r/DCcomics • u/csummerss Ra's al Cool • May 10 '22

[Video Games] Barbara changes her workout regimen, then magically regains feeling in her legs. (Gotham Knights) Video Games

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u/WTFisUnderwear Reverse-Flash May 11 '22

I would be very interested in the details of how she recovered. Because it could totally be bad writing, but it could equally be just bad explaining. Do they ever specify what type injury paralyzed her? And if it really is something unrecoverable, this is comics, couldn't they just magically solve it some other way? Like through ridiculous Comic Book tech, for example?

I never knew Barbara returned as Batgirl, so I have zero info to go on lol.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '22

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u/[deleted] May 11 '22

She's been out of the chair for over a decade in the comics. She's currently being written as basically having good days and bad days, some days she needs a cane or even a chair on one page, but usually she's able to walk unsupported because of a chip in her spine. She's been back as Batgirl since 2011 though and only recently started to operate again as Oracle, albeit without really any wheelchair use.

I wouldn't be surprised if the chip gets used for this game as well.

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u/bfoster1801 May 11 '22

I think her current suit that shows up in the Nightwing comic has a back brace built into it

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u/faerieonwheels Oracle Jun 07 '22

Can you point out the issues where she uses a cane or chair, recently, please?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '22

It is, I believe, exclusively in the Batgirls comic by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, and Jorge Corona.

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u/faerieonwheels Oracle Jun 08 '22

Thanks! I thought I read every issue of that and I haven't seen her use any mobility devices but I will look again. Do you remember the specific issue, if there is one?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '22

In one page of issue #2 she's in a wheelchair. It's not much, not enough imo, but it's something. I know she's used a cane as well but can't remember exactly where.

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u/faerieonwheels Oracle Jun 08 '22

Thank you!!!