| LC control no. | no2016148406 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gordon, Barbara (Fictitious character) |
| Variant(s) | Oracle (Fictitious character) |
| See also | For works in which Barbara Gordon appears as Batgirl, and for other fictitious characters who used the Batgirl identity, search also under: Batgirl (Fictitious character) Batgirl (Fictitious character) |
| Beginning date | 1967 |
| Associated place | Gotham City (Imaginary place) |
| Field of activity | Courage Good and evil |
| Profession or occupation | Women superheroes Superheroes Librarians Hackers |
| Found in | Chaykin, H. Thrillkiller, 1998: p. 7 (Batgirl) Pringle, D. Imaginary people, 1987: p. 33 (Batgirl, a spin-off character of Batman, who appeared in Detective Comics from 1967 and was also featured in later episodes of the 1960's TV series) Simone, Gail. Birds of prey, ©2011: title page, etc. (Oracle; Barbara Gordon; formerly Batgirl) Wikipedia, Nov. 2, 2016 (Barbara Gordon; a fictional superhero appearing in DC Comics beginning in January 1967; a librarian who originally used the costumed identity Batgirl; in 1989, after being shot by the Joker and becoming paraplegic, she assumed the identity of Oracle, an information broker and hacker who founded the all-female superhero team Birds of Prey; regarded as a pop icon and a disabled icon; other characters later adopted the Batgirl alias, including Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain) DC Database, Nov. 2, 2016 (Barbara Gordon; a superhero who began her career as Batgirl and later became Oracle) |
| Associated language | eng |
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