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.
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The Dark Knight beats Spidey at the Box-Office

Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, surpassed the first Spider-man movie to 7th place on the all-time domestic blockbuster list on Tuesday, making it the biggest comic book movie of all-time in North America.

After just 19 days, The Dark Knight's box-office total stands at $405.7 million and counting . Spider-man took its entire run in 2002 to reach $403.7million domestically. It is possible for The Dark Knight to catch Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which sits at 6th place with $423.3 million.

Director Christopher Nolan feels that Heath Ledger, who plays the Joker in The Dark Knight, deserves all the credit for the movie's massive box-office success, "He was what the Joker in our film needs to be. We were looking for an actor with the fierceness, excitment and teeth to do our version of the Joker."

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Legacy of Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger plays the role of the Joker in The Dark Knight. No, not just that. He also gave the best portrayal on one of the most definitive villains of comic books.According to director Christopher Nolan, "I talked to Heath a lot about The Dark Knight's depiction of the Joker as a force of anarchy even as we were writing the script, finishing the script, I should say.

And we both agreed that that is the most threatening force that society faces is that of pure anarchy, of someone who wants to do harm for its own sake and really for his own entertainment."

What Heath is doing is very unique, and really I think pretty amazing and very frightening, as the character should be."The whole tone of Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight is what it should be and he did an amazing job with a striking performance."

The Joker is an extremely crazy and intelligent villain who is often admired because he is the greatest foe of the Batman, and one of the greatest in the DC universe. There are a lot of things that attract you to him, his quirks, his plans, his reactions, the Joker is a joy to read in the comics and Heath Ledger was a joy to watch in The Dark Knight.

When asked about Heath Ledger's performance, Gary Oldman who plays police commissioner Jim Gordon said, "What Heath is doing is going to blow you away. It is very dangerous and very unhinged, what he is doing. And how he plays it is like Coco the Clown on crack."
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Batman made his first appearance on film as a FBI

Did You Know?

Batman's first venture into the film world was in the 15 part 1943 serial The Batman.

In those days, vigilantes who handles the law by themselves were deemed not suitable for the mainstream audience and so Batman and Robin were part of the FBI! ---DarkKnightCity