Batgirl (72)

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Cassandra: "Stephanie? Am I--? Oh, no. Did I--?
Stephanie: "Yes. And it's okay. You saved them. Now, shhh...lemme tell you a story.

Batgirl #72 "Blood Matters Part 2: Turning Abel"

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Cover Date: March 2006
Cover Price: US $2.50

Writer(s):
Andersen Gabrych

Penciller(s):
Francisco Rodriguez de la Fuente
Pop Mhan

Inker(s):
Jesse Delperdang
Rodney Ramos

Colorist(s):
Jason Wright

Letterer(s):
Pat Brosseau

Editor(s):
Michael Wright

Cover Artist(s):
Tim Sale

Summary of Stephness: After Batgirl is killed protecting two members of the League of Assassins from the knife of her crazed "brother" Mad Dog, Lady Shiva picked her up and carries her away. The scene fades out, and then in a burst of light, we are in the afterlife, and it is Stephanie (sans mask) who is carrying an uninjured Cassandra, who babbles "Stephanie-? Am I? Oh no...Did I-?"

And Stephanie (oddly smiling) says "Yes. And it's okay. You saved them. Now, shhhh...Lemme tell you a story."

The next page we hear Steph's narration, and see a flashback of containing Cassandra's father, David Cain. Stephanie says "A long time ago...the lonely hunters dreams kept dying. And he realized the problem. The children were not HIS children. Not of his flesh, his blood. His strength. He realized to have the perfect child, he needed the perfect women...to be the perfect mother. And so, the lonely hunter searched the world looking for her. And one day, in the far off kingdom of Detroit, Michigan, Cain found his perfect bride. And he killed her."