A comprehensive look at the reading order of Batgirl!

[@mr.sand7899]

Really hoping to get a Cassandra Cain Batgirl Omnibus one day.

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

Agree

[@danielegbert4046]

Still hoping, the TP so expensive

[@OzoneInteractiveMegan]

I know this channel focuses on post crisis but I would really recommend the Bronze Age Batgirl omnibuses to anyone who loves Barbara! They’re fun stories and considering there aren’t many Batgirl comics to pick up (compared to the Robins), it’s material worth giving a look.

[@McDuendis]

I know, right. Hope to get a reprint onf the volume 1, kinda of impossible, though.

[@lukeyznaga7627]

Yeah, got to agree. the Post Crisis art and stories are not very good. THE BRONZE Age Batgirl OMNIBUSes were great. Have you read them, Near MInt? why recommend the modern stuff as compared to the great Silver and Bronze AGe comics??

[@DreadfulUtopia]

It's been 4 years since you did this, could you do an updated reading order for Batgirl now there's been so many new omnibus and volumes released?

[@newspooiechannel]

Side note... Condiment King makes an appearance in Batgirl Year One! May be the most important event ever not explicitly discussed in this video!

[@terrencecoccoli524]

I gotta admit...never been interested in batgirl. But Omar, you did it again....I’m now gonna look around and see if I can find these books. Thanks

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@paulpurvis2926]

So glad someone decided to do this

[@darklinkosmar]

Nice video i was looking for a reading order of batgirl. I am still watiting for that vol 4 of cassandra cain :(, my fav batgirl is Stephanie brown, l love her.

[@NearMintCondition]

We are waiting together, brother.

[@LLCwr41th]

Thx for these videos, started reading these comics and didn’t know where to begin. Great help

[@jcaceres516]

Great video as always! Huge fan of Stephanie Brown Batgirl. Need to read the Cassandra Cain run,heard good things

[@NearMintCondition]

It's so good.

[@randleton_]

Continue to enjoy your vids Omar! Thanks for doing this one in particular. Barbara Gordon/Batgirl is one of my favorite characters. I really hope we can get more modern Batgirl omnibuses, mainly of Cassandra Cain since I'm not as familiar with her character. You ever think we can get an omnibus of her one day? I hope so!

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm hoping that we get an omnibus of Cassie. Thank you for watching and the kind words.

[@stephentheshywarrior2759]

I love these types of videos please do more!!!!!!!!! Could you please in the future do a superman or a batman one. Thanks👍

[@NearMintCondition]

I promise I will...even though they will take 3 to 4 parts.

[@stephentheshywarrior2759]

Thank you near mint👍

[@cabooseluvr1]

I started collecting comics shortly after the New 52 launched and chose Batgirl because I also have red hair and love female superheros who use their smarts to solve mysteries. Thanks for showing me what books I should get to read about Stephanie brown and Cassandra Cain! I got Shadow of the Batgirl and loved it!

[@kenkoo5897]

Long time listener, first time caller. Great list, for all the 90s Barbara Gordon fans I’d strongly recommend “The Cat And The Bat” by Nicieza and Maguire (collecting their Batman Confidential arc). Despite the title it really is a fun early Batgirl story, really fun indeed.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching. And I completely forgot about the Batman Confidential books, I used to have them in single issues. I should add that to the list for sure.

[@samy7337]

Ahhh cassandra was also my Batgirl ! but the change of art style of Damian Scott after issue 13 was really strange after the very clean 12 first.

[@NearMintCondition]

His art on Raven was a little too cartoonie today.

[@fernandolisteburillo8158]

Hi again Omar!. I was wondering if you could do a reading order of Power Girl when you have a chance, or maybe just point out what TP of HC are still available/worthwhile for this DC character... Gracias y felicidades por tu maravilloso canal! Cheers

[@alexgomez4401]

I have the 3 Stephanie Brown trades, so my question is what is the benefit of upgrading to the two recent complete collections? Also, love your vids.

[@NearMintCondition]

They are missing some issues that are in the thick trades.

[@elvan978]

Great video! I'm heavily considering custom binding the Cass and Steph trades together. Big shame that the Cass stuff hasn't been fully released.

[@elvan978]

I love Cass so much and her entire character arc. Her character in the upcoming BoP movie worries me so much.

