Character Profile: Barbara Gordon

Batgirl/Oracle

Real Name: Barbara Gordon

Aliases: Batgirl, Oracle, Babs, Barb, Nightwing

First Appearance: Detective Comics #359 (January 1967)

Gender: Female

Birthday: N/A

Citizenship: American

Height: 5’7”

Weight: 126 lbs (57 kg)

Hair Color: Red

Eye Color: Blue-Green

Created by: Gardner Fox (Writer), Carmine Infantino (Artist)

Occupation: Adventurer, Detective

Base: Gotham City

Family: James Gordon (father), Barbara Eileen (mother), James Gordon Jr. (brother), Tony Gordon¹ (brother, deceased)

Love Interest: Dick Grayson

Affiliations: Batman Family, Birds of Prey, Batman Incorporated

Powers: Martial Arts, Genius-level Intellect, Superb Hacker, Skilled Detective, Photographic Memory

Weaknesses: Human susceptibilities²

Notes

1: Appears only on Earth-One.

2: This is seen all too true after she was bound to a wheelchair after getting shot in Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke.

Works Cited

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Killing_Joke

http://www.comicvine.com/barbara-gordon/4005-5368/

http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Barbara_Gordon

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Barbara_Gordon_(New_Earth)

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Gordon_(Earth-One)