Trained from birth as the ultimate killing machine, Cassandra Cain found a new life as the fourth Batgirl and, eventually, Orphan, a cherished part of the Batman family.
No one in the Batman Family had an easy childhood, but Cassandra Cain may have had the worst. Raised from infancy under the tyrannical and abusive thumb of her father, the world-class assassin David Cain, Cassandra was taught violence before she was taught anything else—even how to speak.
Cassandra was completely mute and unable to read—her ability to fight was her "first language." Her father considered language and literacy a waste of memory and brain space for someone training to be the perfect weapon.
Yet, despite her father's abuse, Cassandra understood the difference between good and evil. As she grew older, she realized what her father had done to her and escaped him, fleeing to Gotham City where her life would be forever changed for the better. After proving herself to Batman and his allies, she was taken under Bruce Wayne's wing and taught to use her unique skills to be a hero.
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Bats at Bat: Who's on First When the Batman Family Plays Baseball?
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Gotham Gazette: Where You Lead
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DCeased: Unkillables Asks if Villains are the Ultimate Survivors
SPOILER ALERT: The below feature discusses plot points from the first issue of DCeased: Unkillables.
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HARLEY QUINN & THE BIRDS OF PREY #3The price on Harley’s head is getting higher and higher, and more and more of Gotham City’s most dangerous villains are crawling out of the woodwork to claim it. So where the hell is Batman? And after what she’s put the Birds of Prey through in just a few hours, is Harley going to have any allies left to protect her?
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Perfect Panels: Discovering the Hero Within
Perfect Panels is a section of Ink Spots in which we take a look at noteworthy panels or sequences from recent YA comic titles and discuss what makes them stand out. This time, we’...
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Book Breakdown - Shadow of the Batgirl Makes Us Happy and Hungry
The latest in DC's line of Young Adult graphic novels is out, and it's a return to original stories for this line (rather than the also excellent adaptations of the DC Icons prose...
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Cass Effect: Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux Talk Shadow of the Batgirl
Cassandra Cain is coming back in a big way. After years of serving as a supporting character in the likes of Detective Comics and Batman and the Outsiders, she’s...