Posts tagged: essential reading

Inquiring Minds/Let the Puzzlement Fit the Crime/Malled
Detective Comics 647-649
In Spoiler’s introduction, Batman and Robin find someone has beaten them to the punch. The punching of Cluemaster, that is.
Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma
Spoiler teams up with Huntress in the wake of the Cataclysm.
Pregnancy Arc
Robin 57-62
Robin 64-65
Stephanie finds herself pregnant by a boy who abandoned her.
Daddy’s Little Girl
Young Justice: Secret Origins 80 Page Giant
Stephanie tells her baby about her life.
Robin 80 Page Giant
Stephanie meets Dinah Lance.
Spoiled!
Batgirl 20
Spoiler teams up with Batgirl for the first time.
The Gun
Birds of Prey 39
Spoiler follows Black Canary around, desperate for training and companionship.
Switchback
Birds of Prey 40
Dinah brings Stephanie to the clock tower before kicking the criminals out of her home.
Untitled
Batgirl 26
Spoiler battles a warrior of the cult of Shiva in Batgirl’s place.
Untitled
Batgirl 28
Cassandra trains and bonds with Stephanie.
Testline
Batgirl 38
Stephanie convinces Cass to ignore Bruce’s orders to avoid her.
Robin 100-120
Stephanie appears in most of Jon Lewis’ run, in which both her past and present are developed and explored.
A Life More Ordinary
Robin 126
Stephanie becomes Robin.
…And Red All Over
Detective Comics 796
Batman and Robin track down Zsasz.
Sisterhood
Batgirl 53
Robin teams up with Batgirl when children are used in crime.
Return Arc
Robin 172-174
Stephanie returns to Gotham a year after Leslie fakes her death.
Robin/Spoiler Special
A series of stories about Stephanie’s new start.
Batgirl Rising
Batgirl 1-3
Stephanie becomes the third Batgirl.

Mark of Cain
Batman 567-Detective Comics 734
An introduction of tragedy and heroism.
Assembly
Legends of the Dark Knight 120
Cassandra accepts the cowl.
I Hold the Waterfront
Batman 569
Cassandra’s first mission as Batgirl, a struggle without and within.
Evacuation
Azrael: Agent of the Bat 60
Batgirl teams up with Azrael to foil the Joker’s plot.
Presents of Mind
Azrael: Agent of the Bat 61
Cassandra fight and dances with Azrael and relieves her first Christmas gift.
Batgirl 1-37
Kelley Puckett’s poignant run defined and developed Cassandra’s character.
Batgirl: Secret Files and Origins
Cassandra’s history is told through a mission of redemption.
Fresh Blood
Batgirl 58
Cassandra makes a new home for herself in Bludhaven.
Curse of the Penguin
Batgirl 60
An illuminating spar with Onyx helps Cassandra settle into her new life.
Blood Matters
Batgirl 71-73
Cassandra confronts her past and forges her future.