[@NearMintCondition]

I'd love to see that custom bind.

[@elvan978]

@@NearMintCondition will definitely give you a shout and post it in the Omnibros FB group if I get that done. Currently just sent in the New52 Red Hood stuff and Batman Robin Eternal

[@carlosmarcelovellosowendt4598]

The "A Matter of Family" DLC for Arkham Knight videogame made me fall in love for Barbara's Batgirl. She is badass in a beautiful way. If they ever make a movie about her, it should be with that uniform and fight style.

[@NearMintCondition]

I love that uniform for sure.

[@mnm25chango2]

I was just going to ask you what Batgirl books you recommend and this was super helpful!

[@NearMintCondition]

You are welcome.

[@Animefan127-z2v]

Amazing channel way to go👍👏!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much!

[@Lastsonkal]

Omar, surprised you don't have the Batgirl Year One deluxe HC. I had the tpb with both Robin and Batgirl Year One, but these deluxes are nice, and fit well with Batman Year One on the shelf. I will say, Cassandra was what got me into Batgirl and it's who I prefer, same with Babs as Oracle. Bruce Wayne, Murderer wasn't that the one with the 10 cent issue? Now I want a War Games and Cassandra Cain Batgirl Omnis. Thanks, as always, for the reading order !

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words. Its on my list. :) I don't even have year one deluxe.

[@Daann01]

Hi Omar awesome video as always but, I do think your missing a few stories of Barbara's Batgirl like the Batman Batgirl One Shot and Batman The Cat And The Bat

[@NearMintCondition]

I need to get the Cat and the Bat, forgot about the confidential series since I wanted to focus on just ongoing.

[@HipHopHappens]

I love Cassandra Cain's costume. I get that they'll likely never let go of the iconic bat mask for Bruce, but he's so incredibly susceptible to gunfire it's funny. Plus why would you want to let everyone know your secret identity's skin complexion and jaw structure? I'd atleast black face my whole mug, and not just the eyes (which every film Batman does, yet it's always conspicuously missing when the cowl is taken off). Finally, why give opponents the chance to yank you by your hair? #Comics #LearnFromKrillin

[@NearMintCondition]

For sure I love her outfit. The mask is so awesome.

[@McDuendis]

I do not have all of them :/ Silent knight is the one that I am missing to complete my collection, darn it!

[@todd201]

Great job, as always.... BUT PLEASE make a BATMAN reading order,, even if it is only Omnibuses... Especially with so many coming out and reprints added in. All of us newbies would appreciate it.....

[@NearMintCondition]

I promise I will do that.

[@bobbehers1625]

STEPHANIE BROWN! I enjoyed her books the most!

[@NearMintCondition]

She only lasted a short time too. Her run was solid.

[@stephentheshywarrior2759]

Do you have any plans for a livestream announcements video as i really enjoy them?

[@NearMintCondition]

I sure do. I love doing them will.

[@jessecollinson2258]

I love these videos , can you please do the flash!

[@NearMintCondition]

I can add that to the list.

[@Chandasouk]

Oh god. This is a lot of reading. I've only read Barabra Gordon Batgirl from Simone. I've heard good things about Cass though!

[@NearMintCondition]

You need to check it out.

[@graphic-no_avail534]

Barbara Gordon will always be my favourite batgirl. I hope she gets a new series and it does her justice. Though I'd love to see her as Oracle again.

[@NearMintCondition]

I would love to see her as Oracle one day too.

[@gamma626]

My favorite Batgirl is Stephanie Brown. The first comic I ever bought was Batgirl #2. Never found the first issue, but I collected every single issue as they released from that run. Adored it! It's really what got me into comics.

[@thedarklord1964]

Where would batgirl fit in to the batman reading order?

[@AR24912404]

Thanks ! Now we wait for batman 😜

[@NearMintCondition]

It will come.

[@marcelo-ramos]

I am mostly curious about the Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown series. The fact that is not all collected is very sad.

[@NearMintCondition]

It is. It would take three more to finish.

[@kytim89]

Do you think that there will be a New 52 Batgirl omnibus? Prefer the bronze age omnibuses myself.

[@NearMintCondition]

There was one solicited, but it got canceled.

[@coyley72]

Late comment, but a *Batgirl New 52 Omnibus* is coming out March 2021. Would this be worth getting? I couldn't quite tell if Omar thought it was ace.

