Top 5 Dead or Alive: Cassandra Cain (Batman)

SPOILERS: as of Batgirl: Futures End DA GAWD CASSANDRA CAIN IS BACK (it literally does not matter that it is a hypothetical future, SHE IS IN PRINT, DAMN IT). To celebrate the return of my favorite DC Comics character of all time I’m going to remind everyone why there is no member of the infamous Bat clan greater than Cass/Batgirl/Blackbat and there never will be. Ever. No exceptions. So here’s a tidy little list to help:   1.) There is Actually Nothing That Can Stop Her Short of a Crappy Plot Not Barbara Gordon.

Not Superboy.

Not Lady Shiva.

Not the Goddamn Batman himself. TOO SLOW, BROOSE   She is your fave’s fave, bruh. Still don’t believe me? Check out this very canon moment in just her early career.

She is literally dodging bullets because she can read people’s movements like a book— before they even think about it— and she’s been doing this since birth.  She’s not even a metahuman and she is on some Matrix-level abilities. What exactly do you say to that except to bow down at this greatness?   2.) That Representation Goodness Remember that time that DC Comics used to have so many mixed kid superheroes running around? Those were the days. Cass is half David Cain, one of the world’s top assassins and one of Bruce Wayne’s teachers, and half Lady Shiva, more or less the human incarnation of every single martial arts style you could think of. So yeah, you could say she’s got good genes to boot. Literally no one knows the answer to that question and yes…