#learning so much

I love learning things about characters I didn’t know and not just canon stuff but history of publishing and what goes behind the scenes with editorial. Originally Barbara was created for the the tv show to replace the love interest role for Catwoman. They had casted Eartha Kitt as the new Catwoman and since segregation was still happening in certain parts of the country they wanted to cast a white woman to play a love interest so their show could continue to be played in certain states. Catwoman went from love interest to a more villainous role and Barbara was introduced. Instead of being Bruce’s love interest she set herself apart and really shinned on her own to the point that she ended not as the love interest but and icon in her own right. When they made the move to comics there were still comics that paired her with Bruce (they are married in one of them) and in another she briefly dated Clark Kent. She was given a couple of backups and was the reason comics started using The Batfamily. Before she was introduced, Jim Gordon had a son who accompanied him but he was written out. Another son existed that was an older brother to Barbara but was written out as well. Later a younger brother would be added but he comes and goes given the continuity.