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DC Criticises DC For Batwoman Not Marrying Maggie Sawyer Ten Years Ago

Back in 2013, Bleeding Cool was full of articles detailing DC Comics creator conflict with editorial. Some had seen creators walk off books, but the repeated issue was last minute interference, after plot, storylines, issues, have been editorially agreed, sometimes even with full issues drawn, before suddenly editorial changes its mind – or changes it back again. Promises were made that this would no longer happen – but were soon broken. JH Williams III, co-writer and artist on Batwoman, and artist on DC's upcoming Sandman: Overture has laid it all out in his blog about why he, and co-writer WH Blackman were leaving the book

in recent months, DC has asked us to alter or completely discard many long-standing storylines in ways that we feel compromise the character and the series. We were told to ditch plans for Killer Croc's origins; forced to drastically alter the original ending of our current arc, which would have defined Batwoman's heroic future in bold new ways; and, most crushingly, prohibited from ever showing Kate and Maggie actually getting married. All of these editorial decisions came at the last minute, and always after a year or more of planning and plotting on our end.

We've always understood that, as much as we love the character, Batwoman ultimately belongs to DC. However, the eleventh-hour nature of these changes left us frustrated and angry — because they prevent us from telling the best stories we can. So, after a lot of soul-searching, we've decided to leave the book after Issue 26.

Previously DC didn't seem too keen to promote the engagement of Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer's relationship and engagement.

After Bleeding Cool's initial report, all sorts of people followed the story up,

At the time DC Comics stated that this change was nothing to do with the character's sexual orientation. But ten years on, the creators of today's Nightwing comic book suggest otherwise. From Nightwing #95 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo.

As Batwoman and Maggie Sawyer must work together again, for the good of Bludhaven, as Nightwing and the Batcharacters plot to defeat organised crime in their neighbourhood in one fell swoop. But Nightwing needed an explanation for that frostiness.

"I was supposed to marry her." "Why didn't you?" "A mixture of stubbornness, stupidity, and fear." That's present-day DC Comics talking about DC Comics of ten years ago. Maybe their sexuality did have something to do with it. And Tom Taylor criticising Dan Didio, Jim Lee and Bob Harras for their timidity back then.

NIGHTWING #95 CVR A BRUNO REDONDO
(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Bruno Redondo
Heartless has an extra-giant jar that has Blockbuster's name on it, but as a man of refined taste, Heartless doesn't just collect any type of heart…he waits for someone to experience a specific emotion in particular before taking it all away from them and adding it into his collection. Does Nightwing have what it takes to save the life of the very man who's been trying to take everything away from Dick Grayson, including his life?
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