WB has done it again. Where's my shotgun?

[BlackAngel]

I just bought this fledgeling mens' magazine called Stun.  One of the article had the up and coming shows for tv.  And one of them is Birds of Prey for the WB.  Maybe because DC comics is under the Warner Bros. title, but why do it again?  Mutant X is s**t, not based on the Marvel comic, and now this Birds of Prey.  Where a now crippled Batgirl (Oracle), is teaming up with Black Canery and the Huntress.  But get this, the Huntress in the daughter of Catwoman and Batman. Who makes this stuff up. I don't Birds of Prey much, and I know the Salina and Bruce has a peculiar relationg ship, since when did Bat man have a daughter, if not illigitamate?

[Vermin Boy]

I've never seen a full episode of Mutant X, but I've flipped past it, and I gotta ask: Is that villain supposed to be Andy Warhol, or is the similarity purely coincidental?

[Steven Millan]

                 Like Victoria Pratt and that redhaired LauraLee chick on (the otherwise loathable)"Mutant X",the ladies will be the only saving grace of this upcoming WB series.
                And,what's up with that Andy Warhol lookalike villain on "Mutant X",anyway?!

[Squishy]

Convoluted Comic-Book History! Just for information purposes:

Originally, Huntress was actually the daughter of Batman and Catwoman--of the "alternate-dimensional" Earth-2. Endless alternate worlds were created to explain away the characters' new versions, characters purchased by DC that didn't "fit" (like Captain Marvel or Uncle Sam), or lack of aging. "Earth-2" was the home of the heroes of the '40s.

Eventually, this cop-out got out of control and became a joke, so a year-long miniseries wiped out all the alternate universes, merging them all into one continuity--blowing away hundreds of deadweight superheroes, like the original Atom, who was just a violent, bulked-out short guy, or Dr. Mid-Nite, who was a blind man who, with special glasses, could, um, see. (Stop laughing. Since then, new versions of most of these characters have been created, proving that nostalgia trumps common sense. In fact, the alternate universes have been reborn as alternate timelines.)

The Huntress' original version was killed off in that miniseries, but a new one--the current one--was quickly created in the new DC Universe. While she works alongside Batman, they are not related; she is a mob princess whose family was killed in a hit.

Oracle: Batgirl took a bullet in the spine from the Joker years ago and has been in a wheelchair ever since. (As Batgirl, she too has been replaced by a new version.) Oracle is actually "Birds of Prey"s most source-accurate character.  

Black Canary: the WB series goes off into deep left field here. The current Black Canary (Mom was the original) is a highly-independent judo-choppin' ass-kicker with one "power"--a "sonic scream" or "song" capable of flattening an army. The TV-series' teenage runaway psychic is completely unrelated.

[Akira Tubo]

Batman has a son, that he doesn't know exists, with Ra's al-Ghul's daughter Talia.

[John]

>Is that villain supposed to be Andy Warhol, or is the similarity purely >coincidental?

>And,what's up with that Andy Warhol lookalike villain on "Mutant X",anyway?!

 Just the way he looks I guess. Actually, I think someone did call him an Andy Warhol wannabe in one episode.

[Law Dog]

Who may grow up to be called Ibn al Xu'ffash (Son of the Bat).