[@NearMintCondition]

Huge Gail fan so Im in.

[@whatiskensworth]

A shame that the timing of this video was right as Mairghread Scott's run was still being collected. Oracle is who drew me into comics, and in my opinion Mairghread captured Babs' voice as well as Gail Simone did. I dare say she defined her even further, but sadly editorial decisions and falling sales led to a change in creative teams and a really... messy run for Castellucci. Art of the Crime and Old Enemies are definite must reads. Though, now with Infinite Frontier we may not have a Babs only title, but we're getting multiple great writers using her as Oracle again! Batman, Nightwing, Detective Comics, Urban Legends, Batgirls, she's everywhere now!

[@awww2491]

She's very nerfed as Oracle nowdays though... i think the only comic she's *actually* got a decent role as Oracle was The Joker

[@tasan215]

Cassandra Cain is my favorite Batgirl also! 👍

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!!!

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

I would have added The Killing Joke so people can read why Barbara stopped being Batgirl and No mans Land so they can see when and how Cassandra became Batgirl.

[@NearMintCondition]

I thought about that, but then I can go on and on about that story.

[@wowiemnwow]

Please do superman, i really want to read it but can't decide where to start.

[@NearMintCondition]

That will come this summer I’m sure.

[@matthewmanghi5765]

Is there an upcoming Batgirl Omni, it was that cancelled? I though I saw one somewhere.

[@stephanberger3476]

Nah, Batwoman omnibus is coming.

[@NearMintCondition]

The Burnside omnibus got canceled.

[@iamthomasjudge]

We need that Stephanie Brown series as OHC or Omni. It's so good!

[@NearMintCondition]

FACT! and don't forget Cassie!

[@iamthomasjudge]

@@NearMintCondition to my shame, I have yet to read her stuff...😢

[@cancelme4200]

Just finished batgirl year one. I loved it! I've been reading the rebirth batgirl run, so I wanted to see what they did with the character without a lot of the sjw stuff. I liked it so much I immediately started reading Robin year one (which I also highly recommend).

[@zedcastillo5758]

I have some question I see a “Batgirl Still running” is that the same as Sileng knight?

[@NearMintCondition]

It is.

[@brett5569]

Wasn’t there suppose to be a new 52 batgirl omni? Or did that get cancelled

[@NearMintCondition]

The Burnside omnibus was canceled sadly.

[@machinemanbaltimore]

Excellent job as always, Omar! Some of that later artwork is too cartoonish for my taste and the writing is a tad on the teeny-bopper side.

[@NearMintCondition]

Teeny bopper is exactly right. Which is why I wasn’t a fan of that era.

[@willyardiansyah7976]

my bad girl favorit Barbara Gordon , l have the brozen years omnibus , Oracle , birds of prey and new 52 . 🤩🤩

[@NearMintCondition]

Oracle is my Barbara.

[@timmeyer9191]

Hey Omar. Just checking out some of the old videos and ran across this one. I too think Cassandra Cain as Batgirl was the best. Barbara Gordon wasn't bad, but she wasn't very interesting as Batgirl to me pre Killing Joke or post Flashpoint. Cassie trying to figure out her place after how she was raised and coming face to face with what the world is really like was really good. In truth, I found Oracle to be the most inspiring hero of the Bat Family, even more than Bruce. Even though she had this horrible and violent tragedy impact her, Oracle showed that you can still do good things. She (to me) was the first truly disabled hero in comic books, and the fact she had been Batgirl for so long made the impact of her overcoming the tragedy and finding a place with her disability more inspiring. Most disabled heroes created today start out as disabled, and we don't get the impact of the hero overcoming that like wile did with Oracle. Sorry. I got on a tangent. Have a great night everyone.

[@NearMintCondition]

I Love Cassie and I'm glad that you agree about Oracle, because she was so damn amazing to so many people for different reasons.

[@jimgiann2740]

Do you know in which story Stephanie becomes robin? Cause when i first read war games i was so confused with who she was.

[@NearMintCondition]

That’s during the War Crimes crossover of Batman and in issues of Robin.

[@jimgiann2740]

@@NearMintCondition thank you

[@christophersantos7607]

I'm surprised Barbara is in so little until new 52... it's because Cass was the first to have her own series, yeah? Barbara was just a backup character in Batman stories I guess.

