Yvonne Craig, TV’s Batgirl, Dead at 78

As dynamic as the Dynamic Duo was, Batman and Robin always seemed to be getting into jams they couldn't find their way out of on ABC in the 1960s. 

And, in their show's third and final season, the Caped Crusaders often found rescue from an unlikely superhero: Batgirl, Commissioner Gordon's daughter and a Batman devotee who proved ready to lend a "Sock!" or "Kapow!" in any melee with the Joker, the Penguin or Catwoman. 

Fifty years ago, this was feminism — of a sort. Batgirl often saved the day, but seemed slightly resented.(keep reading)