Detective Comics #950

Title: Detective Comics #950

Series Identifier: Also found in Detective Comics vol 3 League of Shadows

Format: Comic

Genre:

  • Superheroes

Conversation Topic:

  • Family
  • Feeling alone
  • Finding Oneself/Identity Development
  • Resilience
  • Redemption
  • Working with others

Relatable Experience:

  • Abuse
  • Trauma

Insights:

  • Cassandra grows up in an abusive environment, being raised as a trained assassin.
  • Her primary mode of communication is movement, as she can only speak in short or or two word answers.
  • She watches a ballet dancer to learn how to move less violently, mimicking her movements.
  • Cassandra’s ability to heal some of her trauma through movement and “speaking” a different, less violent language speaks to how trauma at a young age is stored or felt in the body and can be more responsive to treatments using yoga and movement.

Anecdotes:

  • [Share a real experience about using this content or how it helped you or someone you know.]

Link to Content: DETECTIVE COMICS #950 | DC