Marvel Snap is a free-to-play card game developed by a collective of former Hearthstone designers, Second Dinner.

Every card in Marvel Snap has "Variants" with different artwork which can be acquired through a few ways, and while it is possible to unlock them without spending a cent, they almost certainly exist as way of enticing players to spend money.

Particular Variants are often grouped together in the Marvel Snap store to highlight a theme. Most commonly, Variants themes are based upon illustrations by artist like Rian Gonzalez, Peach Momoko, Jim Lee and Dan Hipp.

Even more plentiful than Hipp's 161 Variants, are the 212 "Pixel Variants". Sadly, these 16-bit styled special edition cards aren't what they ought to be.

Marvel Snap's producers clearly have the ability to work with top-tier comic artists to produce bespoke artwork for their title, so why not hire a reknown pixel artists like Paul Robertson to craft some sprite-based Variants? (flashing lights, NSFW)

Marvel Snap thankfully credits all of the creators who produce the artwork for every version of every card. However, the listed artist for the Pixel Variants, isn't an individual but a company called G-Angle.

G-Angle's is a Japanese company that appears to do a little of everything— voice acting, CGI, promotional illustrations, music, localization and more.

For better or worse, their website doesn't credit the artist(s) who created the Pixel Variants for Marvel Snap. Additionally, G-Angle is also responsible for some of Snap's Chibi Variants.

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SOURCES ↴ Marvel Snap (iOS) Peach Momoko card compilation (Game Rant) (Higher, Further, Faster Guide [Novemeber 2023 Season] by Mohsen Bagery) Marvel Snap (iOS) Pixel Variant sprites ripped by drabspirit (Reddit) (r/MarvelSnap) Marvel Snap (iOS) Pixel Variant cards (Marvel Snap Zone) Marvel Snap (iOS) Rian Gonzales card compilation (Marvel Snap Zone)

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BOOM! Studios Announces “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Comic Special”

To celebrate the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ 30th anniversary, Boom! Studios has announced a special anthology comic featuring five new stories as well as 24 pages of classic material for fans. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Comic Special anthology includes stories from writers Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Any Jo Johnson and Matt Hotson, Maria Ingrande Mora, and Melissa Flores and artists Hendry Prasetya, Eleonora Carlini, Marco Renna, and Jo Mi-Gyeong.

Content included in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Comic Special are:

a spotlight on Ernie in Angel Grove

Alpha 5′s struggle to find his true purpose,

a “What If?” story about Tommy’s powers, which will introduce a new alternate universe

a tale about Tommy and Kat’s marriage

a deeper look as Ranger Academy

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Comic Special will go on sale on August 30,2023. The special features a main cover by Dan Mora and variant covers by Rian Gonzales, Jamal Campbell, Bon Bernardo, Miguel Mercado, and Goñi Montes.

(Image via BOOM! Studios - Dan Mora’s Cover of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Comic Special)

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some artists whose artstyles i love...

sana takeda

( in my opinion takeda is one of the artists who's done the best job at capturing dazzler's glowy aura :) )

peach momoko

rian gonzales

carlos gomez

( the entirety of the x-terminators comic is so pretty )

phil noto

stjepan šejić

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Artist Rian Gonzales Accused of Copying

Scandal Rocks the Comics World: Rian Gonzales Accused of Tracing In a dramatic turn of events, the comics art scene faces a storm. Acclaimed cover artist Rian Gonzales stands accused of tracing another artist’s work. This controversy revolves around an allegation that Gonzales traced an original piece by the artist Nina. The piece was a heartfelt birthday gift for fellow artist, Juby. Gonzales…

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New Comic Book Releases - 3/1/23

If you're not familiar with where to go to find comics you can use this locator. Let's go ahead and take a look at what's out this week. 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Poison Ivy #9 That’s right! Ya girl Harley Quinn—doctor, fashionista, heroic criminal, criminally insane clown, and Poison Ivy’s girlfriend—has arrived on the West Coast to spend some quality time with her number-one squeeze! What sort of wildly lascivious and lavishly ludicrous madcap mayhem will the DCU’s favorite couple get up to? Featuring the return of series artist Marcio Takara and an assortment of utterly mouthwatering variant covers by some of the most delectable artists around, from iconic Harley Quinn artist Terry Dodson to incoming Harley Quinn artist Sweeney Boo, as well as Dan Mora, Rian Gonzales, and Mindy Lee!

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Poison Ivy #9

Covers & Variants | Artists: Jessica Fong, Terry Dodson, Sweeney Boo, Dan Mora, Rian Gonzales, Mindy Lee

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My own Top Ten Batgirls covers!

