Barbara Gordon

From Stephanie Brown

This gang's getting a little tired of funerals. And that's what you'll be, Steph. Just a bunch of dead flowers and a costume in a display case. -Orcale, Joker: Last Laugh #3

Relationship: friend, mentor

Name: Barbara Gordon

Aliases: Oracle, Batgirl I

Babs mentored Steph and accepted her into the Birds of Prey briefly.

Important moments with Steph and Babs:

Steph hangs around with Babs and Cassandra in the Clocktower. Babs gets angry with her for being too nonchalant about crimfighting, but is forced to send her and Cassandra to save Harley Quinn. (Joker: Last Laugh #3)

Stephanie is at the Clocktower when Tim arrives to use Barbara's computer (Robin #99)

Stephanie informs Robin she hangs around Barbara and Dinah a lot as a member of the Birds of Prey (Robin #100)

Barbara keeps Spoiler and Batgirl with her while the Joker is on a rampage (Batgirl #22)

Barbara and Steph talk about Cass's fight with Lady Shiva, and Stephanie goes off to fight a martial arts master who wants to kill Batgirl, despite Oracle's protests (Batgirl #26)

Barbara, busy with the Bruce Wayne Case, is short with Stephanie when she complains that Cass has broken her jaw ("If your jaw was broken you wouldn't be able to talk...and my life would be so much easier...)(Batgirl #27)

In order to discourage a new teenage heroine, Misfit, from hurting herself trying to fight crime, Barbara shows her pictures from Stephanie Brown's autopsy (Birds of Prey #99)

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