A review by lillanaa
Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn

4.0

I love anything to do with Cass's mythos and this was a fun and interesting take on it, the art is great and the characterization tracks to everything I've read, you can definitely tell Kuhn is a fan! This was fantastic for a character introduction (if you want a more full one, I always recommend Batman and Robin Eternal) in brief, and having Barbara in her backstory still makes a world of sense. My only real nitpick is how quickly things seemed to resolve with regards to the disability representation, Cass's difficulties with speaking and reading are a fairly core part of her character, and it seems to be glossed past quickly. Anyone who isn't interested in the backstory and cares more about the action won't really care, but it's always disappointing that writers never seem to be able to figure anything around it and either write it out or brush through for ease. I understand the focus here is put more in her heritage for her representation, and that's also a phenomenal thing, but it puts a slight damper.