Confession time: This is my first look at the new 52 Batgirl. Yes, I know, this comic came out in December 2014, and I’ve had it for months, but it’s the New 52 and I’ve been afraid to look. But really? I loved it. Very modern, very smart. This is not Nancy Drew, this is a modern young woman who is tech savvy (and not just Wayne Tech fantasy gadgets either) and has a real personality (and a real temper). In this issue Babs Gordon discovers someone stole cell phones from a party at her new apartment, and her laptop (which may or may not have footage of a super villain attack on Black Canary’s house on it.) This scheme collides with a local jerk wad who runs a website exploiting personal photos, doxing people and generally embarrassing them by releasing very private information on his website. It’s the kind of guy who will take a beating and still keep going just because (and he talks in hashtags!), so Barbara has to find a way to shut him down before her own secrets end up on the web.
Very fun, fast paced, but a robust story too, not one strung out for effect. Why did I wait so long to dig into this??