Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Batgirl Vol. 1 Silent Running by Scott Peterson Batgirl: Silent Running (Collected) This storyline takes place after the events of No Man's Land. In the midst of No Man's Land, Batman gave a nameless girl with a violent past called Cassandra Cain the costume and title of Batgirl. Exceeding his expectations, the new, silent Batgirl quickly made the role her own, earning the trust of the Dark Knight's allies, including the first Batgirl, Oracle. Now, in post-No Man's Land Gotham City, Batgirl struggles to learn the lessons of how to live a normal life, lessons she never learned from her mentor, the deadly assassin known as Cain. A mercenary from her past resurfaces, bent on revenge. Batgirl must therefore bury her own violent tendencies and break the cycle of death and destruction that has dogged her since childhood. Batgirl, Vol. 1: Silent Knight. Cassandra Cain is a fighter like no other. At only 17, the teenage assassin takes down enemies three times her size without batting an eye. But her incredible skills come at a cost: unable to speak or write, Cassandra instead reads body language as naturally as breathing-an ability that makes her even deadlier. After Batman witnesses her save the life of Commissioner Gordon Cassandra Cain is a fighter like no other. At only 17, the teenage assassin takes down enemies three times her size without batting an eye. But her incredible skills come at a cost: unable to speak or write, Cassandra instead reads body language as naturally as breathing-an ability that makes her even deadlier. After Batman witnesses her save the life of Commissioner Gordon during the events of No Man’s Land, the Dark Knight sees in Cassandra the successor to the Batgirl name. Now, under the tutelage of Barbara Gordon-the original Batgirl herself-Cassandra Cain must find a new purpose and make amends for her violent past. But can someone who was born to kill ever be worthy to take up the cowl of a fallen legend? Collects BATGIRL #1-12 and BATGIRL ANNUAL #1. more. Get A Copy. Friend Reviews. Reader Q&A. Be the first to ask a question about Batgirl, Vol. 1. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. This is the spoiler free review for the entire run of Batgirl as written by Kelley Puckett and starring Cassandra Cain as Batgirl. If you would like to read the spoiler full review please visit https://amanjareads.com/2020/05/27/ba. I am disappointed in this run as a whole. As is far too often the case an interesting character gets diluted to be just like every other character you see over and over again. It's frustrating. This run of Batgirl started out with a lot of promise. Cassandra Cain is This is the spoiler free review for the entire run of Batgirl as written by Kelley Puckett and starring Cassandra Cain as Batgirl. If you would like to read the spoiler full review please visit https://amanjareads.com/2020/05/27/ba. I am disappointed in this run as a whole. As is far too often the case an interesting character gets diluted to be just like every other character you see over and over again. It's frustrating. This run of Batgirl started out with a lot of promise. Cassandra Cain is being trained by Batman and Oracle to be the new Batgirl. She was raised to be an assassin by super bad guy Cain. He raised her without language or any other distractions from fighting and killing. Since she was raised with zero human communication she is mute and has a very difficult time getting along with fellow humans. That's interesting! I haven't seen this character before! Give me more! Well, you'll get that character for 3 whole issues before everyone wussed out and found a super lame way to give her the power of communication. It's so lame. Just all of a sudden she comes across some random guy who happens to be able to to re-wire her brain to give her language but is unable to turn it back. He does this all without her permission and of course giving her language wrecks her fighting skills. Who the heck is this guy who thinks it's his place to go around changing people's brain patterns like he knows what's best? Doesn't matter apparently because he only shows up to ruin the only thing that made Cassandra Cain stand out in overcrowded Gotham City. The rest of volume 1 still had some promise so I remained hopeful that it could turn around by the end. Short story, it doesn't. It gets worse and worse as it goes along and by the end I didn't even know what was happening anymore. As with many comic books this one assumes that you have a lot of previous knowledge. Good luck with deciphering several issues if you're unfamiliar with Stephanie Brown. I barely know who she is and those issues got very confusing for me. As well as several weird mystery plots that came out of nowhere and then got solved just as quickly. Also for some reason ancient Rome gets into the mix. I honestly don't know why this bothers me so much but it does. Why does Rome need to be involved in anything in Gotham? This book certainly doesn't explain it very well so I still don't have an answer for that question. I would love to see this run finished in a totally different way. Keep the initial 3 issues, keep the premise, but change the rest. Keep Cassandra Cain interesting! By the end of this one she's just another mask in the Bat Clan. more. I love 90's art. Fuck you if you don't. Kidding. I know most dislike 90's stuff in general in the comic world. Especially the art, which is just big muscled guys and ass shots on the women. Still, something about the more cartoony feel makes me just love it soooo much more. So this volume is 300+ pages of Batgirl. Not Barb but Cassandra Cain. Right off the bat (no pun intended) I really dug this character. She barely speaks, she's a trained assassin, and fights like a motherfucking badass. Think I love 90's art. Fuck you if you don't. Kidding. I know most dislike 90's stuff in general in the comic world. Especially the art, which is just big muscled guys and ass shots on the women. Still, something about the more cartoony feel makes me just love it soooo much more. So this volume is 300+ pages of Batgirl. Not Barb but Cassandra Cain. Right off the bat (no pun intended) I really dug this character. She barely speaks, she's a trained assassin, and fights like a motherfucking badass. Think Damien Wayne, but not as much back talk. Also her costume is on f'ing point, I love it so much. So through the issues we see her begin her days as Batgirl. Batman follows her around, trying to harness her skills, and throughout you see the mentor situation which is always a highlight for me with Batman and his underlings. Another great part about this volume is she doesn't always win the situations. She loses fights, she loses people, and it makes this character grow in unexpected ways througout the first volume. I was surprised how much I grew to really love her as Batgirl. Should you check this out? Well it's 10 bucks for 300+ pages of awesome 90's funness. I'd say YES very much so. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. more. SUPER FAST REVIEW: I’m not sure if I consider this book bad-ass or ridiculous. So this ain’t Barbara Gordon Batgirl, she’s still in a wheelchair here. This is Cassandra Cain who was trained to be a super killer, so much so that the language part of her brain was replaced with fighting skills (see what I mean by not sure if ridiculous or bad-ass) but she doesn’t kill, she’s just a slightly grittier (though not super over the top) Bat-family member. So this book has some very high quality art and fas SUPER FAST REVIEW: I’m not sure if I consider this book bad-ass or ridiculous. So this ain’t Barbara Gordon Batgirl, she’s still in a wheelchair here. This is Cassandra Cain who was trained to be a super killer, so much so that the language part of her brain was replaced with fighting skills (see what I mean by not sure if ridiculous or bad-ass) but she doesn’t kill, she’s just a slightly grittier (though not super over the top) Bat-family member. So this book has some very high quality art and fast paced action scenes throughout. The story itself though is really nothing great, it’s very standard DC (which isn’t bad but don’t expect anything particularly extraordinary). I honestly didn’t care about the characters as much as I probably should have. There are a few kinda lame parts including the end of this book. Overall, it’s not bad but don’t expect greatness. It’s really in the “eh, it’s fun I guess” category. I’ll add book 2 to my reading list but ain’t really recommending it to anybody.