Reviewing a comic like this is more of a review of the character than the story. Is the new Batgirl a viable addition to the Bat family? I say yes, most definetely.
Cassandra Cain is a martial arts master who can only speak a few words. Her adopted father raised her without teaching her language, so that the parts of her brain that command understanding kinesthetics would compensate and she would be able to "read" body language. This makes her a world class martial artist.
In really, this would leave some hopelessly screwed up (see: City of Glass by Paul Auster). Cass seems to be a functioning person, albeit a mute one. We learn she has killed before, which is the ultimate no-no in Batman's world. At the end of the story, as a gunman faces her, with another enemy behind her, she charges the gunman head on to avoid him accidentally hitting the other bad guy standing behind her, which might happen if she jumped away. This earns her Batman's respect, and is admittedly pretty bad ass.
The character? Promising. Visually, the cartoony style leaves her as a dark little ninja elf striking throughout the city. The stories themselves are ok. Rating is 5 out of 10 Batgirls.
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