Batgirl & the Birds of Prey: Rebirth #1 (VF) DC 2016 (Batgirl) Karen Whitfield For Sale

This Batgirl & the Birds of Prey: Rebirth #1 comic book features a cover variant B with the signature of Karen Whitfield, a DC Comics contracted "Bronze-Age Batgirl". The comic book is a 1st printing and comes bagged & boarded with a witnessed & notarized Certificate ate of Authenticity (COA) It is a single issue with a grade of 8.5 Very Fine+ @ 84% market Near Mint (actuall closer to VFNM) and is intended for a general audience.The comic book is written by Julie & Shawna Benson and illustrated by Claire Roe & Allen Passalaqua with Yanick Paquette & Nathan Fairbairn on the cover artwork. The Birds of Prey consists of Black Canary (Dinah Lance), Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) and Batgirl (Barbara Gordon). This issue is set in the DC Universe and is a part of the Modern-Age (1992-Now) era with flashbacks including Batman (Cameo Flashback), Oracle (Cameo), Robin (Dick Grayson) (Cameo Flashback), James Gordon (Flashback), and Joker (Cameo Flashback). The comic book is in English and is a must-have for collectors and fans of superheroes.The characterBat-Girl (akaBetty Kanea circus aerialist)was introduced into publication in 1961 byBill FingerandSheldon Moldoff.Barbara Gordon(who became the iconic Batgirl)debuted inDetective Comics#359 (January 1967) by writerGardner Foxand artistCarmine Infantino, introduced as the niece/adoptive daughter of police commissionerJames Gordon.Batgirl operates inGotham City, allying herself with Batman and the originalRobin,Dick Grayson, along with othermasked vigilantes. The character appeared regularly inDetective Comics,Batman Family, and several other books produced by DC until 1988. That year, Barbara Gordon appeared inBarbara Kesel'sBatgirl Special#1, in which she retires from crime-fighting. She subsequently appeared inAlan Moore's graphic novelBatman: The Killing Jokewhere, in her civilian identity, she is shot by the Jokerand leftparaplegic. Although she is reimagined as the computer expert and information broker Oracle by editorKim Yaleand writerJohn Ostranderthe following year, her paralysis sparked debate about theportrayal of women in comics, particularly violence depicted toward female characters. Karen Whitfield was born and raised near Raleigh, North Carolina. In the mid-seventies she met and began dating Burt Ward (Robin form the 1966 BATMAN TV series). It was while traveling with Burt Ward & Adam West that Mr. West suggested/convinced DC Comics to contract MS Whitfield to become the DC Ambassador as the "Bronze-Age Batgirl". Please pick up a copy of "Batdriven West" from Karen via her facebook "Karen Whitfield Batgirl" or follow this link to that