Batgirl - Can o' Whoop Ass - Danial Carroll

PAGE ONE (seven panels)

PANEL 1. Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) and Robin (Damian Wayne) are both perched upon an interior warehouse girder. They are looking down.

BATGIRL:

I'm going down. Are you coming?

ROBIN:

Are you kidding? That's Killer Croc!

BATGIRL:

I know. And he's about to get his *** kicked.

PANEL 2. Batgirl is leaping at us from the girder, throwing a volley of batarangs in the process. Robin is still on the girder behind her, reaching out as if to stop her.

ROBIN (yelling):

Steph! No!

PANEL 3. Close on Killer Croc, facing away from us. He has three batarangs lodged in his back and has turned his head in pain.

CROC:

GAAHH!

PANEL 4. Batgirl has landed a flying kick upon Croc's face.

SFX:

THWAP

PANEL 5. Batgirl has anchored a grappling hook in Croc's mouth which she has used to swing over him and land a kick to his crotch from behind. Croc is in severe pain on both counts.

CROC:

HKK.

PANEL 6. Croc is laying hog-tied on the ground. Batgirl is standing with one leg up on him, smiling back up to Robin with a thumbs-up.

PANEL 7. Identical panel to panel one, except Robin is rolling his eyes.

ROBIN:

Really? That's how you think it would play out?

BATGIRL:

Sure. Why not?

ROBIN:

->sigh<- Let's just wait for Batman to arrive.

Batgirl - All In The Family - Matt Duarte

Batgirl in "All In The Family" by Matt Duarte

Four panels, the first one is wide across the page, the next two sit on their own row, and the fourth one is a big one that takes up about half the page.

Panel 1

Description: Stephanie Brown is being kicked in the face by someone wearing very heavy boots. However, this is not the Stephanie Brown we know, but an older version. There are liness under her eyes, her hair is shorter and more manageable, and her costume is slightly different. While undeniably still a “Bat” costume, the shades of purple are gone, replaced with pure black.

CHARACTER (out of panel): Fight back, damn it!

STEPHANIE: NGG! No...

Panel 2

Description: Stephanie is against a wall now, in a dark room with no windows. This time she is receiving a punch in the stomach, of which we only see a hand wearing a dark glove. Stephanie is not attempting to block or evade the hits at all. Even though she is in pain, there is a faint smile on her face.

STEPHANIE: I was thinking we... HUFFF... we could hug it out.

CHARACTER (out of panel): You think this is a joke?! You think I went through all this trouble of finding you...

Panel 3

Description: Stephanie is sitting on the floor, a bit bloodied and bruised. Her opponent stands over her, still in shadows.

STEPHANIE: How DID you find me anyway? Even *I* didn’t know who you were.

CHARACTER: You have to thank my grandfather for that.

Panel 4

Description: Reveal of who the character is, seen from behind Stephanie. This is a new character, a teenager called Natalie. She has long blond hair and blue eyes, which clashes in comparison with her clothing. She is wearing a leather jacket, gloves, and combat boots, baggy ripped jeans and a white Crass t-shirt.

NATALIE: He found me on my orphanage and left me a big stinking clue of your true identity, mother.

STEPHANIE (CAPTION): Damnit, dad, why do you have to ruin everything?

NEXT: Family reunion!

Batgirl - Girls Interrupted - Sime McDonald

... continued from last week ...

... sometime later ...

PANEL ONE

Nightfall, in the luscious grounds of Richie Corday's manor. Demolitia is firing her handgun at Batgirl, who is narrowly dodging the speeding projectiles, simultaneously hurling a Batarang in Demolitia's direction.

DEMOLITIA

- - - bitch!

SFX

Blam!

Blam!

Blam!

BATGIRL

Whoooa - - - !

PANEL TWO

Cut to Richie Corday's bedroom. He's sitting up in bed, eyes wide, panicked at the sound of gunfire.

RICHIE CORDAY

 - - - Nyyyarrrrgh!

SFX

(small)

Blam!

Blam!

Blam!

PANEL THREE

Cut back to outside. The Batarang has clattered into Demolitia's gun; she's dropped it and is reeling away from Batgirl, who has landed out of her dive gracefully, with superheroic poise.

BATGIRL (1)

Y'know, I didn't think it was possible,

but in terms of hostility you've surpassed

Robin a thousandfold.

BATGIRL (2)

I'm just here to chat.

And to stop you killing Richie Corday too, sure...

But mostly to chat.

PANEL FOUR

Demolitia's eyes are filled with rage as she prods a finger into her chest, at the Bat-symbol that adorns it.

DEMOLITIA (1)

Just because I work for him doesn't

mean I'm a slave to his symbol.

