BATGIRL: The First 55 Years (1967 - 2022) and Beyond

Set Description
The first 11 appearances of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon (Silver Age of comics) plus Bronze Age, Copper Age, Modern Age key issues, and more in the first 50 years after her debut (1967 - 2017) and beyond.

Includes the following issues - some keys and highest graded copies (as per recent CGC census information):

Detective Comics #359 CGC 9.0 White Pages Signature Series
(Origin and 1st appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- Single Highest Graded Signature Series copy (Signed by artist and Batgirl co-creator Carmine Infantino).
- Included in the second photo slot is an original hand sketch of Batgirl (cover recreation of Detective Comics #359) and signed by Carmine Infantino, in my hardcover book 'Amazing World of Carmine Infantino'.

Detective Comics #359 (1997 reprint) CGC 9.8 White Pages
(Origin and 1st appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- 1 of 10 Highest Graded.

Detective Comics #359 (2000 reprint) CGC 9.8 White Pages
(Origin and 1st appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
(Newsstand Edition with UPC barcode)
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

Detective Comics #363 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(2nd appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- Second Highest Graded (3 graded higher).

World's Finest #169 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(3rd appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

Detective Comics #369 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(4th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon. 1st Batgirl/ Robin team-up)
- 1 of 2 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #2 CGC 9.8 White Pages
(Reprints 4th appearance of Battgirl/ Barbara Gordon, 1st Batgirl/ Robin team-up from Detective Comics #369)
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

Batman #197 CGC 9.6 White Pages (Twin Cities Pedigree)
(5th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon. 1st Batgirl appearance in 'Batman' title)
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

Detective Comics #371 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(6th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- Second Highest Graded (4 graded higher).

Justice League of America #60 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(7th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- Second Highest Graded (5 graded higher).

World's Finest #176 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(8th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- Second Highest Graded (1 graded higher).

World's Finest #176 (1997 reprint) CGC 9.8 White Pages
(8th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- 1 of 2 Highest Graded.

Brave and the Bold #78 CGC 9.8 White Pages (Twin Cities Pedigree)
(9th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- 1 of 5 Highest Graded.

Detective Comics #384 CGC 9.8 White Pages
(10th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon. 1st Batgirl solo story)
- 1 of 6 Highest Graded.

Detective Comics #385 CGC 9.8 White Pages
(11th appearance of Batgirl/ Barbara Gordon)
- 1 of 8 Highest Graded.

Detective Comics #422 CGC 9.8 White Pages
(Batgirl reveals her identity to her father, Commissioner James Gordon)
- 1 of 5 Highest Graded.

Superman #268 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 10 Highest Graded.

Superman #279 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 6 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #3 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 3 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #7 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 2 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #8 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 9 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #10 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 6 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #11 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 6 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #13 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 6 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #14 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #15 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #16 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 6 Highest Graded.

Batman:The Killing Joke #nn CGC 10 GEM MINT
(Joker cripples Batgirl/Barbara Gordon)
- 1 of 14 Highest Graded.
(Also a duplicate CGC 9.8 signed copy; and all later U.S. printings in CGC 9.8, including the rare Seventh through Fourteenth Printings)

Other issues in this 50-year run include Bronze Age, Copper Age, and Modern Age Batgirl appearances (all CGC 9.8 or higher) in issues of Detective Comics; Batman; Batman Family; Batman Adventures (including a few Bruce Timm signed issues and 2 CGC 9.9 entries); Gotham Girls (complete series); All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder (including a CGC 9.9 recalled last issue); Batman Confidential (complete ‘Bat and the Cat’ storyline, including a few single highest graded Signature Series); Batgirl (2011 series, including 2 CGC 9.9 entries, Adam Hughes Signature Series for all printings of issue #1, and an original art sketch cover by Kevin Maguire, re-creating his version of Batgirl from ‘The Bat and the Cat’ storyline); Batman ‘66 (featuring the likeness of Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, from the 1960’s Batman TV show); Batgirl one-shots; and more!

Set Goals
10/2021- after a decade (!!!), finally completed a set of the first 11 appearances of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) with some of the highest graded copies that exist, and also collecting later appearances in her first 50 years and beyond.