When did Barbara Gordon walk again?

When did Barbara Gordon walk again?

1989 The reinvented storyline that is likely to capture most attention, however, is the return of the walking Barbara Gordon. After she was reintroduced in 1989 as Oracle, she featured in the comic Birds of Prey, which was made into an ill-fated TV series.

How Barbara Gordon walks again?

As the daughter of deceased Gotham commissioner, Jim Gordon, she had helped Batman as Oracle in the past. ... It was later revealed in the pages of Batgirl that Babs had undergone an experimental “neural surgery” which allowed her to walk again.

How does Barbara Gordon end up in a wheelchair?

In the 1988 comic, Barbara Gordon—the first Batgirl—was shot in the spine by the Joker and left with both her legs paralyzed. It wasn't revenge for some spectacular feat of superheroism on Barbara's part. Babs had just retired as Batgirl.

When was the last time Barbara Gordon walked?

• The last time she walked was in 1988 until the Joker targeted her in an act of vengeance against Batman and her father, Commissioner Gordon. In Batman: The Killing Joke, he shot Barbara, rendering her paraplegic. The decision to give her the ability to walk again is part of a move by DC Comics to reignite public interest in its publications.

How did Barbara Gordon get paralyzed in the Killing Joke?

• The Joker infamously was responsible for Barbara Gordon's paralysis during the events of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's The Killing Joke. Barbara spent years in a wheelchair as Oracle, the superhero information broker, before she regained the use of her legs at the onset of the New 52 era.

How did Barbara Gordon ( Batgirl ) become Oracle?

• After being shot and paralyzed by the Joker in Batman: The Killing Joke, Barbara Gordon (Batgirl), now being a paraplegic, becomes Oracle. After some indeterminate amount of time, she is able to walk again and revives her old superhero persona, Batgirl.

What kind of surgery did Barbara Gordon have?

• It is later revealed in Batgirl #4 that she was a paraplegic for three years prior to surgery at a South African clinic. This surgery took part a year prior to the events in Batgirl #1. Batgirl #5 then revealed the nature of the surgery as neural implant surgery: This is exactly what I was looking for. Nice job! – Secko Jul 18 '12 at 15:17