“Batwoman” has been supposedly on the cusp of being released for, literally, years. Introduced in “52″, she keeps getting stiffed: she was the lead in “Detective” for a year, she was supposed to join the Justice League and then that fell apart, and she was supposed to get her ongoing years ago, and that never happened because DC was worried that Fox News would run with the “Batwoman is a lesbian” thing and “The Dark Knight” would only make $300 million in the US instead of $400 million, because the senior citizens who watch Fox News obviously make a major moviegoing demographic (not).
Which is too bad, since Greg Rucka obviously loves the character, but, as we all know, he quit DC because, among other things, they wouldn’t release “Batwoman”. J.H. Williams was going to take over the ongoing, which was going to start in April, aaaaaaand now it’s delayed indefinitely.
What’s going on here? I can offer only guesses, but I’d say without Rucka, DC doesn’t want the controversy. DC has a tendency to reboot characters to insert diversity, with wildly inconsistent results. So, if they launch a book with a gay character, they probably think they’re screwed: if it sells, the anti-gay contingent will scream about America’s compromised morals and write nasty letters, and if it bombs, they’ll never hear the end of it.
Personally? Come on guys. Pull the damn trigger. If you can put out crap like “Trinity”, Batwoman deserves her shot.
[ via the Jewish lesbian ninjas at The Mary Sue ]
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I’m a DC guy all the way, but I can’t believe how much they’ve dicked around with Batwoman. Them shying away from the controversy is surprising considering that when she was introduced years ago, they announced the lesbian part literally before anything else. Seriously, Dan Dido announced a gay character was coming (*cough*) without even saying who it was. I was all set to condemn her as a publicity stunt, but damn did Rucka do wonders with her. That guy knows how to write. I get the feeling that he was the only one interested in building her as a character, and the higher ups just wanted the headlines of “ZOMG BATGIRL IS A GAY NOW”. When that (shockingly) didn’t translate into long-term sales her character fell to the backburner (to be fair, do we really another Bat character?) and with Rucka gone, no one care enough to do anything with her.
God damn I have too much free time at work.
No, Larry. I think you don’t have nearly enough free time at work.