Yamato USA Debuts Strking New Batgirl Statue
While Barbara Gordon is easily the most popular incarnation of DC Comics' Batgirl, she wasn't the first take up the mantle. The original "Bat-Girl" was actually Betty Kane, who was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff and first introduced in 1961; however, Kane's "Bat-Girl" was later removed from continuity and reintroduced under the alias Flamebird.
Gordon's Batgirl was actually created in an attempt to get a younger audience, especially idealistic young girls, to watch the 1960s Batman television series. The show's producers requested DC to come up with a new female sidekick for Batman that could be introduce in the comics and the TV series, which was going into its third season, in the same year. DC was happy to oblige and William Dozier, Julius Schwartz, and Carmine Infantino created Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon who is a librarian by day and a crime-fighter by night.
She debuted in Detective Comics #359, titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!" (1967), and in September 1967, Batgirl, who was played by appeared Yvonne Craig, appeared in the Season 3 premiere of Batman, titled "Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin."
Now check out this amazing statue of Batgirl!
"Gotham City, like any other large metropolis, abounds in girls of all shapes and sizes - debutantes, nurses, stenographers... and librarians."
But this Gotham City public librarian and daughter of Gotham's Commissioner James Gordon is a different kind of girl… for tonight our shapely, brassy-haired, heroine stands tall in her cape and cowl and is known as - Batgirl! Poised one of the many gargoyles overlooking the city, she brings something that Batman can't carry in his utility belt… a woman's charm and her intuition!
The Batgirl Fantasy Figure Gallery Statue features:
- Stands 18 inches tall
- Gargoyle base
- Numbered display plate
- Art card
- Certificate of Authenticity
- Artist: Luis Royo (Design)
The statue retails for $249.99 and is expected to ship Nov. 2016 - Dec. 2016.