[LM_NET] graphic novel: New Batwoman

[Raynette Schulte <rschulte@WATERTOWNSD.US>]

I'm curious to hear if others will purchase these new graphic novels coming out.  I 
have mixed feelings, mostly because I hate it when they kill someone off, and then 
they come back alive!  What are other's thoughts?

New Batwoman is a lesbian
Editor: 'We decided to give her a different point of view' 

 
The new Batwoman is "a more unique personality than others in the Bat-family," says 
a DC Comics editor.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Years after she first emerged from the Batcave, Batwoman is coming 
out of the closet.
DC Comics is resurrecting the classic comic book character as a lesbian, unveiling 
the new Batwoman in July as part of an ongoing weekly series that began this year. 
The 5-foot-10 superhero comes with flowing red hair, knee-high red boots with 
spiked heels, and a form-fitting black outfit.

"We decided to give her a different point of view," explained Dan DiDio, vice 
president and executive editor at DC. "We wanted to make her a more unique 
personality than others in the Bat-family. That's one of the reasons we went in 
this direction."

(DC Comics, like CNN, is a division of Time Warner.)

The original Batwoman was started in 1956, and killed off in 1979. The new 
character will share the same name as her original alter ego, Kathy Kane. And the 
new Batwoman arrives with ties to others in the Gotham City world.



Raynette Schulte
Young Adult Librarian
Watertown Regional Library
Watertown, SD
rschulte@watertownsd.us

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