Batgirl #31: From Slime to Crime

The issue starts off with Batgirl stopping a slime powered metahuman from snatching a purse. Her mind however is on the problems she has had with her father. Her dad is upset with her as both Barbara and Batgirl for helping Alejo who has smeared him and the GCPD during her campaign. Barbara is volunteering at Alejo’s campaign to keep tabs on her and protect her from Cormorant. The candidate is being protected by Jason Bard who Barbara doesn’t trust at all because of past history.

Cormorant attacks Alejo at her fundraiser and Batgirl confronts him in a violent battle. Cormorant escapes but not before Babs gets some DNA evidence. She soon finds out who he is and stakes out the other candidate, Moore, because she thinks that he is Cormorant’s boss. However Cormorant attacks him too. Cormorant is working for someone who doesn’t want Blackgate prison closed. The two candidates apparently worked on a bill that would make a new prison further from the city. Batgirl and Cormorant battle again and he again makes a getaway.

Alejo announces that she has scheduled herself an interview on a local news station. Bard advises against it. The issue ends with Bard unknowingly in an elevator with Cormorant at the news station.