r/CassandraCain

I just noticed that both Atomic Empire and bookshop.org have DC Finest: Batgirl and Batgirl: Mother back in stock after months of being out of stock. It seems that both of Cass' solo series are selling well enough to be worthy of another print run. Both volumes collecting Steph's Batgirl series are still in stock at bookshop.org.

Cass was kept isolated from society, unlike every other bat. Bruce and Damian have more experience with being polite and understanding what people want than Cass does. She wants to have a place in society and appreciates how people benefit from it when she notices people helping each other but she doesn't think she deserves to benefit from that society.

At first, Cass has no civilian identity to socialize with, unlike all of the other bats. Batgirl is the only identity she has for interacting with people and her protectiveness is the only method she has of convincing strangers to trust her. When trying to make people feel better, she doesn't have much knowledge of what they want or need so she relies on their requests and responding to their questions to calm them down.

Barbara and Stephanie have gone through a lot of effort to convince Cass that she's allowed to socialize as Cassandra Cain and not just as Batgirl. Cass does a lot of her socialization, both when she originally got to know Steph and with civilians, as Batgirl. Batgirl (2024) #2, Birds of Prey (2023) #25, and Detective Comics (2016) #955 are evidence of this. Batgirl (2000) #16 was the closest that she came to making a friend prior to meeting Steph.