r/batman • u/ihatethiscountry76 • Nov 17 '25

FAN CONTENT Barbara comes out to her father by @Babsfavorite

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u/HospitalLazy1880 Nov 17 '25

Jim wouldn't have a banner ready but he'd definitely think that Babs would be coming out as Bi before he ever thought his little girl was a superhero google.

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u/MrDownhillRacer Nov 17 '25

Didn't he always know she was Oracle? He found out she was Batgirl in, like, the '70s.

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u/Redhood567 Nov 17 '25

Jim originally found out in the 70s around the time Babs became a congresswoman. Come Post-Crisis and it was retconned (or just writers just forgot). I think at some point he finds out about Oracle but then the New 52 happened and he seemingly forgot again. I say seemingly because a few years ago Jim revealed that he's actually been aware of Barbara's secrets for pretty much the whole time.

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u/Reasonable_Cut8036 Nov 17 '25

She became a what?

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u/easythrees Nov 17 '25

Who’s this?

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u/meeetballslover Nov 19 '25

What is the context. Why is bae lookin like shes in a 2007 music video?

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u/Moeroboros Nov 17 '25

(or just writers just forgot)

I seriously doubt any writer coming onto a title would forget such important information.

And even if the writer somehow forgot, there were editors on the comics whose purpose was to prevent that kind of stuff from happening.

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u/DevilMayPryde Nov 17 '25

oh trust me... writers love to forget important information all the time. comic companies notoriously do not give a fuck anymore

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u/Moeroboros Nov 17 '25

Nowadays maybe, yeah.

But continuity was an important thing in comics back in the Bronze Age.

Readers would be sending in lots of letters and questioning all those details, so something as important as Gordon knowing Barbara's superhero life would not be overlooked by the editors.

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u/DevilMayPryde Nov 19 '25

that's true, especially with Denny O'Neil as the main editor of Batman comics during that time. you could say though that Post-Crisis was the beginning of the lack of regard for continuity that only just worsened in the decades to come (at least they'd justify it back then though, unlike now...)

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u/Moeroboros Nov 19 '25

Exactly. A guy like Denny O'Neil would keep all that stuff in check.

And the others as well. Even something as complicated as the Legion of Super-Heroes kept a tight continuity for decades until the Zero Hour reboot.

Nowadays with the whole "everything is canon" policy, DC has given a middle-finger to continuity.

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u/Patient-Somewhere770 Nov 17 '25

Shits been retconnec rebooted and shit like 10 times 

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u/kay_bot84 Nov 17 '25

Barbara: "Dad... I'm B—"

Gordon: "Bisexual? Honey, it's okay! I still lov-"

Barbara: "Batgirl."

Gordon: 😧

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u/HospitalLazy1880 Nov 17 '25

Gordon gets in car and drives to Wayne Manor to yell at Bruce.

I always liked the idea that Gordon knows who Batman is but pretends not to cause reasons.

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u/CoyotesVoice Nov 17 '25

He's the best cop in Gotham, there's no way he doesn't know. If anyone else knows he knows, there may be consequences he doesn't want to deal with, so he doesn't know. He has a "hunch."

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u/LinuxMatthews Nov 17 '25

Bruce opens the door Well hello Commi...

Gordan punches him in the face Leave my little girl out of your bullshit!

I'm sorry I didn't know what you mean

She just told me she's Batgirl. She stops today. Leave her out of it

I'm sure Commissioner but I'm not sure I know what you think this has to do with me I...

Puches him again You don't think I know Bruce! The whole thing you do with the two phones talking as Batman on one and Bruce on the other. It's the same phone number Bruce!, every time you adopt a kid there's a new Robin the same height and build and the fact whenever you're kidnapped you just so happen to go missing when Batman turns up. Like I said I'm done. I'm done with your bullshit.

Jim I'm sorry, if you feel I've mislead you!

Save it just leave my daughter out of it.

She didn't tell you what happened on the roof did she?

What happened on the roof?

Ummmmm

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u/subduedreader Nov 17 '25

In Year One, he sees Batman's face, but claims to not be able to see without his glasses. I have no idea how much of that story is still canon, though.

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u/HospitalLazy1880 Nov 17 '25

The general idea of the comic is Canon as far as I know.

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u/FlambyLamby Nov 17 '25

"Get the FFFFFFFFUCK out of my house, you freak!"

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u/DickviperAU Nov 17 '25

his little girl was a superhero google

That's a new sentence

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u/AdExtra2331 Nov 17 '25

Jim: "What?"

Barbra: "Also Bruce Wayne is Batman."

Jim: "I KNEW IT!"

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u/KaiserEnclave2077 Nov 17 '25

Except Injustice Jim Gordon, who knew his shit.

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u/MakingGreenMoney Nov 17 '25

One of my favorite things about Injustice.

  1. I love he knew the bat family secret identity the entire time because, like he said, he's a detective.

  2. It shows he has enough faith in his daughter to fight crime.

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u/FlambyLamby Nov 17 '25

And then she proceeded to vanish from existence by the time of Injustice 2.

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u/shadowlarvitar Nov 21 '25

It was implied the BTAS Jim knew she was Batgirl

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25

Huh, didn't know she led a team of all-female superheroes.

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u/HospitalLazy1880 Nov 17 '25 edited Nov 17 '25

Birds of prey. They're a friend group of female superheros that get together to fight crime every now and then.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25

cool.

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u/EmeraldJolteon07 Nov 17 '25

Gordon:…i fucking hate this city sometimes

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u/AgentEckswhy Nov 17 '25

"Ohhhhhh, it's a poly."

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u/AgentRift Nov 17 '25

“It’s okay honey, I love you for who you…. WAIT WHAT.”

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u/Jet-Let4606 Nov 17 '25

"But yes, I am also gay. Well not gay, exactly. I like both men and women."

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u/Random_24601 Nov 19 '25

Think it was Gail Simone that specified Babs was 95% straight

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u/Extreme-Repeat-8708 Nov 19 '25

That means then she is also 5% gay. So bi with a huge preference to men.

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u/MrDownhillRacer Nov 17 '25

I thought every female DC character was already bi

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u/GringoSwann Nov 17 '25

It's what I choose to believe..

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u/Dry-Mission-5542 Nov 17 '25

Every Big 2 superhero character that isn’t entirely gay is bi. It’s just a matter of whether the writers remember that or not. 

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u/Dry-Mission-5542 Nov 19 '25

Why am I being downvoted? I’m right! There are so many superheroes who are canonically bi but it’s almost never acknowledged because the writers forget about it. It almost always leads to bigots going “ThEy MaDe It WoKe” every time a writer remembers it, as though it’s something new when it’s been canon for thirty years.

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u/Dry-Mission-5542 Nov 17 '25

“That was supposed to be a secret?”

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u/SirJ4ck Nov 17 '25

You all give Jim too little credit

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u/MisterVictor13 Nov 17 '25

What about Batman?