Four years ago, Barbara Gordon was an exceptional student, an exceptional achiever, and the daughter of an exceptional man. While every girl fantasized about her father as a white knight, Barbara's was a real one. James Gordon was the police commissioner. Since her mother had left, Jim had raised his daughter and son, James, Jr., alone. Strange to note, they all had a sort of obsession with the darker side of life. Barbara's obsession had manifested itself in her studies, as she enrolled in an introductory course in Criminology.