Today in Comics History, August 8: Now the clouds above my prison / Move slowly across the sky / There's a new day dawnin' / And my dreams are full tonight

I don't get exactly when the following scene takes place. Either "tonight, August Eighth" means that this is being said on August 7th (in which case it's not tonight, it's tomorrow), or it's being said exactly at midnight on August Eighth and the execution is already taking place. I'm choosing to believe the first one because the latter one is silly and there's 20 pages in between that and the event. be more precise, newsman! GBS anchorman and reporter Clark Kent would never make this verbal mistake!


from Batgirl (2000 series) #19 (DC, October 2001), script by Kelley Puckett, pencils by Damion Scott, inks by Robert Campanella, colors by Jason Wright, color separations by Digital Chameleon, letters by John Costanza
Why is Batgirl so upset that someone will die on August 8? Could it be the memory of somebody she killed on August 8? Mmmmmmmaybe...?


I don't know, Babs, but I do know this: it'll behoove ya the death penalty should be abolished. Among other benefits in doing away with it, we'll take some stress of comics' finest Batgirl.

Today in Comics History, February 14: I hope that's a magic marker Cass is holding, and not A HUMAN EYE

variant cover art of Batgirls #3 (DC, April 2022), art by Rian Gonzales

Today in Comics History, January 26: Down in the street they're all singing and shouting / Staying alive though the city is dead

It's January 26th, so let's all wish a happy birthday to my (and your!) favorite Batgirl, Cassie Cain!


from Batgirl (2000 series) #33 (DC, December 2002), script by Kelley Puckett, pencils by Damion Scott, inks by Robert Campanella, colors by Jason Wright, color separations by Digital Chameleon, letters by John Costanza
But the fact is, before her incarcerated assassin deadbeat dad tells her this, Cassie has no idea when her birthday is. Barbara Gordon (Batgirl 1.0) comes up with an idea for giving Cass a birthday, and Batman agrees. (Batman concerning himself with such things as birthdays? Where are we, in the Silver Age?!?)


When Cass visits her dad, professional killer David Cain, in prison, she's head over heels at seeing him!


She's got an message and a question. The message is from Batgirl, and the question is from Cassandra. Oh, don't give her those blank looks, Cain. Do you want her to repeat the question?


So. in the end, it's a matter of choice. Choose your identity. Choose your birthday. Choose your father figure. Yeah, like you wouldn't pick Batman for that last one.


Whenever it is now, Happy birthday, Cassie. But make sure you get her something she likes.


from Tiny Titans #33 (DC, December 2010), script by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani; pencils, inks, colors and letters by Art Baltazar