First (Proper) Appearance of Steph Brown in the DCnU!

[espanolbot]

One coloured but unlettered page from Leviathan Strikes!



Hm, interesting, that skull faced girl at the back seems to be wearing a variation of Kathy Kane's Batwoman costume.
http://cameron-stewart.tumblr.com/post/13550255753/a-page-from-batman-incorporated-leviathan

Comments

[xammax]

So out of all out this, what I noticed is the other students leggings are attached and the Stephanie's aren't. Going to hell. Don't care.

[beoweasel]

Stephanie Brown in DC came perilously close to dying at the hands of a man with a skull-like visage.

Stephanie Brown in the DCnu, comes perilously close to dying at the hands of a woman with a skull-like visage.

I see what you did there, DC.

[aeka]

So, the first page we see of Steph in the DCnU and she has a noose around her neck. I'm not sure I know yet what's bothering me about this image. :/

[leikomgwtfbbq]

*squint*

Is that a rose emblem on the back wall there?

Steph is undercover at Ohtori Academy!

[kamino_neko]

It's not surprising that the costumes the other girls are wearing resemble Kathy's - remember, she was connected to Leviathan. (Albeit in one of his other guises.)

[crabby_lioness]

And what's been all over the news today? Hazing-related deaths.

[eyz]

Steph!!!!! SQUEEEE!! <3
*fanboy crush mode ON*

[mrstatham]

Actually, Stewart's already posted a good handful of panels and the like from this upcoming issue on his Tumblr, and given's it's meant to be an international school for assassins - as the original blurb declared when the issue was solicited - I think that explains the elaborate hazing rituals - I think the other panels have show Steph and the other girl in class, having either knives or guns shoved in their faces, that sort of thing. So I think it's meant to be like, some really severe induction thing to show that these girls are worthy of being assassins.

It also ties in nicely to the fake 'Original Batwoman' Kate Kane was chasing around and later found out to be tied to Scorpiana - Since all the girls are wearing Kathy Kane derivative costumes.

[thespis]

The Good: STEPH! Yay! Steph! I've missed you, Steph!

The Not-So-Good: It... bothers me that the first image we get of Steph in the DCnU shows her bound and with a noose around her neck. I know it's nowhere near the level of Golden Age Wonder Woman bondage imagery, but as others have observed... we could do with a little less of the Women in Peril trope.

I'm sure the panel will come across better when viewed in context, but... yeah. This image doesn't give me great feelings.

Also, what the hell private school requires students to wear miniskirts as part of their uniform?