Cassandra Cain

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Batgirl (II), Orphan, Black Bat, Kasumi, The Nothing, One Who Is All

Cassandra Cain is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe, one of several who has served as Batgirl (others include Barbara Gordon and Stephanie Brown), a character in the Batman comic book franchise.

Cassandra's backstory presents her as the daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva. She was deprived of speech and human contact during her childhood as conditioning to become the world's greatest assassin. Consequently, Cassandra grew up to become an expert martial artist while simultaneously remaining mute, developing very limited social skills, and being illiterate. Cassandra first appeared in Batman #567 (July 1999) and was created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott (though it was Alex Maleev who designed her costume). Cassandra was the first Batgirl to star in her own ongoing Batgirl comic book series; a Eurasian character who was replaced as Batgirl by Stephanie Brown in a 2009 storyline. She returned in late 2010, where she was now shown working as an anonymous agent …more

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	Flashpoint by Geoff Johns (Writer) 4.23 avg rating — 19,533 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Battle for the Cowl by Tony S. Daniel (Writer/Illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 7,756 ratings — published 2009 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Gates of Gotham by Scott Snyder (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 3.90 avg rating — 5,845 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman, Incorporated: The Deluxe Edition by Grant Morrison (Writer) 3.65 avg rating — 5,149 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 3 by Devin Grayson 4.06 avg rating — 4,261 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 1: Rise of the Batmen by James Tynion IV (Writer) 4.03 avg rating — 3,948 ratings — published 2017 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 4 by Greg Rucka 4.07 avg rating — 3,872 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: War Games, Act 1: Outbreak by Andersen Gabrych 3.89 avg rating — 3,315 ratings — published 2005 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 5 by Greg Rucka 4.15 avg rating — 2,575 ratings — published 2001 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate by James Tynion IV (Writer) 3.76 avg rating — 2,231 ratings — published 2017 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars