Seeking nominations for the next "Who will be Batwoman?" poll

[Lorendiac]

Okay, six months ago I started a Poll about "Who will be the new Batwoman?" That was in the early days of Infinite Crisis, long before we had even caught a glimpse of her (or what I presume to be her) at the very end of IC #7. Now that we've actually seen her - briefly - I'm thinking it's about time to do Round 2 of that Poll and see how people's opinions have changed after all this time. I suspect a fair number of us will want to change our votes now that we've seen IC come and go, along with the first few months of OYL and the first couple of issues of 52. :)

But before I do that, I would appreciate some feedback on any changes that need to be made to the ballot. Here are the choices from the first version: 11 characters mentioned by name, followed by 4 other options for people who didn't like any of the 11 candidates.

01. Barbara Gordon (currently Oracle, formerly Batgirl I)
02. Bette Kane (currently Flamebird, Pre-Crisis she had formerly been the Earth-1 Bat-Girl)
03. Cassandra Cain (currently Batgirl III)
04. Helena Bertinelli (currently Huntress, formerly Batgirl II)
05. Helena Wayne (the Pre-Crisis Earth-2 Huntress, daughter of the Golden Age Batman and Catwoman)
06. Kathy Kane (currently a dead civilian, formerly the Pre-Crisis Earth-1 Batwoman)
07. Renee Montoya
08. Sandra Woosan (currently Lady Shiva)
09. Sasha Bordeaux (currently an OMAC)
10. Selina Kyle (currently Catwoman)
11. Stephanie Brown (formerly Spoiler, formerly Robin IV, currently dead)
12. Someone newly created for the occasion
13. Someone very obscure coming back onstage after a long absence
14. Someone who started out in an animated story such as 'Mask of the Phantasm' or 'Mystery of the Batwoman' and is now being dragged into the mainstream DCU
15. Nobody! False Alarm! There won't be a new Batwoman next year!

If you can think of anyone else who deserves to be taken seriously as a candidate, please say so!

[Invidente 7]

'cause Dan Didio said that the new batwoman will be a lesbian ;)

[Anthonynotes]

'cause Dan Didio said that the new batwoman will be a lesbian ;)

Was he serious about that? Or just another "funny" statement from a head-honcho-editor I keep liking less and less the more I read about him? :-\

-B.

[Lorendiac]

'cause Dan Didio said that the new batwoman will be a lesbian ;)

When did DiDio supposedly say this? I've heard some vague rumors that somebody at DC had previously said for the record, or leaked a rumor or something, that at least one "new" costumed hero debuting in 2006 would be gay or lesbian, but I've also heard that the OYL Catwoman was probably what they were talking about, despite previous speculations that the reference might have been to the idea of Renee Montoya as Batwoman. (I haven't looked at the Catwoman title lately, so I'm going on hearsay about Holly.)

[DR.MID-NITE]

What is with DC and lesbian cops??? Montoya in Gotham and Maggie Sawyer in Metropolis. :p