I have a feeling that one's favorite covers for this run will often reflect one's favorite character of the three Batgirls, and my selection is no different! A lot of these are favorites not just because I love the styles of the pieces, but the connections the cover artists have to past Batgirl runs.

To start off, three Honorable Mentions, drawn from the SIXTEEN variants provided for issue #1:

Honorable Mention

#3

Alex Garner's lovely digital rendering of the trio of Batgirls is just gorgeous. It's one of the #1 variants I ended up not getting, because I was already buying 5 copies of the first issue, and I try really hard to limit myself to only buying one copy of an issue. I broke my rule for this series, and I don't regret it, but I did try to have SOME self control.

Garner did a lovely run of covers for Gail Simone's Batgirl run in the n52, as well as a few covers for Batman Eternal, which is the connection that draws me to his work here.

Honorable Mention

#2

Kendrick Lim, who did a mask on and mask off version (mask off here). The faces are a TAD generic, which is why it didn't make it into my collection or my top ten, but Lim's Black Lantern Steph variant cover for Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night made me very tempted to add this one to the collection (I do have the Blackest Night variant!)

Honorable Mention

#1

This is cheating. But I love the connecting covers here, and Steph and Cass look so nice! I did end up getting this one (it was discounted with one of the other #1 variants I was getting, and didn't add to shipping, so...I was weak...)

And now to the main event!

#10

David Marquez, variant cover for the final issue of the series. Marquez captures the love and personalities of the Batgirls here so well. A very bittersweet cover, for me, because I simultaneously have an "end of the series" association with it, but also the existence of this cover (Marquez posted that he was commissioned to do 4 covers when the first three were announced) meant that the series wasn't ending at #18. Right now, it serves as the icon for the Stephanie Brown discord server (I was changing it every month to one of the cover images of Steph), and I don't have the heart to change it yet. Plus, no new images have displaced it in my heart!

#9

I limited myself to just one Rian Gonzales cover, even though they're ALL adorable. This one is very funny to me because of the dino licking his lips to eat the giant chocolate coin, so that pushed it over the top for me. I didn't actually buy any Rian Gonzales covers in floppy format, because I don't like the incentive structure, but I DID buy all three trades to make sure I got all of the covers, even though I also bought every issue.

#8

Jorge Corona drew every main cover for the series, and all of them were energetic and interesting! I didn't buy every one, because sometimes the variants were just a bit more appealing to me, but this one actually got me to buy both the main cover and the Michael Cho varient, so it has to make the list! I just adore the composition and stylized fear toxin.

#7

Maybe I just like Jorge Corona drawing big head covers? But really, the combination of Steph's gloriously golden hair, the conspiracy board behind her, and her childhood crayon drawing ripped in half is a powerful image, which perfectly forshadows the powerful story inside.

#6

MIchael Cho is one of my favorite cover artists (and he does some good interiors, too!), and I was just thrilled that he did three covers for this series. Steph's flaring hair is amazing (and reminds me of her days as Robin), and the background and poses are just wonderful!

#5

Artgerm got his start drawing Batgirl covers for Stephanie Brown, so it's only fitting he draw one for this series. Though it's a bit more muted in colors (as are many of Artgerm's covers these days) than his early 2010s work, it's exquisitely rendered, as expected for him, and mirrors one of my most cherished comics in my collection:

#4

Corona's Bat Girl Summer cover is just so hilarious and also cool I had to include it! The sunglasses, and swim tube unicorn (mirroring Cass's fluffy robe!), the yellow summer sky against the city - it's details and attitude galore!

#3

The Top Three starts with Batgirl of Burnside artist Babs Tarr, turning in a simply hilarious and touching homage to the classic Batman and Robin cover in all pink and black! With her own lettering, the piece simply explodes with Tarr's cheerful cute energy that made that series so visually iconic. I was so pleased Tarr contributed to this series, and this is definitely in my collection!

#2

Joshua Middleton contributed some of the most beautiful covers to Batgirl during the Rebirth run, so like Tarr's contribution, I was very hopeful that he would do a piece for this run. And his exclusive variant for issue 1 was definitely worth it! Steph on this cover still serves as my discord and most online forum avatars right now, and has for a few years now! I just love his use of light and face choices!

#1

2022 was Stephanie Brown's 30th anniversary. Despite co-starring in a series, she did NOT get a single celebration cover just for her to mark that special milestone. Yes, yes I am still salty about it. HOWEVER, I was moved almost beyond words by this cover by Paulina Ganucheau, which I count as an unofficial 30th Anniversary special. It is a redraw of the iconic first meeting of Stephanie Brown and Tim Drake (replaced by Cass here because it's a Batgirls title :) ) by the iconic artist Tom Lyle in Detective Comics #648. Ganucheau chose to honor her friend and professor Lyle in this contribution, part of the 90s Rewind line of covers that dropped that month. I treasure it greatly, as it clearly came from the heart.