[@NearMintCondition]

She was in Birds of Brey at the time as Oracle.

[@dbsasuke]

Cassandra Cain forever. That's my Batgirl. Her run was epic and under appreciated. Destruction's Daughter is so good. Please do Robin.

[@NearMintCondition]

LOVE Cassie! FOrever.

[@kurumais]

stephanie brown is my favorite female character in comics. her run as batgirl is one of my comic book "fireflies" the other being agents of atlas. i liked oracle more than barbera as batgiirl

[@NearMintCondition]

I still love Oracle more than Batgirl.

[@johnlindsay7301]

Cassandra Nova and Cassandra Cain should team up to be “NovaCain”! Hey? What do you think? They can be dentists by day. Crime fighters by night. Your cleanest streets/cleanest teeth duo.

[@NearMintCondition]

My man!!!

[@estantenarrada]

So the rebirth run ends after volume 5?

[@NearMintCondition]

It's still going, its just that one has been solicited.

[@zweihander7465]

Wheres the Batman reading order!? You're killing me Omar

[@marcelo-ramos]

That can be 3 videos with just new 52 stuff... there's a lot of Batman stuff!

[@zweihander7465]

@@marcelo-ramos not so much for the new 52, all you need is Snyder omnibus, Batman eternal omnibus, robin and Batman omnibus and detective comics trades thats basically it for for new 52, that can all be fit into one episode. We need a comprehensive reading order starting from Crisis on infinite earths and everyrhing after because it's confusing as hell where to start reading Batman continuity

[@NearMintCondition]

That might span two months.

[@marcelo-ramos]

@@zweihander7465 I was half joking, but you still missed Batman: the Dark Knight, Batman and Robin Eternal, Batman Incorporated, Arkham Mannor and Batman/Superman and even arguably World's Finnest. See what I was saying? Plus, Omar does "comprehensive reading orders", meaning he will come up with another 10 books we have never heard of.

[@zweihander7465]

@@marcelo-ramos I disagree with you but alright dude lol regardless of how many episodes it takes, why would that bother you? I'm guessing you don't want one for Batman and don't like extensive knowledge on reading.

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

wish bette kane had been talked about

[@NearMintCondition]

That was pre crisis.

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

@@NearMintCondition nah, it's back in canon due to batman inc

[@Supergrunt8]

19:39 sounds like typical adulthood

[@NearMintCondition]

Pretty much.

[@SSJFutureGohan62093]

There is no better version of the Batman Family than the one that Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon built in the late 90s-early 2000s. They made sure each title was cohesive, and each book lined up with one another. Nightwing, Robin, Birds of Prey, etc. it all comes together and clearly exists within the same universe. Also, why does DC seem to print up to volume 3 of these trades and then just cut it? It’s so annoying. They even did it with Birds of Prey. I’m really hoping that they eventually go back and bring some of these go around, finishing the runs. We still don’t know if we are going to get the Devin Grayson Nightwing run in TPB format, to continue what Dixon did. I know Devin’s stuff wasn’t as good, but I want the whole series dammit. My favorite Batgirl is Cassandra Cain. Babs is my favorite female character as Oracle. Don’t care for her as much as Batgirl.

[@NearMintCondition]

DC really needs to just print omnis of that era.

[@SSJFutureGohan62093]

Near Mint Condition Yes!!! Dixon Nightwing Omnibus, Dixon Robin Omnibus, Dixon Birds of Prey Omnibus, Cass Cain Omnibus! I’d buy them all!

[@redkalel]

Waiting anxiously for Red Hood 😊

[@NearMintCondition]

I’ll put it up on our Patreon poll in the next few months.

[@willyardiansyah7976]

please Mr. uncany Next cat woman saga from 90s to rebitth .

[@NearMintCondition]

I can always add that to the polls.

[@Animefan127-z2v]

I'm going to expand my life to new anime and new Waifus.

[@NearMintCondition]

Good journey.

[@stephanberger3476]

You could have mentioned Cassandra took her suit from Helena Bertinelli, who acted as a Batgirl in No Man's Land.

[@NearMintCondition]

Eh, if I did that I would have people bitching at me for spoiling part of No Man's Land. So I tend to stay away from spoilers on these since enough complained on one of my X-men videos about a story that happened 30 years ago!

[@Animefan127-z2v]

I got a question for u.

