I know you probably can't say, but I heard you had tried getting Starling in Secret Six and was told no. Could that be because there are plans for her elsewhere? She's my absolute favorite character and I was DEVASTATED when she just up and disappeared. Sh

Okay, here’s the thing.

I have said this many times but shared universes are like  a big round table with a pile of crayons in the middle. Around the table are the creative teams, and they all have a coloring book. We all reach for the colors we want, but sometimes, another writer got that particular crayon first. Or sometimes, someone is doing a picture where they WILL need that crayon and they call dibs. 

It’s not bad, it’s not evil, it’s sort of necessary. We need to prioritize appearances at times, otherwise, it would be very chaotic to write and to read.

So, it is very common that a character won’t be available, and it’s because Geoff Johns wants to use them for something huge, or Scott Snyder is going to give them a big debut in Batman. These are GOOD things. I am happy when a character I like is unavailable because they are getting a big launch somewhere.

So it’s possible, but there is no way to know.

My understanding in the case of Secret Six is that they felt Black Alice had more fans than Starling, and that she provided a greater contrast to the rest of the team.