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Batgirl (DC) — First appearance, key issues & comics · Cape Zone

Batgirl portrait

Character/DC

Batgirl

Barbara Gordon

2,037 appearancesSince 1967

Part of the Batgirl mantle · 5 known bearers →

Batgirl first appeared in Detective Comics #359 (1967-01), published by DC. 2,037 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Character history

Key issues

6 issues

Detective Comics
#359
first appearance · origin
1967-01-00
Detective Comics Special Reprint [Toys 'R' Us Special Replica Edition]
#359
origin retold
1997-00-00
Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 359
#[nn]
origin retold
2000-10-00
Comic Box Hors-série#[3] Comic Box Edition spéciale (Batgirl)Cape Archive2000
Comic Box Hors-série
#[3] Comic Box Edition spéciale (Batgirl)
origin retold
2000-11-00
DC Comics: Bombshells Annual
#1
origin retold
2016-10-00
Detective Comics 359 (Facsimile Edition)
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origin retold
2020-03-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Detective Comics
1937–2011
75 issues →
Batgirl
2011–2016
48 issues →
Batman: Gotham Adventures
1998–2003
30 issues →

Tiny Titans cover

Tiny Titans

2008–2012

28 issues →

Nightwing cover

Nightwing

2016–

26 issues →

Detective Comics cover

Detective Comics

2011–

23 issues →

Batgirl cover

Batgirl

2016–2020

23 issues →

Batgirl & the Birds of Prey cover

Batgirl & the Birds of Prey

2016–2018

22 issues →

The Batman Family cover

The Batman Family

1975–1978

20 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

2016–2026

18 issues →

The Batman Strikes cover

The Batman Strikes

2004–2008

17 issues →

Batman Eternal cover

Batman Eternal

2014–2015

16 issues →

Batgirls cover

Batgirls

2022–2023

15 issues →

Batman Adventures cover

Batman Adventures

2003–2004

11 issues →

DC vs. Vampires cover

DC vs. Vampires

2021–2023

11 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

1940–2011

10 issues →

Batgirl Year One cover

Batgirl Year One

2003–2003

9 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

2011–2016

9 issues →

Batman '66 cover

Batman '66

2013–2016

8 issues →

Batman Giant cover

Batman Giant

2018–2019

8 issues →

Batman and Robin cover

Batman and Robin

2011–2015

7 issues →

Birds of Prey cover

Birds of Prey

2011–2014

7 issues →

The Best of DC cover

The Best of DC

1979–1986

6 issues →

Elson's Presents Super Heroes Comics cover

Elson's Presents Super Heroes Comics

1981–1981

6 issues →

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Batgirl
2017–2023
6 issues →
Justice League
2018–2022
6 issues →
Heroes in Crisis
2018–2019
6 issues →
Future State: Gotham
2021–2022
6 issues →
Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City
2022–2023
6 issues →
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats!
2022–2023
6 issues →
World's Finest Comics
1941–1986
5 issues →
Smash!
1966–1971
5 issues →
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time
1994–1994
5 issues →
Nightwing
1996–2009
5 issues →
Batman Confidential
2007–2011
5 issues →
Nightwing
2011–2014
5 issues →
Batman and Robin
2012–2016
5 issues →
Batgirl
2012–2016
5 issues →
Batgirl
2013–2015
5 issues →
Batman and Robin
2013–2016
5 issues →
Batman / Superman
2013–2016
5 issues →
Justice League United
2014–2016
5 issues →
Batman '66
2014–2016
5 issues →
B'Cape Archive 2014
Batman '66
2014–2016
5 issues →
Batman and Robin Eternal
2015–2016
5 issues →
B/TCape Archive 2016
Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures
2016–2017
5 issues →
Batman '66 Meets the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2016–2016
5 issues →
Gotham City Garage
2017–2018
5 issues →
AMBCape Archive 2018
Archie Meets Batman '66
2018–2019
5 issues →
Event Leviathan
2019–2020
5 issues →
Batman / Superman: World's Finest
2022–
5 issues →
TB&Cape Archive 2022
The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries
2022–2025
5 issues →
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong
2023–2024
5 issues →
DC / RWBY
2023–2023
5 issues →
Crisis on Infinite Earths
1985–1986
4 issues →
The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years
1998–1998
4 issues →
Batman: Gotham Knights
2000–2006
4 issues →
BOPCape Archive 2012
Birds of Prey
2012–2015
4 issues →
Batman
2012–2017
4 issues →
Batman
2013–2017
4 issues →