"...was not driven by a desire for a tax write-off...
"...but by the desire for the studio’s slate of DC features...
"...to be at a 'blockbuster' scale..."
...created by writer Sheldon Moldoff and illustrator Bill Finger…
...then replaced by 'Barbara Gordon', as the daughter of 'Gotham City' police commissioner 'James Gordon'...
...in "Detective Comics" #359 (1967) by writer Gardner Fox and illustrator Carmine Infantino.
In DC Comics' "New 52" series (2011), 'Barbara Gordon', previously wounded in action as a costumed vigilante, regained her mobility after undergoing experimental surgery at a South African clinic.
Although she resumes her work as 'Batgirl' one year after her recovery, she continues to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder...
...causing her to hesitate in battle when exposed to gunfire.
