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Character/DC

Barbara Gordon

Batgirl / Oracle

3,833 appearancesSince 1967

Barbara Gordon first appeared in Detective Comics #359 (1967-01), published by DC. 3,833 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Character history

Key issues

5 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
Detective Comics 359 (Facsimile Edition)
#[nn]
origin retold
2020-03-00
Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights
#1
death
2020-10-00

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Appears in

60 series

Detective Comics
1937–2011
132 issues →
Detective Comics
2011–
66 issues →
Batman
1940–2011
61 issues →

Nightwing cover

Nightwing

1996–2009

61 issues →

Nightwing cover

Nightwing

2016–

60 issues →

Batgirl cover

Batgirl

2011–2016

51 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

2016–2026

48 issues →

Batgirl cover

Batgirl

2000–2006

42 issues →

Batman: Gotham Adventures cover

Batman: Gotham Adventures

1998–2003

33 issues →

Batman: Gotham Knights cover

Batman: Gotham Knights

2000–2006

33 issues →

Tiny Titans cover

Tiny Titans

2008–2012

28 issues →

Azrael: Agent of the Bat cover

Azrael: Agent of the Bat

1998–2003

27 issues →

Birds of Prey cover

Birds of Prey

1999–2009

23 issues →

Batgirl cover

Batgirl

2016–2020

23 issues →

Birds of Prey cover

Birds of Prey

2023–2026

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: Legends of the Dark Knight cover

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight

1992–2007

20 issues →

Robin cover

Robin

1993–2009

20 issues →

Batgirl cover

Batgirl

2009–2011

18 issues →

Suicide Squad cover

Suicide Squad

1987–2010

17 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

16 issues →

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