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  • In #934, Batman sneaks into Kate's apartment so he can discuss his new "Bat-camp" idea with her. She not only notices him in the shadows, but snatches him and throws him halfway across her apartment. Over her head. Yeah, Batwoman's kind of a beast.
  • Issue #936:
    • Cass engages group of Colony soldiers on the roof of the Belfry. She leaves four of them unconscious and makes a Dynamic Entry by busting a fifth one through the Belfry's windows and landing on him. Her costume gets a bit ripped and scuffed, but she's otherwise fine.
    • The team escapes the Belfry by having Clayface seal them all inside himself and drop through a large escape hatch. It's coupled with a Badass Boast from Batwoman, addressed to the Colony's leader:
    Batwoman: I trusted you, Dad. I brought you here to show you the kind of leader I've become. Now you're gonna have to learn the hard way.
  • Issue #937:
    • Batman keeps a smoke bomb hidden in a false tooth, because of course he does. He uses it to distract his captors and escape a fairly complex-looking restraint system, all in apparently a few seconds.
    • The rest of the team just shows up (literally hopping out of the wall, which Clayface was masquerading as for the entire conversation) in the Colony's secret base, much to the shock of their commander.
    • It ends on a cliffhanger, with Batwoman leading the entire team into battle, screaming "ATTACK!" at the top of her lungs.
  • After a flashback, issue #938 picks up from where the previous issue left off... and it's the Bat-team completely wrecking the Colony's shit as they fight their way toward the exit. Every member of the team gets a moment to shine, and it's incredibly satisfying.
    • Two panels early in the fight perfectly sum up Batman and Batwoman's relationship:
    Batman: You shouldn't have brought them here.
    Batwoman: With all due respect, sir...
    [Punches out a Colony soldier]
    Batwoman: Shut up.
    • After Stephanie notes that the Colony is congregating their forces on the upper level in order to block their escape, Kate suggests sending "the muscle" to deal with it. Cut to the soldiers on the upper level:
    Colony soldier: Sir, the elevator just came back on line... Someone is coming up from the lower levels.
    Colony officer: Stand your ground. They're attempting to escape.
    [The doors open to reveal Cassandra, alone.]
    Colony soldier: Heh. They sent you to fight all of us?
  • Issue #940:
    • Batwoman manages to board the Colony's airship and make it to the bridge without raising any alarm, which includes neutralizing at least three soldiers while on the bridge itself.
    • The Colony's already awesome airship has an extraterrestrial teleporter].
    • Batwoman beats the everloving hell out of the Colony's commander. Well-intentioned or not, after all the crap her dad has put her through, it's incredibly satisfying, if also a bit sad.
  • Issue #941:
    • Clayface saves some citizens from a falling piece of building, even though he's tired and having trouble focusing due to being split up.
    • Gotham Girl tears through a load of monsters at Blackgate Penitentiary.
    • Batman and Batwoman restrain a full-size kaiju with just two superpowered motorcycles and some cable.
  • Issue #944:
    • Luke's suit-up sequence.
    • Tim created a literal "Dark Knights of Round Table" that pops out of the Belfry's floor, complete with matching logos for seating; apparently Luke was the first to find it.
  • Issue 946:
    • The First Victim proves to be a capable hand-to-hand combatant, able to keep pace with Batman himself. Madame Crow is also impressive to a somewhat lesser extent; she doesn't land any blows while fighting Batwoman, but does demonstrate some fighting skills before being knocked out.
    • The rest of the team takes out the other Victims in cool ways, too. Clayface neutralizes Mudface through trickery, Cass does the same to the Mute by way of stealth, and Batwing busts through a window while curing Mr. Noxious with a nanobot spray.
  • Issue #955:
    • Kate, Luke, and Jean-Paul are stripped naked and chained to a nuke while also suffering from blood loss, and yet remain lucid and relatively calm in the face of certain death. Made of Iron and Nerves of Steel, all three of them.
    • Cass spends a big chunk of the issue utterly decimating waves of League of Shadows ninjas, and doing so completely nonlethally.
    • Cass also accepts that not being a ruthless killer like her parents is not only who she truly is, but doesn't make her worthless. This is capped by her desiring to be called by her real name instead of a codename.
    • Cass's rescue of the rest of the Belfry team, which, despite having serious injuries or impairments, gives them all a Heroic Second Wind.
  • Batwoman and Orphan vs a possessed Azrael in issue #961. Not only is it a hard-hitting brawl of a fight, it's also a nice payoff to Cass's thoughts about Kate in issue #950, and how she wanted to learn as much as possible from her; the fight shows how well the two cooperate in combat.
  • Issue #968: Batman, Nightwing, Red Hood and Damian using Bat-themed fighter jets to assault the Belfry.
  • Issue #974: Cassandra ripping Batwoman's symbol clean off her armored suit after Kate killed Clayface is pretty impressive, regardless of which side one falls on about said issue.
  • Issue #975: Barbara rips into Bruce for the way he opted to use Tim's plan just so he could mold Batwoman the way he wanted her.
  • In issue #976, Batwoman leads a five-man team, including Batwing and Azrael, to apprehend four Talons, which none of those three had ever faced before. The mission is not only a success, it goes without any of the strike team getting a scratch on them.
  • In issue #980, Brother Eye attempts to break Stephanie and Cassandra by showing them their pre-Flashpoint selves as Batgirls and the bonds they made, telling them that this Bruce would never accept them. Instead, it gives them hope and the time Stephanie needed to hack into Eye. Then, she counters with a Badass Boast of her own.

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