Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle) Profile

The original Batgirl, Barbara "Babs" Gordon is the daughter of Police Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon. In Alan Moore's acclaimed graphic novel The Killing Joke, the Joker shot Babs in the spinal cord. Babs had to quit her role as Batgirl but continued to help Batman as Oracle, the informer broker.

In No Man's Land, both Batman and Babs (as Oracle) agreed to let Cassandra Cain, daughter of assassin Cain, wear the Batgirl costume and become Oracle's ward. Cassandra Cain goes on to become the present Batgirl.

Babs continues to help Batman as Oracle and also becomes the leader of a female crimefighting team Birds of Prey. Babs is also known to be in love with Dick Grayson, the original Robin, who quit his role as the boy wonder to become solo crimefighter, Nightwing.

Barbara Gordon is highly intelligent and is trained in the martial art of eskrima. Oracle is listed in BusinessWeek's top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics as the only female character on the list, joining the likes of Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark and Charles Xavier.
---DarkKnightCity