DC Comics Unveils Batgirl's New Look

It looks like Batgirl is going back to her roots. DC Comics is revamping the character with a new creative team and a new costume design featuring a more classic look. As first reported by Polygon, Sean Gordon Murphy designed the new costume, which ditches the current purple-and-yellow color scheme in favor of the more classic blue-and-yellow design.  Check it out!

The series is being written by Mairghread Scott with art by Paul Pelletier and Elena Casagrande. Scott talked about Batgirl's redesign in Polygon: 

This is supposed to be a version of the costume that she was working on when she still lived with her dad. That’s why it looks so much like her original Batgirl: Year One outfit — like, she’s with her dad. She can’t get out back to Burnside, and this is like the emergency. So the version that she was working on [back in the day] that she had stashed here just in case. It helps us with the story a little bit too, because it’s a little less bright — we wanted her to be more stealthy, and we want her to be able to integrate some more tech with the belt.

The new design will allow Batgirl to be more tactical and stealthy. Sounds like she'll need it since she'll soon be  battling a villain named Grotesque, who's making art pieces out of human body parts. Yikes! 

What do you think of the redesign? Any of you planning to Cosplay this? Chime in below in the comments. 

The new costume makes it's debut on the cover of Batgirl #27 which hits comic book stores September 26th.

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Via | Polygon