Can't wait for her sidekick, Bat-Dildo
"Comic book heroine
Batwoman is to make a comeback as a 'lipstick lesbian' who moonlights as a crime fighter, a DC Comics spokesman has confirmed. Batwoman - real name Kathy Kane - will appear in 52, a year-long
DC Comics publication that began this month,"
it sez here.
"In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who has a romantic history with another 52 character, ex-police detective Renee Montoya.... The series is set in a world in which established superheroes Batman, Superman and
Wonder Woman do not play a part."
Batwoman was "born" in 1956, and killed off in 1979.
From
The World Encyclopedia of Comics: "But during the middle 1950s, many of the original creators [of Batman] left the strip and this ushered in a low-point in the
Batman feature. Saddled with new and outlandish characters like
Bathound, Batwoman,
Batgirl, and
Bat-Mite, and crippled by poor science-fiction scripts about monsters, robots, aliens, time travel and crackpots, Batman quickly slumped in sales and popularity."
Well then, Batwoman sure sounds like a winner!
A bunch of DC characters have also been reinvented. The white
Blue Beetle is now Mexican;
Firestorm is black;
The Atom is Asian. Who the heck are they, you ask? Well, it's not like
Supes can go black. That's a major character, mon. People would
notice.