Old wounds and an old foe resurface in our preview of this week's Batgirl #26.

Writer Mairghread Scott teams up with artist Paul Pelletier to reintroduce the aptly named Grotesque, who's poised to turn Barbara Gordon's world completely upside-down. Can she overcome his unique brand of "art?"

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Check out the issue’s solicitation text and CBR’s exclusive preview below:

BATGIRL #26

  • MAIRGHREAD SCOTT (W) • PAUL PELLETIER (A)
  • Cover by SEAN MURPHY, MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
  • Variant Cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON
  • “Art of the Crime” part one. During a high-speed chase with murderous art thief Grotesque, the villain K.O.’s Batgirl with a souped-up stun gun that temporarily fries the device implanted in her spine. (That thing that helps her, you know, walk and be Batgirl?) Babs finds herself in for a whole new world of hurt now that old wounds have been opened up—and so does Grotesque.
  • 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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