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Warning ! Spoilers ahead forJoker # 7
In the latest emergence of DC Comics’Joker , Barbara Gordon’sBatgirlhas confirmed some of the most reliable weapons in the DC Universe . While the series has been mostly focused on Jim Gordon and his Richard Morris Hunt for the Clown Prince of Crime in the wake of theJoker War , he ’s been obtain livelihood from his girl Barbara , using the full imagination of the Batcomputer to assist him in his hunt . However , this has put Batgirl in the heap of the Court of Owls , Jim Gordon ’s secret employers who hired him to go after the Joker . Still , while Barbara and her fellow Batgirls were aggress by one of the Court ’s Talons , they were able to turn the tide with the one arm the assassin could n’t sabotage .
In premature issues ofJokerfrom writer James Tynion IV and artist Guillem March , Jim Gordon is no longer Gotham ’s police force commissioner and is nearing his loth retirement . However , before that happens , he ’s given the prospect to in the end take down his tough " bugbear , " the Joker himself . Hired by a mysterious woman named Cressida , Jim Gordon has been give a sizable amount of money and given ample resources to kill the Joker . However , while Gordon is dictated to track Joker down , he does n’t yet know if pulling the trigger is what he ’ll at last make up one’s mind to do . Gordon ’s new missionary post has also resulted inJim break that he ’s known Batgirl ’s dead on target identityfor quite some metre , resulting in more honestness than the pair have ever had before as Fatherhood and girl .
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Now , Joker # 7confirms thatCressida is working for the Court of Owls , and that they ’ve institutionalise one of their Talon assassin to go after Barbara who had been using her proficient acquisition to surveil the mysterious woman and take her on-key intent . However , even though the Talon had sabotaged her costume and gear wheel before revealing himself , Barbara still has her batarangs and notes their reliability seeing as how they ca n’t really be ruined or fiddle with .
Thanks to her batarangs , Barbara and her fellow Batgirls Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain were able to get the upper hand against the Talon , forcing him to back away . This issue carry on James Tynion IV ’s love for the batarang by pointing out the weapon ’s inherent reliability . In previous outlet ofBatmanfrom Tynion , during theJoker War , Batman himself corroborate that hisbatarangs are more than just shurikensby another name . Bruce Wayne crafted them to be more precise , provide greater accuracy while bearing a alone versatility .
All in all , batarangs have for certain pull in their place as the Bat - Family ’s main weapon system of choice . Not only are they a part of nearly every Gotham vigilante ’s armoury , but they ’ve also been customized for a variety of role over the year as well . Batgirlconfirms in this raw issue ofJokerthat nothing quite beats the classic batarang due to its reliability and resistance to undermine in the DC Universe .
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