Moment of the Week

Another new year, another new week, which means another installment of the CCN "MOMENT OF THE WEEK"

Continuing with the Cass/Steph Friendship motiff, here's another memorable time shared between two lovable characters.

I can't think of any specific quote to pull from here (because the whole page is just AWESOME), I'll just leave a few comments about it. Prior to this, Cass had been training non-stop for ten hours down in her Batcave. As I've also had the unpleasant experience of training until you tossed your cookies and watching someone toss theirs as well, I found this moment in time quite endearing--as gross as that may sound. Anyway, I fondly remember laughing my head off when I saw this page. The reason being Cass chucking out a mouthful of puke the moment after Steph said the word "Friend".

Guess who's not welcome?

Before I head to the gym to let out some pent up stress and frustration, I want to quickly tell everyone about Barbara Gordon's Welcome List for her current base of operations, Kord Tower. But first, for those who aren't familiar with Kord Tower, here's a brief description from ComicVine.com:

Weekly Dosage of Trivia

Hello friends. Dr. Noctis here bringing you another healthy dosage of Cassandra Cain trivia. I'm still in the holiday spirit (either that or the suspicious tasting glass of eggnog I just drank truly was spoiled) so this week's theme is "Merry Christmas, Batgirl!"

Moment of the Week

"So, how about a trade, B.G.?"

"Trade?"

"You teach me that trick with the batarang and I teach you to read."

BACKGROUND

Issue: Batgirl V1 : #20

Cover Date: November 2001

Writer: Chuck Dixon

Penciller: Damion Scott

Inker: Robert Campanella

Colorists: Digital Chameleon, Jason Wright

TRIVIA TIDBIT

First team-up between Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) and Spoiler (Stephanie Brown).

It is never revealed if Stephanie ever gave Cassandra reading lessons.

MISSING: Cassandra Cain

DC Solicit for March

Birds of Prey #10
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by INAKI MIRANDA
Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
This is it! The astonishing conclusion to “The Death of Oracle,” featuring nearly everyone whose life has been touched by Oracle – villain and hero! How will the DCU operate without its premier infojock, and how will this event affect the Birds of Prey? All this, plus a fan-favorite operative works with the Birds for the first time ever!

Cover. Cassandra Cain. Not There. BLEEPING F.A.I.L.!

Another nail hammered into the coffin! ["Coffin" being my wallet being opened to buy another BoP issue].

*scoff* "Family is not always home." How true this statement is!

Cass & Steph: Soul Sisters

I was (and still am, actually) pondering about my last post (over at the Spider-Man Crawl Space: Message Board) where I said that I'm unsure whether Steph can still say that Cass is her best friend. In my honest opinion, it should be undeniable that Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown had one of, if not the very best friendship in all of DC. Theirs was special. It had an embracing warmth that I couldn't find in other DC or Marvel titles. Their friendship has even transcended the physical level and entered each other's subconscious and unconscious mind (appearing as mental apparitions). 

Weekly Dosage of Trivia

Hey Cass fans. Another week has arrived and that means everyone gets another fresh dosage of Cass Cain trivia!

• According to the "Batman: No Man's Land" novel by Greg Rucka, Cassandra's name was given to her by Barbara "Babs" Gordon aka Oracle. Her actual name is unknown, though it is most likely her father, David Cain, never gave her a name in the first place.
• For most of her early comic book run up until Batgirl Vol 1 : #12, Cassandra's name was not used. Instead, Cass would respond only to "Batgirl" as her name. Moreover, in the early issues of Batgirl Vol 1, Cass would become visibly annoyed when someone, for example Babs, called her Cassandra rather than Batgirl. However, in Batgirl #17, Cass softened up and allowed Babs and the rest of the Bat-family to address her as Cassandra or Cass.
• The real name of Lady Shiva, Cassandra's mother, is Sandra Wu-San.