Rucka said of DiDio's involvement, 'He has positively backed this thing from the start, and the number of hits he's taken on this, we've lost count.' When the Battle for the Cowl story was published, DC editorial reasoned that the climate of stories without Bruce Wayne was the most logical place to release it. Rucka described the title as, 'the worst kept secret in comics for about two years.' DCU Executive Editor Dan DiDio remained adamant about the title being published. The title was announced in February 2008, although production conflicts continued to loom. Jim sat down and looked at the designs that had already been done in her prior appearances, brought up some of his design and aesthetic concerns, and then went on to do redesigns. Rucka said that he 'had been doing a whole lot of pre-work on it, writing up a concept bible and things like that. After Tomasi left his position as editor, Williams and Rucka began seriously discussing where to take the story. Williams III and Rucka would be the best team to take on the title. Around the time of the One Year Later event, the then-editor on the Batman titles, Peter Tomasi, first said that artist J.H. Rucka ended up landing the writing assignment, having written most of the Batwoman material in 52.

After the release of a much publicized article in The New York Times about the character, mainstream attention dictated to DC that the character should be exploited as soon as possible in the 52 mini-series.īy 52's conclusion, DC made it clear to the talent involved that the character should appear in her own book at some point. Publication history Īccording to series writer Greg Rucka, DC Comics had intended to do either a Batwoman ongoing or mini-series prior to the release of the year-long 52. Deemed the appropriate time, the story was placed as the main feature in Detective. Although a title had been in the planning stages since before the character's first appearance in 52, various production setbacks and DC events delayed the title until Bruce Wayne's removal from the present day DC Universe. The story is notable for featuring the modern incarnation of Batwoman, replacing Detective's regular feature character Batman in the wake of that character's apparent death in the DC event series Final Crisis. Williams III, with colors by Dave Stewart. It is written by Greg Rucka with artwork by J.H. Elegy is a 2009-2010 comic book story arc that ran in the main feature of DC Comics' flagship title, Detective Comics, from issues #854-860.

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