Comic Title: Batgirl Special #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: March 22, 1988 Shipping Date March 22, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #2

Shipping Date March 22, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137

Newsstand Date April 14, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137

Copyright Date March 22, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "The Last Batgirl Story"
Pages: 38

Feature(s):
Batgirl (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)
Penciller: Barry Kitson
Inker: Bruce D. Patterson
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Batgirl:A Celebration of 50 Years HC (2017)
Batgirl:The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batgirl (last appearance in Secret Origins #20; next appearance in Batman:The Killing Joke #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Marcy (last appearance in Secret Origins #20; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Cormorant (Edward Wells; a contract killer; first post-Crisis appearance; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Slash (a female vigilante; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #420; next appearance in Batman #422)
• Nightwing (last appearance in New Teen Titans #44; next appearance in New Teen Titans #45)
• Flash (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Flash #18; next appearance in Secret Origins Annual #2)
• Green Lantern (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Green Lantern Corps #224; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #601)
• Superman (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #441; next appearance in Superman #19)

Other Character(s)

• Pat, Stella, Roger, Althea, and Emma (library employees; no further appearances)
• David Joseph Scarano (a murder victim; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Mrs. Wells (Cormorant's wife; no further appearances)
• Mr. Iverson and Anthony Caterino (murdered criminals; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Captain Walker and several police officers (no further appearances)
• Hugh Tyson (a reporter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When a man is murdered in the Gotham City public library, Barbara Gordon suspects that her old foe Cormorant is responsible. Four years earlier the assassin shot and nearly killed her. While Batgirl investigates Cormorant, a female killer dubbed Slash by the media has been killing violent men who have thwarted justice.

Barbara soon receives a visit from her childhood friend Marcy who recently lost her husband in an accident. Marcy knows that Barbara is Batgirl since they shared their childhood fantasies. Marcy tries to convince Barbara to give up her costumed identity. Barbara begins to doubt whether she wants to continue especially since other heroes are capable of curbing the street crime.

Despite her doubts, Batgirl continues working the Cormorant case. She confronts the assassin in his home, but he holds her at gunpoint. Cormorant's abused wife has called in Slash for help and a battle between the three begins. Slash kills Cormorant, but is shot and critically injured in the process. After Batgirl watches Slash being taken to the hospital she returns home to tell Marcy that this was her last case.