Batgirl #6 - DC

This is always a fun issue to read. Well . . fun . . considering the child/parent issues that they're dealing with. Anyways, at the end of last issue Cassie finally catches up to Cain. But since he's here to kill Oracle . . will she be on time? Of course she will. He does get a shot off at the building, but all it really does is alert Babs and Misfit as to what going on outside . . across the street, on top of the building, in the rain. I think the thing I liked best about this particular issue was the way Cassie was thinking about things. Personally, I think that Bruce knew what she was up to all along. But, it wasn't going to fix the issues she's dealing with if he was to stop her, or jump in and help her fix it. This was something she had to deal with, and she was going to have to deal with it sooner or later. So, since the ball was already rolling, I think Bruce decided to just let it play out and see if his faith in her was justified. Anyways, Cassie goes into it deciding that he wasn't going to let Cain get into her head. That's always how he beats her . . getting into her head and making her doubt herself . . her worth. But this time she prepares herself mentally, and during the course of their conversation . . actually, his berating of her . . she turns the whole conversation back on him. Everything that he's claiming that she's done . . he's actually doing it himself. In the end she ends up tossing him over the side of the building. The real test comes though when he's hanging from the edge. She can either step on his fingers, knocking him off, or she can extend a hand and save him. She contemplates it for a few moments, but eventually . . . leaps to extend the hand. She misses. However, Batman and Robin are waiting on the ledge below. "After all Cain's done to you, the fact that you moved at all is impressive. You didn't kill him and you could have. After everything, you tried to help. You're free of the worst things he taught you."And then Batman drops the bombshell on her. " . . . it's your choice. And so is this . . . something I should've done a long time ago . . if you'll let me, when we get back to Gotham . . . I'd like to start adoption proceedings. You're one of us, Cassandra. You always have been, and I'm sorry I didn't let you know it sooner. Now I just want to make sure . . . you'll always have a real family . . as long as I'm around." However, I don't think he knows the irony of the last part of that statement. Plus the fact that now, Bruce Wayne playboy billionaire, is going to have 3 wards . . . or, children. That's pretty ironic in and of itself. I'm not sure how all of this is going to play out. It may change a bit with the RIP and Last Rites story-line, but . . I guess we'll just have to wait and see. This was also part of Dick's and Cassie's conversation at the end of the last Outsiders issue. It was kind of Dick's way of letting her know that he also accepted her as family. Overall, very moving. I think Adam Beechen and J Calafiore did a fantastic job with this series. Cassie is a great character and they've taken her to a new point in her life. It's up to her where she goes from here . . . metaphorically.