There's a city-wide blackout, which Gage and Gordon track down to Livewire. Field Testīarbara has a new suit Batsuit designed for Stephanie so she can stop using Cassandra's, and they decide to test it in the field. In addition to this, Barbara begins reaching out to the crippled Wendy Harris at Leslie Thompkins' suggestion and starts teaching Stephanie's computer courses at Gotham University. Barbara finally gains respect for Stephanie and pledges over a candle to assist her in their never-ending fight against evil. Despite this, she is able to overcome her fears and fight through the hallucinations to beat him down.

Stephanie hunts Scarecrow down to an abandoned warehouse where he doses her with Fear Toxin. Detective Gage is injured taking the drug dealers to lock-up, and it's revealed that their boss is Scarecrow. Barbara begrudgingly helps her through the suit, then takes her to the Batcave and threatens to call her mother if Stephanie goes out as Batgirl again. In school Stephanie makes two new acquaintances Francisco Gracia and Jordanna Spence, leading her to a party where she discovers dealers pushing a new drug called Thrill. Barbara angrily insists that Stephanie is not ready to wear the bat-symbol, and forbids her from using the costume. Barbara Gordon visits Stephanie in her home to confront her about being Batgirl. This involves taking down gang activity while Batman and Robin observe her, and saving the detective Nick Gage from a hostage situation. Although her mother Crystal Brown has made her promise to give up being a vigilante, Stephanie works hard to balance night-time super-heroics with beginning college at Gotham University. The other storylines published simultaneously include Batman Reborn, The Deep, Elegy, The Grail, Hush Money, Long Shadows and Union.Ĭassandra Cain decides to give up her career as Batgirl and pass the mantle on to Stephanie Brown. This is the debut arc on Miller's Batgirl volume, followed by the Collision crossover and leading into his second storyline The Flood. It's published as part of the Batman: Reborn crossover, establishing the Batman Family status quo in the aftermath of Battle for the Cowl and Bruce Wayne's disappearance during Final Crisis. The storyline features Stephanie Brown succeeding Cassandra Cain as Batgirl with Barbara Gordon as her mentor. Miller with illustrations by Lee Garbett and Tim Levins.

When you go out at night, you won't be alone.' - Barbara Gordon srcīatgirl Rising is a Batgirl storyline written by Bryan Q. 'I pledge to you, Stephanie Brown - my guidance. But the world is different now than it was then. He didn't let his pain win - I know you've already made that choice.

He gave Dick the opportunity to leave his old life behind, a chance to make sure justice was served. Bruce and Dick made a promise to one another on this very spot, a long time ago.

Batgirl, Volume 1 by Bryan Q. Miller