Barbara Gordon is Commissioner Gordon's daughter, and the most famous iteration of Batgirl. But ever since she was paralyzed in Alan Moore's famous story The Killing Joke Barbara's been kicking ass in of a different kind. Since 1989 she's been Oracle, a powerful information broker for Gotham's heroes and a loyal ally of Batman's.
I don't know how I feel about Barbara going back to being Batgirl. Sure, it might be cool for her to be fighting crime again without being confined to a wheelchair, but there really aren't many heroes like Oracle.
My little brother's been replaying Arkham Asylum again, and I had forgotten that Oracle is in the game. You're talking to her all the time. She gives Batman all the information he needs to progress. She's important. Batgirl is significant, and lots of fun, but Oracle is important.
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I'm likewise conflicted about the how I feel towards the change to this character. She's been Oracle ever since I got into reading DC Comics during Grant Morrison's run on JLA were she was an indispensable member of the team.
I think Adam Hughes said it best:
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