Batgirls #5 sees Barbara Gordon’s Oracle obtain her personal pet sidekick, just like Nightwing’s Bitewing.
The next incorporates spoilers for Batgirls #5, now on sale from DC Comics.
In current problems with Nightwing, Dick Grayson has adopted a canine who has affectionately change into referred to as Bitewing. Different heroes have rapidly grown keen on the animal, together with Barbara Gordon, aka Oracle.
Gordon has been fairly vocal about her love for Nightwing’s new pet, and he or she has seemingly adopted swimsuit in Batgirls #5 (by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern, and Becca Carey) in a quite unorthodox vogue.
The Batgirls have been going through off with quite a few threats throughout Gotham Metropolis, together with the Saints, a trio of hi-tech vigilantes who’re combating to revive Simon Saint’s Justice of the Peace program. When Tarsus, the chief of the Saints, unleashes a drone in opposition to the trio, Oracle makes use of her technical expertise to hack to the drone. Barbara is then in a position to overwrite the programming of the robotic and successfully turns it right into a robotic canine, Fido, who communicates through barking.
It is a intelligent tweak on the basic trope of giving heroes super-pets, with Oracle’s robotic pet reflecting her historical past as a tech-savvy hero. After “adopting” her new pet, Barbara upgrades Fido for discipline functions, permitting it to trace digital trails and assist lead the Batgirls to any menace that requires their consideration. With the Tremendous-Pets seeing a resurgence currently (and gaining a pending animated movie) it is enjoyable to see Oracle get her personal animal sidekick of kinds.
Fido has numerous potential as a “sidekick” to Oracle going ahead. Because of its robotic design, Barbara ought to fairly have the ability to restore or improve Fido each time it will get broken. The robotic canine might additionally change into the unofficial animal sidekick of the Batgirls as a solution to their extra technically inclined foes.
Barbara has been embracing a extra open and affectionate facet of her character currently each towards Nightwing and her fellow Batgirls, and her gaining a pet companion is a superb contact. Given the period of time Gordon spends with Dick Grayson, it is solely a matter of time earlier than Bitewing meets the most recent four-legged addition to the Bat-Household.