And then things break loose and we have something to discuss. Batwing: Future's End #1 hit the stands this week. I haven't read a New 52 story since DC cancelled Katana, but here's the log line for it:
Luke Fox has rejected his father, which leads him to rebuilding a more deadly and dangerous Leviathan!
It's set five years in the future, I gather. Bleeding Cool has a short piece by Rich Johnston with an intriguing snippet of art in which we see a very familiar costume. It's essentially Cass Cain's Black Bat outfit with more purple. According to Johnston, the story never identifies who this person is, but she doesn't look anything like the Cassandra Cain we're all familiar with, the one erased from DC's ongoing narrative. Ordinarily, I'd say don't make a snap judgment based on a single image, but she's got brown hair rather than black, she's the only person speaking in the panel, plus she's got a big smile on her face. None of those seem very Cass-like to me.
You can take this as the New 52 version of Cass or take it as a sign DC still plans not to include her and-- just to emphasize the point-- will put an entirely different person in the costume and give her Cass' last known codename. Or this character could be someone called Cass Cain with a few of her characteristics, but with a largely different background and personality.
If it's the former, kiss even the idea of a New 52 Cass goodbye for a few more years. If it's the latter, it's still not our favorite character, given the alterations.
As I've written before, given the age reduction in Lady Shiva there's a chance in reviving Cass DC would give her different parents entirely. The brown hair suggests that, although it's certainly within the realm of possibility Cass could dye her hair. Again, though, that seems like a very un-Cass-like flourish and only hints at even more changes that take her farther away from the character we want to see back in action-- the (largely) silent, super-ass kicking Cass who isn't concerned much with appearance.
Unimpressed. Unexcited. This is what I have to go on in making my decision about buying into this series and nothing I've seen says, "Here's what you've been waiting for, loyal Cass Fan!" I'm not spending 2.99 on this because this is not Cassandra Cain no matter what they choose to call her.
Although the art by Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira and JP Mayer is pretty nice.
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