DEMOLITIA (2)

Corday deserves to - - -

GUARD

(off-panel)

Freeze!

PANEL FIVE

Pull back. A phalanx of bodyguards have their weapons trained on Demolitia and Batgirl.

GUARD

Do not move!

PANEL SIX

Batgirl tilts her head towards Demolitia.

BATGIRL

Team up?

Batgirl - Spoil Sport - Rol Hirst

Panel One.

A main street in Gotham City. Night time. Police arrive at the scene of a bank robbery to find the robbers have escaped… despite having being captured earlier by Batgirl. All that remains are the ropes which Batgirl used to tie the robbers to a lamp post. In the foreground of the panel, Detective Harvey Bullock examines the scene while talking on his cell phone. The ropes he holds have been cut.

Bullock: Batgirl caught the perps, left ‘em all tied up with a nice bow… but by the time we arrived, they were gone.

Bullock: Somebody broke them loose.

Panel Two.

At the headquarters of Batman Inc, Tim Drake stands talking to Bruce Wayne. Tim is in costume, Bruce in a suit. On the desk between them is a collection of photographs documenting various calendar-related crimes that have occurred recently in Gotham.

Red Robin: Stephanie has been tracking Calendar Man for weeks. Collecting the evidence we needed to put him away for good. Then at the last minute... someone tipped him off.

Red Robin: He quit town this morning, Bruce. We lost him.

Panel Three.

Batgirl is swinging over the rooftops, guided on her latest mission by instructions from Oracle.

Oracle (jagged balloon): OK, you’re closing in on Kite Man’s location now, but be careful, Batgirl, I’m picking up another—

Oracle (jagged balloon): -sssskkkrrrrrrkkkkkkrrr…

Batgirl: Oracle?

Panel Four.

Batgirl lands on a rooftop and taps the side of her cowl in frustration. A shadowy figure steps up behind her, holding a portable jamming device…

Batgirl: Say again, Oracle? Com-link’s gone down again.

Batgirl: Damn it! What's going on? Lately, it’s like everything I do...

Panel Five.

The figure steps into view. He’s wearing a purple costume and hood… like a male version of Stephanie’s former Spoiler costume. Batgirl reacts with surprise… and shock as she recognises the man’s voice.

Spoiler: Someone comes along and SPOILS it?

Batgirl: Who’re…!? D-dad? What are you doing?

Batgirl - Weakness – Ryan K Lindsay

1. Some frat boy douche is standing in front of us. He’s got a ubiquitous red cup in hand, two sweatbands on one wrist and another on the other, pants are slung low despite the evidence of a belt, a tribal tattoo pokes out of the sleeve of his too-tight shirt, his face is smug, his hair pokes out like some sort of pop art experiment, and the man’s skin is decidedly orange. I’m hoping you hate him already. This guy’s name is Bra, he’s talking right to us, the reader, as we look through a seated POV.

Bra: You really didn’t want to talk to me, you made that quite clear.

2. Bra is gesturing up in disbelief. He’s managing to flex while doing so, of course.

Bra: I would even call you a little rude. I just wanted to say hi.

3. Bra is leaning in towards our face.

Bra: Sure, I was hoping the chat would go further but ‘hi’ was where I was starting and you were a real b!%$#

4. Bras is sitting right next to us, so he’s in the right of the panel.

Bra: But now I’ve got you all to myself and I see you aren’t going anywhere. It’s so much nicer to spend some time alone with you, behind a locked door, where we can take our time.
Bra: Oooh.-

5. This final panel should take up the majority of the bottom half of the page. Stephanie Brown is slumped on the couch, her eyes are almost open but she is decidedly knocked out. Bra is next to her, leaching on her, and his hand has been slowly unbuttoning her shirt. A bit of a Batgirl costume is now visible underneath.

Bra: Leather. How’d you know I loves me a superfreak, girl?

Batgirl - Page 2 - Ben Rosenthal

You may want to re-read my Batman Inc script from last week before continuing.



1. A shot of a window breaking, as Stephanie Brown in Batgirl gear comes crashing through it.

2. Batgirl gets up from the ground, cut from the glass.

BATGIRL
STOP!

3. Dick/Batman looks at Batgirl, his face revealing nothing. Other members of Batman Inc in the background looked surprised

4. Stephanie trying to stand next to Bruce, crouched over. She is in pain from the cuts. However, they are only minor scratches. Bruce continues to stare down the members of Batman Inc.

BATGIRL
You’re making a mistake, Dick. Bruce isn’t responsible.

BATGIRL
I am.

5. Dick/Batman addresses Batgirl.

DICK/BATMAN
I know.

DICK/BATMAN
But he harboured you, instead of bringing you to justice.

