I like DC characters; I just hate DC: Oh my god
Sudden realization.
When I heard that Cass’s Batgirl series was going to be cancelled so they could bring in Batwoman, I thought it was the weirdest thing ever. Kate and Cass are really very different chars with different costumes and different appearances
But I just realized.
1. I’ve heard…
The thing about Steph and Cass not being allowed back, I don’t get at all, and it makes me sad. However, recent interviews I’ve read seem at least to be entertaining the possibility of their return, so I have my fingers crossed.
I hope this helps, dp!
It was Paul Dini who wanted to put Babs in the Batwoman costume. He proposed an idea where she used the lazarus pit to regain her ability to walk but at the same time it, but at a cost where she became a compromised hero….vampiric. Alex Ross mentions this story in his book Rough Justice for his redesign, when they pitched the idea, but then says that there were already plans to bring Batwoman back and the design went thataway.
Ah, that makes sense. Okay, well, here’s part of the problem, an idea pitched by a writer becomes an edict from the higher-ups, it’s like a game of telephone.
A hundred ideas are pitched each week at Marvel and DC, maybe more, and most never come to fruition. I’ve spoken with Paul a hundred times, he never mentioned this once.
If it ever made it up the chain at DC, which seems unlikely, it never filtered down to me, and I was the main writer of Barbara at the time.
I still think the BASIC theory DP offers could be true, they could have been looking for a reason to bring Barbara back to the cowl for a long time. But Cass’ book being cancelled for Babs to take over, that definitely is incorrect.
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