Batgirl will be back in a new DC Comics adventure, but this time, the female heroine will get a new look, new story and a comic book to be released later this year.
MTV News confirmed that Batgirl is back as it reported that a new creative team will start working on the DC comic series "Batgirl #35".
Artist Babs Tarr and writer Cameron Stewart will lead the costume illustration and redesigning of Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl's costume. The website was able to acquire a sketch of the redesigned Batgirl costume that is made of leather, snaps and combination of yellow, black and navy blue colors.
When asked by how the team came up with the new costume design, Cameron Stewart said that Barbara is forced to make a new costume for herself when her old one becomes unavailable.
"The new one is something she's able to make herself, shopping at the various boutique and vintage stores in Burnside. It also reflects her youth and style. Unlike Batman or Batwoman, she no longer needs to stay in the shadows, and in fact learns to embrace the spotlight," said Cameron.
Meanwhile Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher will write a new story plot for Batgirl's life unhiding in the leather suit, replacing the series' longtime writer, Gail Simone.
Simone will be working on a new DC comic project, according to Entertainment Weekly. With the new Batgirl series, Stewart promises a lighter approach in the story and will put some dynamic changes that is far from the darkness the female character has to wrestle in previous comic series.
"Batgirl has really been put through the wringer in recent years - after being attacked and paralyzed by the Joker, her brother turning out to be a serial murderer, the trauma of her family breaking apart and the series of gruesome villains she's had to contend with, we figured she deserved a break from all that. Just prior to the start of our story she's pushed to the breaking point and decides that she's had it with misery and darkness and wants a change. She wants the opportunity to have some fun and live the life of a young, single girl in the city, so she packs up and moves to Burnside, the cool, trendy borough of Gotham, to focus on grad school," Stewart told MTV News.
While Batgirl is back and being rebooted, the storyline will still connect with previous releases, even if the new series will become more independent of its mentor characters.
"We want to see a Batgirl who can stand on her own, independent of Batman and Commissioner Gordon. She won't be fighting her mentor's villains or leaning on her family ties. This is Barbara Gordon breaking free, for better or worse!"
"Batgirl #35" is a 32-page spread set for a release on October 8 by DC Comics.
