Batgirl (73)

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Cassandra: "...Why does everyone I care about die?"
Stephanie. "Because...you care about everybody. And everybody dies.

Batgirl #73 "Blood Matters, Conclusion: Revelations"

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Cover Date: April 2006
Cover Price: US $2.50

Writer(s):
Andersen Gabrych

Penciller(s):
Pop Mhan

Inker(s):
Adam DeKraker
Jesse Delperdang

Colorist(s):
Jason Wright

Letterer(s):
Nick J Napolitano

Editor(s):
Michael Wright

Cover Artist(s):
Tim Sale

Summary of Stephness:

Stephanie continues to tell Cassandra about how her father, David Cain, killed Lady Shiva's sister so she could reach her full potential as a fighter, and carry Cassandra as Cain's child.

Cassandra interrupts Stephanie's "story" with a shout that she has to go back. Stephanie grabs her arm and says sadly "I'm sorry, Cassandra. But the Mad Dog killed you. That's it. End of story. Trust me, these things never end the way you want them too." Cassandra protests, saying Bludhaven needs her, and Stephanie tells her it doesn't anymore. Cassandra continues to protest, until Stephanie interrupts her harshly, and says "Bludhaven's" gone, and gestures to the Bludhaven of the future, a nuclear wasteland, with Cass's friends Zero and Brenda's bodies among the rubble." She tells a horrified Cassandra that the Society of Supervillians was responsible for the "kinda-sorta a crisis." Cassandra is devastated by this, realizing she and other heroes had the opportunity to kill them and stop this tragedy, and a tear trickles down her face as she declares "I'm no hero..." The tear turns to fire and Stephanie yells "Cassandra, what's-?" but Cass is dissolved away from the afterlife and her closely friend, and rises out of the Lazarus pit, resurrected once again by Lady Shiva.