Stop me if you’ve heard this oneKnock, knock…Whos there? Why, its none other than the Clown Prince of Crime himself, the Joker. As the Joker War wreaks havoc all over Gotham, the Joker almost has control of Wayne Enterprises, and Batgirl has something he needsSo the Joker makes a special visit to Barbara Gordons apartment to get it himself.Then, a mysterious murderer is running around Gotham killing redheaded women and dressing them up as Batgirl. Both Barbaras father, Jim Gordon, and her estranged brother, James Gordon Jr., think shes next, and they have to work together to find the killer before Barbara becomes a victim!Barbara has trouble trusting her brother, though, after the history he has with the rest of the Gordon familyBut this time, she cant help but notice theres something different about himalmost like hes someone elseAward-winning writer CECIL CASTELLUCCI (Female Furies) and artistCARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO (The Flash) and ROBBI RODRIGUEZ (Spider-Gwen, Goddess Mode) bring the Batgirl epic and heartbreaking Gordon family reunion to a conclusion in Batgirl: The Joker War. Collects Batgirl #45-50.
About Artists & Writers:
Cecil Castellucci is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of books and graphic novels for young adults including Shade, the Changing Girl, Boy Proof, The Plain Janes, Soupy Leaves Home, The Year of the Beasts, Tin Star, and Odd Duck. In 2015 she co-authored Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure. She is currently writing Female Furies for DC Comics. Her short stories and short comics have been published in Strange Horizons, tor.com, Womanthology, Star Trek: Waypoint, Vertigo Quarterly SFX: Slam!, and many other anthologies. In a former life, she was known as Cecil Seaskull in the ’90s indie band Nerdy Girl. She has written two opera librettos, Les Aventures de Madame Merveille (world premiere in 2010) and Hockey Noir: The Opera (world premiere 2018). She is the former children’s correspondence coordinator for the Rumpus, a two-time MacDowell Fellow, and the founding YA editor at the L.A. Review of Books. She lives in Los Angeles.