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Talking With ChrisCross About The Disappearance Of Stephanie Brown

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Eric Esquivel writes for Bleeding Cool. ChrisCross drew the recent Smallville comic that was to have introduced Stephanie Brown as Nightwing. He talks about it here for the first time. ESQUIVEL: ChrisCross! Not to sound like a snot-nosed kid or …

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DC Brings Back Stephanie Brown For One Night Only

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

DC’s best new buddies Buzzfeed have published a preview of the Dustin Nguyen/Derek Fridolfs Hallowe’en Batman digital comic, airing later today at 2pm ET. And, as you can see, they even managed to squeeze Stephanie Brown as Batgirl in there. …

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The Curse Of Stephanie Brown Continues

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

She was in Batman Inc: Leviathan, but it was declared part of the Old DCU and never referred to again. She was no longer a Robin. There was no Spoiler. She was Nightwing for a short time in the Smallville …

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Talking To Dan DiDio About Stephanie Brown And Rob Liefeld

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

At Fan Expo Toronto, Dan DiDio spoke to one of our Little Bleeders at the show. This was before the Gail Simone/Bryan Q Miller Stephanie Brown pitch became common currency online, as well as the Rob Liefeld/Scott Snyder Twitter explosion. …

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Stephanie Brown And Cassandra Cain Will Return – But No One At DC Is Talking About Rob Liefeld

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

 Diana McCallum is at Fan Expo Canada for Bleeding Cool; There was more than just the new Justice League America comic to talk about at Fan Expo Canada today. Greg Capullo discussed what is coming up for Year Two in …

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The Stephanie Brown Comic With Black Alice, Misfit, Bumblebee By Gail Simone And Bryan Q Miller That Never Was

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Gail Simone writes, talking about DC character Misfit (right); I wouldn’t say she’s NEVER coming back, just that the book idea that I had that included her was eventually passed on. I might as well talk about it. This was …

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Thursday Trending Topics: Spoiler

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Mark Seifert

The Stephanie Brown mystery continues: But I like even more the leaks from anciliary merchandising. Such as Batman: The World Of The Dark Knight, which tells the story of Batman from his beginning up to date, including the New 52. It …

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Evidence That Stephanie Brown May Be Returning As Spoiler?

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There are leaks that come from disgruntled employees. There are leaks that come overheard conversations in bars. There are leaks that come from PR people who are actually doing it officially. I like those. But I like even more the …

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Stephanie Brown Does Not Exist… Yet – Dan DiDio

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Well there’s a thing. Much has been made of DC Comics’ seeming disdain for the Stephanie Brown character, whether Spoiler, Robin or Batgirl. But of late it’s been getting ridiculous, wiped from the New 52, ripped out of Batman Inc …

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Reading Between The Lines Over Stephanie Brown And DC Comics

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you that Stephanie Brown had been replaced in the Smallville Season Eleven comic book series, before her appearance as Nightwing has even been published. And it kicked off a shitstorm. Questions were asked …

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Confirmed by Dan Didio At DC Comics The New Wave Panel: Barbara Gordon Will Replace Stephanie Brown In Smallville

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Numerous reports are coming in from DC Comics The New Wave panel attendees on twitter that Dan Didio has just confirmed Bleeding Cool’s report from Thursday: Barbara Gordon will replace Stephanie Brown in Smallville. Here’s what BC’s Peter S Svensson …

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Stephanie Brown Dropped From Smallville In Favour Of Barbara Gordon?

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It was the news that fans of the DC character Stephanie Brown had been waiting for for. Spoiler, Robin, Batgirl… this character had played a number of roles in Batbooks over the years but fans believed she had repeatedly received …

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Thursday Runaround – Dan Didio’s Preference For French Toast

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

KickWatch: Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick at WIRED magazine has launched his free 210 page graphic novel online. And here’s the Kickstarter page for Book Two. WaffleWatch: The way to Dan DiDio’s Stephanie Brown heart may not be via waffles… but …

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Sending Waffles To Dan DiDio In Support Of Stephanie Brown

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I hope Dan DiDio has a lot of maple syrup in the DC Offices. Fans of the DC character Stephanie Brown, whether as Spoiler, Robin or Batgirl, feel that they have been hard done by over the years. Amateur crime …

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FOOL: Stephanie Brown Returns In New DC Title Spoiler, To Be Funded By Kickstarter

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

On Friday, DC editorial types were stating that there were no more plans for Stephanie Brown, previously Robin, Batgirl and Spoiler in the old DCU, in current books. They were lying. Yesterday evening at ECCC, DC Comics announced that joining …

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ECCC: DC All Access Panel – Flash, The Speed Of Light, And Other Consequences Of The New 52 (UPDATE)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Jeffrey Whitelaw is covering ECCC for Bleeding Cool. He sent us some quick bullet points from today’s DC All Access panel from his phone, and will follow up with more detail a bit later.  In the meantime, here are some …

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That Meta Textual Finale To Bryan Q Miller’s Batgirl – SPOILERS

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool pointed out James Robinson’s metatextaual examination of his run on Justice League, audience reception and what will be happening to the characters that have been placed in limbo for their DC Relaunch. ***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS*** The week before,  Bryan Q …

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Geek Girl On The Street Reports: Where Are The Women In Superhero Comics?

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Kate Kotler writes for Bleeding Cool; One of the most interesting stories San Diego Comic Con this year was that of the “Batgirl of San Diego” – a Stephanie Brown Batgirl cosplayer who grilled DC executives at panel-after-panel about the …

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