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Barbara Gordon In Other Media
Originally created in 1967, the fictional comic book character Barbara Gordon has been adapted into various other forms of media. The character has appeared in both live action and animated television series and films, as well as in video games in her alter-egos as both Batgirl and Barbara Gordon, Oracle. Film Live-action ''Batman & Robin'' In 1997, Alicia Silverstone portrayed Barbara Wilson/Batgirl in the film Batman & Robin (film), ''Batman & Robin''. Unlike in the comics, it is not stated that this version of Barbara is James Gordon's daughter, but that she is Alfred Pennyworth's niece. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman said this change was done because Alfred was more central of a character than Jim Gordon was in their story. She is Dick Grayson (1989 film series character), Dick Grayson's love interest, and depicted as a blonde instead of a red-head in the comics. Barbara's Batgirl suit in the film is completely different from the one from the comics as it lacks gold accents and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardner Fox
Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox was also a science fiction author and wrote many novels and short stories. Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes Barbara Gordon, the original Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Zatanna and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed several of those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America, and later recreated the team as the Justice League of America. Fox introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story "Flash of Two Worlds!" Early life and career Gardner F. Fox was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Julia Veronica (Gardner) and Leon Francis Fox, an engineer. Fox recalled being inspired at an early age by the great fantasy fiction writers. On or about his eleve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