6. The members of Batman Inc are lunging at Bruce and Batgirl. Both Bruce and Batgirl have their fists up, ready to fight.

DICK/BATMAN
And that is something WE cannot stand for.

Batgirl - Doing It Wrong The Right Way - Max Barnard

The Premise: Stephanie Brown is still very much an amateur heroine. Sure, she's been Batgirl for a while now, and Spoiler for even longer, but she's prone to being overcome by her own flaws at times. Thankfully things always work out in the end, and the support of both Proxy (Wendy Harris) and THE GREY GHOST (Johnny C) (not that she really WANTS Johnny C to help out) certainly goes a way to help. Like here, for example.

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1.1
Dusk. Batgirl is chasing Riot (currently split into about 4 or 5 versions of himself) across a Gotham City rooftop, bo staff in one hand and her grappling gun in the other. She is slightly out of breath and looking VERY tired.

Batgirl: Hey! Give ->pant<- up already! I ->huff<- I've got things to do!

Riot: Wa-ha! That's a RIOT! You think I'm that stupid?!

Proxy(O/P via comms.): Did he just try to make a pun?


1.2
We see Proxy at her computers, viewing the scene on her monitors, with the many Riots now leaping off of the rooftop onto another off-screen roof on one, and on another monitor we can see Batgirl clutching her stomach as she continues to run after him.

Batgirl(O/P via comms.): Didn't ->huff<- listen. Need... air, not ->gasp<- jokes!

Proxy: Yeah, yeah. Enough talking, breathless wonder, he's getting away.


1.3
Back at the scene, Batgirl is standing at the edge of the roof, still panting, aiming her grappling hook high and firing at some presumed swingable object.

Batgirl: Okay, okay, I'm going!


1.4
Batgirl is swinging across to the other building.


1.5
Batgirl is mid-swing, several feet lower than before and veering wildly to the side, with a shocked expression on her face.

Batgirl: Oh--


1.6
We focus on Riot, all of him, still running, laughing to himself. In the background we can just about see Batgirl's arm, her grappling rope, and a broken metal pole falling out of sight.

Batgirl: --CRAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa-----

Riot: Kehahahahahahaha!


1.7
The main Riot is suddenly kicked in the face by Johnny C, dressed as the Grey Ghost, who has leapt into the panel from the side. The other Riots have disappeared into thin air from this strike, as they tend to do. In the background Batgirl is pulling herself up by the same arm we could just about see in the previous panel.

Johnny C: Surprise, villain!

SFX: Thwakk

Batgirl(small): Oh, God, why him?


1.8
Johnny C is continuing to rapidly kick the unconscious Riot on the ground, as Batgirl runs towards him.

Proxy(O/P via comms): I called him, you're totally too tired to keep going for the evening.

Batgirl: But he's a PSYCHO! I've gotta stop him!

Johnny C: Take that! And That! You best remember this, you lowly scum, for I, Jo-... THE GREY GHOST! AM! BATGIRL'S! GUARDIAN!

SFX: Kickakickakickakicka!



[From here the story continues to derail and get more complicated, with Batgirl and Proxy having to deal with Johnny C and his continued attempts to 'help' Batgirl as she tries to take Riot to the police station and get home to sleep (without Johnny figuring out who she is while she's at it)]

Why Batgirl?

This one is technically Max's choice but I'm stepping up to the plate because he still hasn't learnt how to correlate his UK clock with our Australian clock. And I know Ben likes to get his posts up in a timely fashion on Mondays so I'm giving him lead in time.

The Batgirl of choice here is Stephenie Brown. I don't know why Max chose her specifically so I'll give you my rundown, as a person who just doesn't know a lot about the DCU.

I looked up Stephanie Brown because I had no idea who she was. Hell, I was shocked to find out how many Batgirls there had been, no less how many identities Brown herself had held. The Spoiler (sounds like she just went online and ruined people's days), and a female Robin, and now Batgirl. For a bird not even twenty years in publication she's been passed around like a bag of chips (or 'crisps' as I like to think Max would say). I generally don't have high hopes for a character who just hasn't landed in a niche of their own. It's worrying.

I didn't even read her whole bio. Again, for twenty years it didn't feel like the bio was elaborating on all her awesome tales but rather just getting her continuity straight. I don't like that. I'm not sure if I like this character or not, I guess you'll find out when you read my script, maybe I get it completely wrong...whenever I write a DC character on here I get worried because I just don't know. I know not much of what I wrote needed her laboriously long bio to make sense.

This is probably the first negative Why...? post we've ever had on here. Sorry. I'm sure Max could have done a much better job. Maybe he will, on his site.

For now, enjoy Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) week. I'm sure, like many of the female characters on here, we'll beat the crap out of her and generally demean her. I know I will.