not every bird in the bat family is a
Robin welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we will explore the comic book origins
of bluebird bluebirds origins took place
across several issues and weren’t always
told in a chronological linear fashion
we have chosen to primarily follow the
storyline which unfolded in 2012 s
Batman number 7 and 12 2013 s Batman
number 18 2014 Batman number 28 and 2015
s Batman eternal number 41 and 42 like
Batman’s other sidekicks Bluebird
doesn’t possess any superpowers however
she is enormous ly skilled in knowledge
concerning electricity and electronics
and makes use of that knowledge in her
work unlike most other Robins however
Bluebird carries a gun in her every day
identity Bluebird was a teenager with a
knack for electronics named Harper Row
who lived with her brother Cullen in the
Gotham slum known as the Narrows her
story began when in exchange for an
electrical problem that she fixed she
was given a ticket to a party being held
by the Wayne foundation
she was reluctant to go and leave Cullen
who was frequently bullied for being gay
by neighborhood toughs while Harper was
at the gala Cullen was attacked and a
homophobic slur was cut into his hair
Harper showed her solidarity by cutting
her hair in the same way and by using a
homemade Taser on the punks that beat up
Cullen unfortunately they outnumbered
her and things looked grim until Batman
intervened obsessed now with Batman
Harper figured out that he had a special
private electrical grid that bypassed to
the official Gotham City one she also
saw that one of his electrical hubs had
just gone offline which she took as a
bad sign
racing into the sewer where the hub was
located she found Batman fighting the
villain tiger shark on a boat she picks
to the electric hub then diverted the
water away to help Batman
later though she learned that fixing the
hub had spoiled part of Batman’s plan
and he wanted her to stop interfering
Harper couldn’t just do that she kept
following Batman’s whereabouts popping
up to shock him back to life after he
had been killed once for example later
she could tell that Batman was behaving
erratically and dangerously unbeknownst
to her this was because of the death of
his son Damian he was pushing himself
too hard and running the risk of getting
himself killed
she confronted him about this but he
didn’t listen Harper then went to Bruce
Wayne in order to convince him to
touched by her persistence Batman aka
Bruce Wayne came around to seeing that
he did have to take care of himself
or else Gotham would lose its protector
some time later after meeting Batman’s
sidekick Red Robin
Harper accompanied him Batgirl and Red
Hood on a dangerous mission to stop the
Mad Hatter Hatter was taking over the
minds of all the children and teenagers
in Gotham via nanotechnology donning her
blue bird costume for the first time and
protected by a special anti nano shield
that she had developed she succeeded in
stopping the Mad Hatter having proven
herself blue bird eventually became an
official partner of Batman on her first
mission
she helped infiltrate Catwoman’s lair
then assisted Batman in breaking through
Catwoman’s goons to find the villainous
herself Blue Bird holds the distinction
of being the first new addition to the
Batman family of crime fighters since DC
relaunched its entire universe in 2011’s
new 52 as such there’s still a lot that
we don’t know about blue bird but Harper
Row has demonstrated that she has more
than enough of what it takes to be a
fascinating superhero are you a fan of
the seriously self-confident blue bird
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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Robin welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we will explore the comic book origins
of bluebird bluebirds origins took place
across several issues and weren’t always
told in a chronological linear fashion
we have chosen to primarily follow the
storyline which unfolded in 2012 s
Batman number 7 and 12 2013 s Batman
number 18 2014 Batman number 28 and 2015
s Batman eternal number 41 and 42 like
Batman’s other sidekicks Bluebird
doesn’t possess any superpowers however
she is enormous ly skilled in knowledge
concerning electricity and electronics
and makes use of that knowledge in her
work unlike most other Robins however
Bluebird carries a gun in her every day
identity Bluebird was a teenager with a
knack for electronics named Harper Row
who lived with her brother Cullen in the
Gotham slum known as the Narrows her
story began when in exchange for an
electrical problem that she fixed she
was given a ticket to a party being held
by the Wayne foundation
she was reluctant to go and leave Cullen
who was frequently bullied for being gay
by neighborhood toughs while Harper was
at the gala Cullen was attacked and a
homophobic slur was cut into his hair
Harper showed her solidarity by cutting
her hair in the same way and by using a
homemade Taser on the punks that beat up
Cullen unfortunately they outnumbered
her and things looked grim until Batman
intervened obsessed now with Batman
Harper figured out that he had a special
private electrical grid that bypassed to
the official Gotham City one she also
saw that one of his electrical hubs had
just gone offline which she took as a
bad sign
racing into the sewer where the hub was
located she found Batman fighting the
villain tiger shark on a boat she picks
to the electric hub then diverted the
water away to help Batman
later though she learned that fixing the
hub had spoiled part of Batman’s plan
and he wanted her to stop interfering
Harper couldn’t just do that she kept
following Batman’s whereabouts popping
up to shock him back to life after he
had been killed once for example later
she could tell that Batman was behaving
erratically and dangerously unbeknownst
to her this was because of the death of
his son Damian he was pushing himself
too hard and running the risk of getting
himself killed
she confronted him about this but he
didn’t listen Harper then went to Bruce
Wayne in order to convince him to
touched by her persistence Batman aka
Bruce Wayne came around to seeing that
he did have to take care of himself
or else Gotham would lose its protector
some time later after meeting Batman’s
sidekick Red Robin
Harper accompanied him Batgirl and Red
Hood on a dangerous mission to stop the
Mad Hatter Hatter was taking over the
minds of all the children and teenagers
in Gotham via nanotechnology donning her
blue bird costume for the first time and
protected by a special anti nano shield
that she had developed she succeeded in
stopping the Mad Hatter having proven
herself blue bird eventually became an
official partner of Batman on her first
mission
she helped infiltrate Catwoman’s lair
then assisted Batman in breaking through
Catwoman’s goons to find the villainous
herself Blue Bird holds the distinction
of being the first new addition to the
Batman family of crime fighters since DC
relaunched its entire universe in 2011’s
new 52 as such there’s still a lot that
we don’t know about blue bird but Harper
Row has demonstrated that she has more
than enough of what it takes to be a
fascinating superhero are you a fan of
the seriously self-confident blue bird
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
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