Figure - The most iconic version of this hero appeared in the 1966 TV series "Batman", played by Yvonne Craig, and was incorporated into the comics in 1967 due to the success of the series and the character's charisma. Batgirl is Barbara Gordon, a cheerful female version of Batman, inspired by the Dark Knight and her father, Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon. In 1988, Barbara became paralyzed after being shot by the Joker in Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's classic graphic novel "The Killing Joke", and then began fighting crime as the hacker "Oracle", an extremely knowledgeable, information-assistant to all the other DC Universe heroes.