Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta talk about the design of Barbara Gordon as The Bat
-She's not Batgirl, she's The BAT!
-Barbara is the only person that knows Batman didn't kill her Father. While Bruce is going into a Spiral due to Scarecrow. She takes up the mission to avenge her father.
-She wears her dad's coat. Also uses Alfred's shotgun that Bruce repurposed to shoot batarangs so its non-lethal but super badass.
-Her Day Job is still a Cop and at night is when she goes out as The Bat to get things done.
-When you see her with the coat off, she is buff. She looks like an MMA Fighter, she's got a Tank top that's almost a Kevlar with a Bat Symbol on it.
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@thechrisanton