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Last Updated on
Sunday, March 21, 2004
| Personal Data: |
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gallery of Oracle graphics.
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Real Name: |
Barbara
Gordon |
| Status: |
Active, Reserve Member of the JLA |
Versions of the JLA: |
The JLA |
Known Aliases: |
None |
Nicknames: |
None |
Occupation: |
former
librarian, information broker |
Other Group Affiliations: |
Birds of Prey -
Active, Batsquad - Active, Suicide Squad -
Inactive (former member) |
First Appearance: |
DETECTIVE COMICS
#359 (January, 1967) |
Base of Operations: |
Gotham
City |
Age: |
mid-twenties |
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Height:
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5' 7" |
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Weight:
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116 lbs. |
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Eyes:
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Blue |
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Hair:
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Red |
Known Relatives: |
Commissioner Jim
Gordon (uncle and adoptive father) |
Known Allies: |
Batman, Black
Canary, Huntress, Nightwing, Azrael, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Robin, JLA, Titans, Doom Patrol, Young Justice |
Known Enemies: |
The Joker,
Prometheus, Blockbuster |
Powers and Abilities: |
As Batgirl, Barbara was an expert judo martial artist and athlete. She used her
extensive knowledge of criminology to aid in the ongoing fight against crime. As
Oracle, Barbara has created a peerless information network that spans the globe
to catch systemized information off the internet and other cyberdata ports. Ms.
Gordon should not be underestimated physically, she carries a collapsible
CIA-style baton in her wheelchair and has mastered Escrima fighting sticks
(a.k.a. arnis, the Philippine martial art of stick fighting.) |
| Background: |
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Barbara Gordon is no
stranger to fighting a clandestine war on crime. After all, she was the first
Batgirl - a vigilante vixen inspired by the Dark Knight, one of his small but
trusted team of "seconds" in the crusade to help the helpless of Gotham City.
The Joker, however, ended all that when he shot Barbara Gordon
through the spine in his mad scheme to abduct and drive insane her adopted
father, then G.C.P.D. Commissioner James Gordon.
Batgirl's wings were clipped. But partial paralysis did little to
ground Barbara's perseverance or hobble her dedication to justice. Though
limited in mobility, she retrained herself to fight from her wheelchair. A
computer savant before the attack, Barbara opted to use the digital domain as
her new staging ground in battling evil. With a wealth of information stored in
her Gotham Clocktower databases, Barbara began phase two of her crime-fighting
career as the all-seeing, enigmatic Oracle, later employing a costumed cadre of
uniquely qualified metahuman field operatives - nicknamed the "Birds of Prey" -
to undertake special missions and avert global crises.
Oracle's job is to predict the unpredictable, adapting and
evolving in the face of adversity. Anyone who knows Barbara Gordon realizes that
it would be foolish to think she would ever do anything else. Notes:
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Ever since
she was shot and paralyzed by the Joker, the former Batgirl, Barbara Gordon
has taken up the codename of the wheelchair-bound Oracle, becoming a
crime busting information powerhouse.
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The specifics
of Oracle's identity are unknown to JLA members, his/her membership having
been coordinated solely by Batman. Because of this, she conceals her
identity with a digitized mask of the mythological seer.
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