[9], In July 2010, Cassandra appeared as one of the main characters in a short story written and drawn by Amanda Conner for Wonder Woman #600, where she helps Wonder Woman and Power Girl in a battle against Egg Fu. Her first appearance as Black Bat was in Batman Incorporated #6. Just before departing, Tim gives Cassandra a copy of her old costume and tells her that if she chooses to stay and fight crime in Hong Kong, he hopes she will do it while wearing a Bat-symbol. When she offered a lipstick to Barbara as a small gift, she naturally chose black. Cassandra Cain first appeared in Batman #567 (July 1999), written by Kelley Puckett and penciled by Damion Scott (who are generally credited with her invention).[4]. It's not so much physical as... as mentally impossible. However, after Bruce Wayne's apparent death, Cassandra, apparently disillusioned, passes the cowl to her close friend, Stephanie Brown, then she leaves Gotham. In combat, Batgirl moves in a weird way – too fast, too stro… Cassandra, believing that Batman brought her onto the team for just such a contingency, takes command of the group. As the man died, she read what he was feeling, realized what she had done, and ran away from her father. She locates her father on a rooftop and engages in a one-on-one fight, eventually sending him over a ledge. Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott created Cassandra in 1999, and she became the star of the first ongoing Batgirl series, … Her friendship with Stephanie appears to have remained intact.[45]. Cassandra uses this configuration for her training when in the Clocktower. [29] And after Dick discovers that the Architect plans to flood Gotham and kill thousands of civilians, Cassandra and Damian work together to dispose of the explosives that were supposed to sink the city. [28] During a stakeout at Oswald Cobblepot's nightclub, Cassandra is mocked and berated by Damian, who tells her that he is a better hero and that Bruce likely sent her to Hong Kong as a demotion. [20] When the women fight in a year's time, Cassandra dies within minutes. What they can't do is all of that at once. BATGIRL (CASSANDRA CAIN) 1st App. David Cain is one of the world's premier assassins, whose victims have included some of the most famous and powerful people on the planet. 3) #43, the once hollow bat-symbol appears to have been filled in and her cape is once again completely black; a new line of stitching goes up the forehead of her cowl. In the DC Comics Bombshells universe, Cassandra is a Chinese heroine known as Black Bat. When Cassandra asked Shiva whether she was still killing, whether she would ever stop, Shiva says she was, and responds, "It's why I had you", so Cassandra agrees to fight her to the death once more. At the very least, you'll know your stuff about Cassandra, and can impress your friends. When a telepath "rewired" Cassandra's brain to allow her speech, this had the unintended consequence of blocking her ability to "predict" attacks, as though her ability to comprehend physical language was traded for her ability to speak and read. We see her first pickpocketing the villainous Victor Zsasz, stealing a diamond with some very important information within it. I wasn't a fan of the Cassandra Cain Batgirl when I was reading her first appearances twenty years ago, and this reboot doesn't do anything to win me over now. Deathstroke approaches Cassandra and preys on her desire for a loving father as well as her feelings of abandonment. The entire costume has yellow accents, with small armor plates in strategic areas on the torso and arms, and includes a yellow utility belt. She's also illiterate - so getting past these roadblocks has been something of a battle for her, as one could imagine. In 2000, Cassandra Cain became the first Batgirl to get her own ongoing self-titled comic book series (Barbara Gordon had only been featured in a couple of one-shot releases). She does not wear any accessory or jewellery, and goes for tight black jeans, tight black tank tops or sweaters and black running shoes. Cassandra Cain made her first appearance in 1999's Batman #567, right in the middle of the year-long No Man's Land crossover. In The New 52: Futures End, Cassandra appears as a member of the League of Batgirls alongside Stephanie Brown and a young African-American girl named Tiffany Fox (the daughter of Lucius Fox). She is a friend of Barbara Gordon and Stephanie Brown. Look—humans can throw a 100 miles-per-hour fastball, smash concrete blocks with their heads, and run 4.2 forties. Articles that are in need of attention [1] The character is one of several who have assumed the role of Batgirl, and Cassandra Cain goes by the name of Orphan in DC Comics' current continuity. Cassandra then appears in Supergirl #14 (April 2007), battling the title character, (Kara Zor-El). Cassandra Cain first appeared in Batman #567. And we did that. From there, I worked out the details of just how that would come about with our initial editor, Eddie Berganza, and then his successor, Peter Tomasi. During the "War Games" story arc in 2004, Batman relies heavily on Cassandra to help control the violence of the gang war in Gotham City.[specify]. She was intended to be a "gift" to the villain "Mother", to show her that child assassins can be manipulated through "the old ways" instead of through the use of drugs, but "Mother" rejected her and told Orphan never to do anything behind her back again. If not, she might be a bit of an unknown entity to you unless you've followed her comic history. He found a potential mother when he saw Sandra Wu-San fighting her sister Carolyn in a martial arts tournament. Why? 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