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You forgot about Catwoman's surprising new cast member. Dare I suggest it's a baby?
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The latest issue of Wizard magazine confirms that it is indeed Selina Kyle that is preggers. No confirmation on who's the dad though. I know that ever since the Hush storyline, Selina and Bruce have shagged; also that Slam Brady left the East End cause he realized that Selina was in love with somebody else. However, I haven't kept up with recent developments, so I don't know if there's another man in the picture either. Though I'd like to think that Bruce would be the father, I'm betting that he isn't - it would ruin his grim'n'gritty image, watching him cooing to and cuddling his newborn baby daughter (I'm guessing that Selina is going to have a girl too). 'Sides that, I think becoming a parent is the one thing that would make Bruce stop being Batman. His origin is so strongly rooted in losing his own parents. He knows the risks and danger he places himself into every night, that at any moment some punk might fire off a lucky shot or some super villain finally gets the upper hand and kills him. I can't imagine that he'd want his own child to possibly face the same loss and grief that he did as a kid. Granted, in current continuity, Bruce has officially adopted Dick and has offered to adopt Tim as well. However, the father-son dynamic of these relationships is incidental. Both Dick and Tim came to Bruce with strong attachments to their own parents, it was only over a long period of time that a father-son element developed between the boys and Bruce. With a newborn of his own, I imagine obviously that the father-child aspect would be there from the get-go. More than that though, being a Dad to a newborn would make Bruce happy (or so I believe), and a happy Bruce just doesn't equate to being Batman (not for me, anyway).
Wonder Woman's cancelled as of issue 226, relaunch/revamp pending. The rumor is that Diana will die or be depowered in IC and be replaced by Donna Troy in the new title, but this seems unlikely to me for various reasons...
I agree that Donna won't be Wonder Woman. Or to paraphrase what Lois Lane said about Donna Troy in the underappreciated Phil Jimenz run of WW: 'She's Wonder Woman Lite - just one calorie.' I like Donna, I do. However, she'll never be Wondy. There can only be one Wondy - and that's Diana. Whether it's Diana Prince or Diana of Themyscira or some new Diana all together, it's gotta be Diana and not Donna. Sure there was a brief window in time when it was Hippolyta wearing the star spangled shorts, but we all know such changes aren't permanent. |
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