9 9 4 ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁story ▁where ▁the ▁title ▁character ▁disco vers ▁his ▁girl friend ' s ▁m util ated ▁body ▁in ▁his ▁re fr iger ator . ▁Sim one ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁gender ▁difference ▁regarding ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁Bat man ▁and ▁Bat g irl ▁regarding ▁par al ysis ▁by ▁stating ▁that ▁"[ b ] oth ▁had ▁their ▁back s ▁broken ▁[ B at man ▁broke ▁his ▁in ▁a ▁dram atic ▁Bat ca ve ▁confront ation ▁with ▁the ▁villa in ▁B ane ; ▁Bat g irl ▁broke ▁hers ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁amb ushed ▁in ▁her ▁home ▁and ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁sp ine ▁by ▁the ▁J oker , ▁never ▁given ▁a ▁chance ▁to ▁fight ]. ▁Less ▁than ▁a ▁year ▁later , ▁Bat man ▁was ▁fine . ▁Bat g irl — now ▁named ▁Oracle — was ▁in ▁a ▁wheel ch air ▁and ▁remained ▁so ▁for ▁many ▁years ." ▁ ▁In ▁Super h ero es ▁and ▁Super egos : ▁Anal yz ing ▁the ▁M inds ▁Be hind ▁the ▁M ask s ▁( 2 0 1 0 ), ▁author ▁Sh aron ▁Pack er ▁wrote ▁that ▁"[ a ] ny one ▁who ▁feels ▁that ▁femin ist ▁critics ▁over react ed ▁to ▁[ G ordon ' s ] ▁accident ▁is ▁ad vised ▁to ▁consult ▁the ▁source ▁material ", ▁calling ▁the ▁work ▁" s ad istic ▁to ▁the ▁core ". ▁ ▁Brian ▁C ron in ▁noted ▁that ▁"[ many ] ▁readers ▁felt ▁the ▁violence ▁towards ▁Barbara ▁Gordon ▁was ▁too ▁much , ▁and ▁even ▁Moore , ▁in ▁ret ros pect