Cassandra Cain

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Cassandra Cain is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott, Cassandra Cain first appeared in Batman #567 (July 1999). Commonly associated with the superhero Batman, Cassandra is one of the several characters who has assumed the role of Batgirl. Over the years, she has also assumed the names of Black Bat and Orphan. Originally the first character to star in an ongoing Batgirl comic book series, she is later replaced by Stephanie Brown in 2009. Later absent following the New 52 reboot, she later was brought back in Batman & Robin Eternal (using the code name Orphan) with a new background until her full history was restored in 2021 following the Infinite Frontier relaunch. Her origin story presents her as the daughter of world-class assassins, David Cain and Lady Shiva, abused and raised by the former in an unusual conditioning by depriving her of speech and human contact during her childhood, supplementing combative...

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