In the extended verison of the Legacy Of The Bat panel,Jim Lee revealed that plans are underway to introduce Ryan Wilder into the comics.
If this results in them discarding Kate in the comics as they have in the show, I'm gonna be pissed. I've been trying to be respectful in how I speak about my distaste for the direction they are moving, and give the new season a chance, but that would be the last straw for me.
If Kate and Ryan coexist in the comics, that's fine. But if Kate is killed, or written away and replaced, I will forever blame Ruby Rose and Berlanti for the roles they've played in destroying an icon that's meant so much to me for 14 years.
I agree,I would not want to lose Kate/Batwoman in the comics.I know she is appearing in upcoming issues of Batman,I believe.In the current Joker War storyline.
As far as bringing Ryan Wilder into the comics.I'm wondering if she could be introduced in the upcoming John Ridley Batman comic.Originally,Ridley was supposed to take over the monthly Batman comic following Batman # 100 as part of DC's 5G event where the 5th generation of heroes was supposed to take over the roles of Legacy heroes.
The current heroes like Superman(Clark Kent) ,Batman(Bruce Wayne),Wonder Woman(Diana Prince) were going to be aged up and a new generation was going to take over the roles.Jon Kent for example was going to become Superman.In Batman's case,Luke Fox was going to become Batman and the lead of John Ridley's Batman run post Batman # 100.
5G,atleast a planned is no longer happening following Dan Didio's firing as co-publisher at DC Comics and his ouster.
Elements of 5G however are being re-purposed.For example,a story in this weeks over-sized Detective Comic # 1027 is going to feature a story originally related to 5G.It was just announced for December a Generation Shattered One-Shot.And the original Generation Zero Free Comic Day issue that was supposed to kick all this off wasn't released as a standlone issue but added to the Flash Forward trade paperback.
Also John Ridley's Batman with Luke Fox as the new Batman is still happening but now as it's own four issue miniseries.Ridley is doing a story in the upcoming Joker War tie-in one shot called Joker War Zone that will tease/setup his new Batman series.
I wonder if Ryan Wilder might be introduced in this in some way.