The CW network announced on Tuesday that Ruby Rose, fresh from shark-hunting in this summer's "The Meg," will star as Batwoman in a cross-over event featuring its established superheroes, which may eventually develop into a solo Batwoman series.
It's been quite a few years for Batwoman. In the summer 2016 DC Rebirth event, which "rebooted" the DC comics universe, she regained her solo title, which had been canceled the previous May. She also had a major role in DC Comics namesake series, Detective Comics--where the Batman first appeared in 1939--leading the "Batmen," a dysfunctional group of superheroes he gathered to save Gotham for various outside forces.
What I'm wondering, though, is this--just how will the Batwoman TV show handle Batman? The Arrow-verse, the collection of superhero shows which began with 2012's "Green Arrow," has only sprinkled indirect references to the Caped Crusader. Technically, it has so far only confirmed the existence of Bruce Wayne, not his alter-ego. The producers have emphasized that Batman won't be coming to their universe, but left the rest of the details vague. (It's pretty clear that DC and Warner Brothers have forbid the Dark Knight from going on live TV, for fear of diluting their most valuable intellectual property--how else to explain "Gotham" and the upcoming "Pennyworth?")
