Batgirl Vol. 8: The Joker War - by Cecil Castellucci (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"After the disastrous dust-up with Oracle, Batgirl needs to regroup. Yet The Maker has come to Gotham to claim a prize from his past, and Batgirl must return to super-heroism and stop him before she loses herself in the grip of his twisted tales. Meanwhile, Gotham City lies in ruins after the events of 'City of Bane.' As Barbara Gordon's friends and neighbors try to rebuild their homes, she faces a conflict she can't win with her fists: 'who really owns Gotham?'"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Stop me if you've heard this one--<br>Knock, knock...</b> <p/>...Who's there? Why, it's none other than the Clown Prince of Crime himself, the Joker. As the Joker War wreaks havoc all over Gotham, the Joker almost has control of Wayne Enterprises, and Batgirl has something he needs...So the Joker makes a special visit to Barbara Gordon's apartment to get it himself. <p/>Then, a mysterious murderer is running around Gotham killing redheaded women and dressing them up as Batgirl. Both Barbara's father, Jim Gordon, and her estranged brother, James Gordon Jr., think she's next, and they have to work together to find the killer before Barbara becomes a victim! <p/>Barbara has trouble trusting her brother, though, after the history he has with the rest of the Gordon family...But this time, she can't help but notice there's something different about him...almost like he's someone else... <p/>Award-winning writer CECIL CASTELLUCCI (<i>Female Furies</i>) and artist CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO (<i>The Flash</i>) and ROBBI RODRIGUEZ (<i>Spider-Gwen</i>, <i>Goddess Mode</i>) bring the Batgirl epic and heartbreaking Gordon family reunion to a conclusion in <i>Batgirl: The Joker War</i>. Collects <i>Batgirl</i> #45-50.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Cecil Castellucci is the award-winning and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of books and graphic novels for young adults including <i>Shade, the Changing Girl</i>, <i>Boy Proof</i>, <i>The Plain Janes</i>, <i>Soupy Leaves Home</i>, <i>The Year of the Beasts</i>, <i>Tin Star</i>, and <i>Odd Duck</i>. In 2015 she co-authored <i>Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure</i>. She is currently writing <i>Female Furies </i>for DC Comics. Her short stories and short comics have been published in <i>Strange Horizons</i>, tor.com, <i>Womanthology</i>, <i>Star Trek: Waypoint</i>, <i>Vertigo Quarterly SFX: Slam!</i>, and many other anthologies. In a former life, she was known as Cecil Seaskull in the '90s indie band Nerdy Girl. She has written two opera librettos, <i>Les Aventures de Madame Merveille</i> (world premiere in 2010) and <i>Hockey Noir: The Opera</i> (world premiere 2018). She is the former children's correspondence coordinator for the Rumpus, a two-time MacDowell Fellow, and the founding YA editor at the <i>L.A. Review of Books</i>. She lives in Los Angeles.
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