[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Startaiger

Killing Joke is one of my favorite comic-book story ever, but I also can respect the fact that you do like it. But in the other hand, I think the "shitty" part of your comment is not appropriate for an highly influencial, award-winning, 25+ straight years in print book.

Ok, perhaps "shitty" was going a wee bit too far. I certainly can understand why the book has so many fans, despite my personally negative feelings about it.

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I think that if DC really wanted a teenage Batgirl, all they had to do was to bring Stephanie Brown back, she was pretty popular (maybe still is) & keep Barbara in her mid-20, as Oracle & Dick's GF.

Two things:

1. Barbara is still clearly in her mid-20's...if they had de-aged her to being a teen she'd still be living at home and going to high school instead of living in hipsterville Burnside with roomies. I'm personlly happy that they undid the Killing Joke stuff and got her back in the (new and much improved) costume.
2. Debating a comic character's age? Age is probably the most fluid thing in comics, aside from characters never staying dead when they get killed. It almost doesn't matter anymore. Realistically, Barbara and everyone else should probably be dead by now.