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Superhero su·per·he·ro  
n. pl. su·per·he·roes
A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime.
? How 'bout super-she-ro? This fall, girls have a new reason to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Gone are the days when Batman was forced to singlehandedly take on the bad guys that plagued Gotham because, this year, Batgirl bat·girl  
n.
A girl who is employed by a baseball team to look after its equipment, especially the bats.
 makes her TV screen debut as Batman's trusty sidekick. Batgirl transforms from Barbara Gordon, a steadfast and willful girl with sass and wit, who meets Batman and becomes inspired to join his crime-fighting squad. Just like Batman must fight his archrivals, Batgirl will have to fight her own enemy, Poison Ivy poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, woody vines and trailing or erect shrubs of the family Anacardiaceae (sumac family), native to North America. . Poison Ivy, or Pamela Isley, was Barbara's new extreme environmentalist environmentalist

a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment.
 friend until a horrible accident changes her from a normal girl into an evil half human/half plant creature. Catch Batgirl as she dukes it out with Poison Ivy on The Batman, which airs Saturday mornings on Kids' WB! at 10:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT. The competition for best superhero is on!
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Title Annotation:Short Stuff; Batgirl makes TV screen debut on "The Batman"
Author:Foster, Carie
Publication:Girls' Life
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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