[@NearMintCondition]

Go for it.

[@Animefan127-z2v]

@@NearMintCondition is there any good anime with awesome story line, Character development, vampires, fun fights, and dragons. Thanks for reading my comment.

[@NearMintCondition]

Alvin Whitehead vampire hunter D, Shield Hero, Lodoss War and Sword art online.

[@Animefan127-z2v]

@@NearMintCondition thanks for the info. What about hellraiser the anime?

[@cagegrant213]

i like to read bat baby yo! only kidding. lol

[@NearMintCondition]

I mean, I would too.

[@lukeyznaga7627]

That Batgirl Year one interior art is not so good. Compare that with appearances of Batgirl in Silver and Bronze Age DC comics. Also, even the new various series of Batgirl from the late 1990s and Some years back and even the "Rebirth" DC Batgirl had good art. Dude, you and I can draw better than [ref. ] 1:52 - 1:55. Come on.

[@NearMintCondition]

Marcos Martin and Javier Pulido? I wish I could draw that well. Late 90s? The Cassandra Kane Batgirl series? Because I love that Damion Scott art, but then he went too anime channeling for me. Surprised you like his art considering you like Murphy Anderson and Carmine Infantino.

[@dominicconner800]

Barbara Gordon is the best batgirl

[@NearMintCondition]

Man, I love her as Oracle.

[@jonnyroger61]

“I know your here wondering how to read this but let me just tell you she gets shot by the joker and becomes the oracle” bruh, don’t do that. Actually insane behavior…..

[@NearMintCondition]

Is this a question?

[@jonnyroger61]

@@NearMintCondition no it’s you spoiling a bunch is stuff for people who are here to read it for the first time. I’m just not sure where in your Brian you think it’s cool to be talking about bat girl year one and just wanna throw out a huge spoiler and ruin the series for people. Not everyone had read every single comic like you. That’s like doing a movie review and telling people the ending at the beginning of the review. No spoiler warning. Nothing. We’re here to learn what order to read the books in not all their contents. The Batman videos were amazing so I figured I could watch the batgirl video without having her entire story ruined in the first 2 minutes of the video.

[@NearMintCondition]

My Brian? This video is years old. I have been doing spoiler tags for years now. I spoiled one thing because I had to talk about Babs and her status with the other books. That’s it.

[@jonnyroger61]

@@NearMintCondition yeah her status in a totally different series through events that happen while she’s batgirl. Try not to ruin stuff for people. Thanks.

[@varinstar7]

I’ve honestly never liked Stephanie Brown/Spoiler and her activities in Detective Comics Rebirth made me hate her even more

[@NearMintCondition]

I loved her in the Robin issues. She had such a messed up childhood.

[@diesenutss]

Stephanie has been horribly written for all of the New 52 and Rebirth. I'm starting to realize that Tynion just has no idea how to write her, cuz I can't fault you at all for hating her if that's been your only exposure to her. I highly recommend you check out some of her stories before she got erased/rebooted by Flashpoint, especially her Batgirl series.

[@machinemanbaltimore]

No silver age? Booooooooo!!!!!! Just busting your chops, brother!

[@NearMintCondition]

Lol you know by now, brother :)

[@lukeyznaga7627]

So your channel doesn't even interest itself in the great comics from the past, but only in Post Crisis stuff? Bet that doesn't sell anywhere near as good as real collectibles like from the Bronze and even Copper Age. And that "year one" is not accurate. What is the definition of "Year one". If its her origin and beginning, dude, the real early stories of Batgirl in BATMAN FAMILY series of the 60 and 70s show her story in much better art.

[@NearMintCondition]

My channel isn’t about selling to flipping books. It’s about reading the stories. And I’ve done plenty of overviews of golden and silver age stories. Art is all subjective.

[@t2comicbooksoverviews251]

i was not a fan of the art of batgirl rebirth and birds of pray rebirth,love the art in new 52 batgirl

[@NearMintCondition]

The art didn't win me over on those either.

[@jack_yo]

The best Batgirl reading order would be to skip Batgirl and read something that is actually good. Just saying. #sorrynotsorry

[@NearMintCondition]

Jac Yo you didn’t like any of the Batgirl runs? Or you just don’t read comics with female leads? Most people I know that have read Dixon’s year one, day it’s one of the best comics made by DC.