Gotham's Forgotten Supergirl Proves She Should Be DC's Next Big Hero
Warning: contains spoilers for Detective Comics #1059!
Gotham City's forgotten version of Supergirl, Gotham Girl, returns to Detective Comics with a new costume for a three-part backup story that explores mental health. ‘Gotham Girl, Interrupted is a story that takes its name from Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, Girl, Interrupted, which delves into a teenage girl's experiences in a psychiatric hospital in the late 60s. Gotham's own version of Supergirl will share a similar story following her release from Arkham Tower.
Gotham Girl has had a tumultuous comic-book run. From her inception, Claire and her brother, Hank, were depicted as wannabe heroes who were experimented on with Bane's Venom, granting them Kryptonian-like powers. The downside: with each use of their abilities, their lifespan would decrease. During Tom King's Batman run, Bruce Wayne took the pair under his wing, not knowing that Bane, with the assistance of Hugo Strange and Psycho Pirate, was manipulating them for his own purposes. This resulted in a devastating confrontation when Gotham and Gotham Girl sided with Bane against Batman, leading to Hank's death. Using silver Kryptonite, Bruce managed to return Claire's powers to her without the deadly side effects. However, the ordeal left her mind fractured and Claire turned herself in to Arkham Tower to seek psychiatric treatment for her trauma.
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In Detective Comics #1059, by Iceman writer Sina Grace, and artists David Lapham and Trish Mulvihill, Claire returns to the streets of Gotham to reclaim her name as Gotham Girl. Back in the halls of Gotham High, Claire finds that the name ‘Gotham Girl’ is now being exploited for an online gossip magazine, and to
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