Sad news for Barbara Gordon fans as DC Comics has confirmed that Batgirl will be concluding her current solo series with issue 50.
Set to publish in October, the issue is written by Cecil Castelluci with artwork by Emanuela Lupacchino, Marguerite Sauvage and Aneke. Full solicitation and cover artwork is as follows:
Series finale! All good things must come to an end, as we wrap up this run of Batgirl with one final oversized celebratory issue! In the aftermath of “The Joker War,” Gotham is left in pieces that need to be picked up by Barbara and Alejo’s team—but is Gotham a city worth saving anymore, and how much longer does our girl have it in her to keeping fighting for it as Batgirl? Then, if Barbara is to ever give her relationship with Jason a chance, she knows she has to face him and finally make amends with the act that crippled him.
Castelluci confirmed the news on Twitter saying “It’s been announced that 50 is the series finale of Batgirl. Wanted to say that end has been in the works for a long time! It was planned because there were other things upcoming that didn’t happen. Fiercely proud of bringing Babs to here! Meanwhile 47 out next wk!”
Where Batgirl will go next remains to be seen. But with DC possibly building towards a new relaunch we don’t think it will be long before she’s back!
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