The Changes That Made Stephanie into Barbara on the Cover of Smallville

I noticed that the “Waffles for Stephanie” campaign on Friday turned up a lot of comments on DC’s Facebook page Friday and quite a few Tweets. So a big round of congrats to the folks who the event together.But alas whatever impact the campaign may someday we now can see the coloring changes have been made to make Stephanie into Barbara on the cover solicits Here are the two covers side by side the original on the left, the new one on the right.

The Nightwing in the first?

Dark hair (which was a wig) and the classic Stephanie Brown eggplant purple.

And now?

The traditional Babs Gordon red hair and the addition of yellow which is highlights the Batgirl costume.

I’m still buying the Smallville comic. The book is good and I get to see a well written Lois and Clark. And Nightwing, despite not being Stephanie, is still a woman. Hey, you takes your wins where you can.