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Geek History Lesson

Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Step into the world of Gotham City as we shine a spotlight on Cassandra Cain, one of the most iconic and fascinating Batgirls in DC Comics history! In this episode, we explore her origins as the daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva, her journey to becoming Batgirl, and her incredible evolution into one of the most skilled fighters in the DC Universe. From her days in the No Man’s Land storyline to her time as Orphan in the Rebirth era, we’ll dive deep into her character development, key story arcs, and why Cassandra Cain remains a fan-favorite Batgirl. Additional research by Meredith Harris.

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0:00.0

Cassandra Kane is one of the most elite fighters in the Batman family. So with that

0:17.7

in mind, Jason, is it believable that Cassandra's fighting abilities are on par with Bruce Wayne, the holy god of the DC universe?

0:26.0

No.

0:27.3

I know that DC really wants us to believe that.

0:31.8

It's absolute horse hockey that it is.

0:36.2

Because that, look, you do that to sell the character, right?

0:39.8

So you can go to your readers and say, this girl is as powerful as Batman and she could

0:45.6

tick him down if he wanted to.

0:47.6

But it's kind of Batman's whole gimmick to be the best fighter in the world.

0:54.1

So to me, it's ridiculous of, give me a rough

0:56.8

guess, like, just ballpark it. Like, what is like the average A's of Cassandra came when she first

1:02.0

shows up into the Batman family? Like how old? 17 to 21 probably. She's that young. Okay. So she's not

1:06.6

even in her mid 20s yet. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's ridiculous that she, that she would be as good as Bruce because here's the

1:13.1

thing and all our young listeners are immediately going to get mad at this, but here's

1:18.5

the thing you don't learn until you age, Batman fights dirty.

1:24.4

And Batman also has been through, it's all about reps. And Batman has done way more reps than

1:29.6

Cassandra Kane could ever think about doing. Then let me turn around and ask you this.

1:33.4

Sure. Is it believable that Damien Wayne, who's even younger, is on par with Bruce Wayne?

1:40.1

But I've never heard that that's the case. I see, I don't think I've ever read a story.

1:45.7

The thing that they say with Damien is that Damien is on par with the other Robbins.

1:50.2

Now, it's interesting because depending on who the writer is,

1:53.6

and I'm just going to go for my favorite Batman writer.

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