Like I said, it was an out-sized Outsider tale.
Now, I can’t quote the plot points chapter and verse. Notice I didn’t say “grim and gritty.” That came later. Scribe Bob Rozakis (DC’s “Answer Man”) wrote a fun and trippy tale that was certainly a throwback to the sci-fi friendly Bat-tales of the ’50s and ’60s, not the more “serious” Dark Knight stories of the ’70s. DC’s GIANT (and later DOLLAR) Comics packed it all in, and this issue in particular - Batman Family #13 - featured a multi-chapter adventure that teamed Batgirl and Robin (and Man-Bat, too) to stop the Outsider, Wayne valet Alfred Pennyworth’s occasional moon-faced and malicious alter ego. Or the comics equivalent of an everlasting gobstopper. It was, to coin a phrase Mark Waid once used to describe the format, an “all-day sucker.” Mark meant lollipop, folks. That said, I’m going to admit my favorite Batgirl tale is one of the classic Batgirl/Robin team-ups in the pages of DC Comics’ Batman Family, a mid-to-late ’70s anthology that crammed more Bat-goodness than I could handle into a single 60-cent comic book. And in the spirit of killing two bats with one stone, I can tell you how a classic Batgirl tale informed a budding Bat-relationship in the pages of BYO. Dan challenged me to think of my favorite Batgirl story instead. When Dan asked me to contribute to Batgirl Week, my first thought was to dig into memory for some behind-the-scenes anecdote related to Batgirl: Year One, my own contribution (w/Chuck Dixon!) to the Batgirl canon. Now, here’s our awesome guest columnist for today’s installment:) ( Just joining us for BATGIRL WEEK? Check out Why Batgirl is So Damn Great and a terrific gallery featuring the New Look Batgirl of Burnside. The co-writer of Batgirl: Year One and Robin: Year One tells the tale of one highly influential page from the late, lamented title Batman Family.
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