The character of Barbara Gordon, who became the enduring Batgirl, was brought with the aid of author Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino. She made her debut in Detective Comics 359, published in January 1967. Barbara turned into created to draw a female target market to the Batman series and to serve as a strong girl counterpart to Batman and Robin.

In her debut story, titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl," Barbara Gordon is portrayed because the daughter (later revised to niece/adoptive daughter) of Gotham City's Police Commissioner James Gordon. Barbara, a librarian by way of career, attends a masquerade ball dressed as a female model of Batman. During the occasion, she unexpectedly finds herself in the center of a kidnapping strive on Bruce Wayne via the villainous Killer Moth.

Using her short questioning and self-defense competencies, Barbara manages to thwart the abduction, as a result marking her first appearance as Batgirl. Impressed via her braveness and abilties, Batman and Robin understand her capacity and welcome her as an ally in their fight towards crime. Barbara comes to a decision to keep her vigilante activities under the Batgirl character, balancing her crime-combating duties with her daylight hours task.

-Barbara Gordon/Batgirl:The protagonist, a librarian who takes at the mantle of Batgirl to fight crime along Batman and Robin.

James Gordon: Gotham City's Police Commissioner and Barbara's father (later revised to uncle/adoptive father), who's blind to her secret identification.

Batman/Bruce Wayne: The famed vigilante of Gotham City who will become an ally and mentor to Barbara.

Robin/Dick Grayson: Batman's sidekick who assists and helps Barbara in her new position.

Killer Moth: The number one antagonist of the debut tale, whose criminal sports convey Batgirl into motion for the first time.

This storyline effectively set the degree for Barbara Gordon to emerge as the enduring and iconic Batgirl, a role she has been maximum famously related to within the DC Comics universe.