Part two of the four-part crossover event The Price, which hops back and forth Batman and The Flash`s comic book series through the month of February, hit shelves this week, and it brought with it the return of a newer DC Comics character who hasn`t been around for a while. Gotham Girl, Claire Clover, has made her slightly less-than-triumphant reappearance, and she`s brought with her a whole slew of trouble for Barry Allen and Bruce Wayne. As if things weren`t already complicated enough.Now, there`s a pretty good chance the name Gotham Girl doesn`t sound familiar to you, and if that`s the case, don`t panic. She was first introduced only three years ago in the first arc of Batman`s Rebirth reboot, which you can find in trade paperback format under the title Batman: I Am Gotham. On the surface, her story pretty typical--tragic past, murdered parents, an idolized brother who imparted a need to do good--but that`s where things start to get a little complicated.To bring you up to speed, if you haven`t checked out I Am Gotham, Claire and her brother were inspired to become superheroes in much the same way Bruce Wayne was after losing their parents, only they opted for a much quicker and deadly method, submitting themselves to experiments that gave them metahuman powers that slowly chip away at their bodies and minds with use. Things, unsurprisingly, did not end well--Claire was ultimately the only survivor of their encounter with Batman, and it only got worse from there. Traumatized and manipulated by supervillains, Claire all but broke down and dropped off the map for a while. At least, until now.So what does this have to do with Batman and Flash now? It all plays into the bigger picture The Price is exploring, according to writer Joshua Williamson who spoke with GameSpot earlier this week.`With Claire, it`s a chance to talk about how weird it is to experience tragedies secondhand,` Williamson explained. `Her brother saw their parents murdered, she had to hear about ...
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