My 10 Favorite Batgirls covers

You know something we never talk about much is some of the stunning covers Batgirls had (would you believe the series had over seventy-two different covers for a nineteen-issue run + Annual).

That's-- A LOT.

What happens when you get regular and virgin #1 covers that were available in other shops. Now these are my own preferences. I mean, to say the least, Batgirls covers never missed really. These are just my favs.

So are ten of my favorites plus a few honorable mentions.

Honorable Mention #1:

Batgirls #16 International Women's Day Variant by Lynne Yoshi. I just love the way everyone is framed in this with Babs being "the Batgirl" but in a past B&W motif while Cass/Steph are the present Batgirls being juxtaposed in color.

Honorable Mention #2:

Batgirls #12 90s variant by Paulina Ganucheau. I love the homage here the splashy page homage with a nice role reversal with Cass subbing for Tim here. My favorite Steph-centric cover.

#10

Batgirls #13 1:25 variant by Rian Gonzales. Her final one for the series, and man did she go out with a banger. Love the Powerpuff Girls homage with most of the supporting cast (Kyle, Maps, and Alyssa) with random Kon and Kate appearances.

#9

Batgirls #3 variant by Kim Jacinto. Jacinto would do a few variants for the series too, and this is my favorite one of them. Love that each had a fluidity with them but that up-close claw of Cass coming at ya is why this one is my favorite of Jacinto's Batgirls covers.

#8

Batgirls #1 the Glass Cabinet Hobbies variant by Dan Mora. This is one of those "store" exclusive variants, and probably my favorite Batgirls cover Mora did on the series.

I love the poses Cass/Steph have here, along with Bab's silhouette. I just LOVE the yellow dips down and to the right even making a rather striking cover. If anything negative I wish Babs was bigger and Dick was taken out of this cover altogether. Still love Bruce on the right though.

#7

#7 Batgirls #1 (though I forget which store had this exclusive) variant by Babs Tarr. If there's one thing I do enjoy about Burnside Batgirl it is the way Tarr drew Steph in it. Just captured that fun attitude perfectly. Also, love the first "official" drawing of her Cass.

I also love the homage to a famous Batman cover but the personalities of each Batgirl stand out in this one. Plus the pink just makes this one stand out and be so striking.

#6

Batgirls #14 variant 1:25 cover by Dan Hipp. Again, the pink is a nice striking contrast but Hipp one-ups it with the little details sprinkled throughout this cover. The easter eggs sprinkled in are PERFECTION here. Probably the best "layered" cover with so much behind it.

#5

#5 Batgirls #18 AAPI variant cover by Crystal Kung. The second of the two AAPI covers Cass got in the series, I love the colors in this one along with the pose Kung gives Cass here. There's that gremlin nature of Cass I love here.

Along with just the wash the background gets further back. I also love the secondary color Kung gives Cass's cape to make it stand out more.

#4

#4 Batgirls #17 cover by Jorge Corona. My favorite cover of the series with all three Batgirls in them. I love how Corona gets the personalities of the three in here while also the starry background along with the Clocktower. Sooo good.

#3

Batgirls #6 1:25 variant by Rian Gonzales. My favorite Gonzales cover of the series. I love the watercolors Gonzales does the most here. Just the wash of Gotham City in the background with Cass/Steph lying in the pool. Also Haley on the little batmobile float. SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!

#2

Batgirls #14 cover by Jorge Corona. The best issue of the entire series and the peak for me of Corona as well with his covers.

Just the somber mood of the cover sets the tone alone. I also LOVE the way Corona has Cass and Steph's capes here. The way each pop sells it all.

So if that's my #2, what can be my #1?

Well... something that just uplifts me anytime I look at it. Something you'd probably not truly expect.

#1

Batgirls #6 AAPI Heritage Month variant by Audrey Mok. There's just something every time that I look at this cover that fills me with a warm glee.

I adore Mok's use of Cass here and the way the traffic around her lights a part of her up. I adore the pose as well that mid-grapple swing too.

I love the "mini story" this one tells too. Just everything about this cover is perfection to me.

So there are my favorite Batgirls covers. This was tough! 😅What are your favorite Batgirls covers? Please share and comment on which ones are yours, or if you share the same as I do!

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Why did no one show me this Batgirls #1 variant cover earlier?!?!

Artist: Rian Gonzales

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All X-Men Gonzales Marvel Snap Card Variants 2023 / Artists: Rian Gonzales