Cassandra Cain

Cassandra Cain
Artwork for the cover of Batgirl: A Knight Alone trade paperback; art by Damion Scott.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	as Cassandra: Batman #567 (July 1999) as Batgirl: Legends of the Dark Knight #120 (August 1999) as Black Bat: Batman, Inc. #6 (May 2011) as Orphan: "Batman and Robin Eternal" #26 (May 2016)
Created by	Kelley Puckett (writer) Damion Scott (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Cassandra Cain
Team affiliations	Batman Family Young Justice Justice League Elite League of Assassins Titans East Outsiders Batman Incorporated
Notable aliases	Kasumi, One Who Is All, the Nothing, Cassandra Wayne, Black Bat, Orphan
Abilities	Grandmaster martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant Able to read body language and anticipate opponents' actions

Cassandra Cain (also known as Cassandra Wayne) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott, Cassandra Cain first appeared in Batman #567 (July 1999). The character is one of several who have assumed the role of Batgirl, and Cassandra Cain goes by the name of Orphan in current DC Comics continuity.

Cassandra's origin story presents her as the daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva. She was deprived of speech and human contact during her childhood as conditioning to become the world's greatest assassin. Consequently, Cassandra grew up to become an expert martial artist while simultaneously remaining mute, developing very limited social skills, and being illiterate. Cassandra first appeared in Batman #567 (July 1999) and was created by Kelley Puckett, Damion Scott (artist), and Jordan B. Gorfinkel (though it was Alex Maleev who designed her costume). Cassandra was the first Batgirl to star in her own ongoing Batgirl comic book series; a Eurasian character who was replaced as Batgirl by Stephanie Brown in a 2009 storyline. She returned in late 2010, where she was shown working as an anonymous agent of Batman in Hong Kong before adopting the new moniker of Black Bat.

She returned to mainstream continuity after the company-wide reboot in the October 2015 Batman and Robin Eternal and assumed the code name Orphan after the death of her father David Cain who originally used the code name.