By Chris Arrant
Publication Date: 2026-02-19 17:31:00
DC’s Barbara Gordon has been many things over the years: librarian, politician, Batgirl, Oracle, and more. Now she has a new role: inmate.
DC’s Barbara Gordon has been many things over the years: librarian, politician, Batgirl, Oracle, and more. Now she has a new role: inmate.
The former Batgirl is back in her own series called Barbara Gordon: Breakout, part of DC Comics’ Next Level series, announced at Annual Comics PRO event. Barbara Gordon: Breakout is described as a “suspenseful, character-driven thriller” and is set in a new prison for Gotham called Supermax, custom-created by supervillain-turned-Gotham Police Commissioner Vandal Savage. She was brought there after being arrested by Savage’s police for aiding and abetting the “criminal” known as Batman and his costumed colleagues.
“[Barbara Gordon: Breakout] forces her into the heart of Gotham City’s most dangerous new battlefield – one that she must face not with Batgirl’s tools or Oracle’s technology, but with…
