"50 Tales for 50 Years: A Celebration of Barbara Gordon" - 2014: Older Wounds: In the mainstream continuity of Batman comics since Batgirl's debut in Detective Comics 359, the dynamic between Bruce Wayne and Commissioner Gordon's daughter has been platonic. However, in other alternate timelines, such as the animated Batman Beyond television universe created by Bruce Timm and even the extended comic book universe of this future Gotham, it is shown that Bruce and Barbara have had a romantic companionship. In the Batman Beyond comic universe, both Bruce and Barbara's dynamic and the falling out between Dick Grayson and Batman are explored in @KyledHiggins and Alec Siegel's Batman Beyond 2.0 issue 28, illustrated by Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur and Craig Rousseau. As part of the Mark of the Phantasm arc, Terry McGinnis is told about the time when Dick Grayson returns from Bludhaven to Gotham City and the romantic flame between him and Babs reignites. Come to Barbara's surprise, however, she is 7 weeks pregnant but it can't be Grayson's child; he has only been back to Gotham for 3 weeks. Barbara visits Bruce in the Batcave who asks why she hasn't been around for a while. Barbara tells Bruce she's pregnant with his child with his reaction being he wants to stay out of breaking the news to Dick. This quickly changes when Bruce talks to Dick anyway, confesses that while he was gone from Gotham he had an affair with Barbara and now she's pregnant. Enraged and hurt, as Dick gets into a fist fight with Bruce, Barbara is in an alley trying to stop a mugging when she gets hit in the stomach and falls to the ground, ending in her losing the baby by miscarriage. In an interview with DC Comics after this story originally was released, Higgins stated "From Barbara’s standpoint, it’s like trying to date your ex-boyfriend’s brother. Or, from Bruce’s standpoint, your brother’s ex-girlfriend. It’s not exactly a healthy move. Of course, that’s what makes it so interesting." ✌🏼💜💛📖🎨🎉
