Put your waffles down folks, DC is finally bringing back Stephanie Brown.  That’s what I said. The announcement came down on Friday evening at New York Comic Con right before the Q&A portion for the DC Comics’ Batman panel officially began. A fan who was waiting at the mic was asked by DC marketing VP John Cunningham to ask a question. The question he got was an oldie but goody: “When are Stephanie Brown or Cassandra Cain coming back?”

I don’t know about you, but usually when this question is asked, the answer is an unsatisfactory one. Not this time, however. Batman writer Scott Synder answered the fans question with the following response:

“We know that they’re characters that you guys have been really vocal about, your guys’ love of Stephanie Brown has been so inspiring to us. We’re really proud to announce that she’ll be coming back in a big way. Dan DiDio is in the audience to yell at us for telling you that.”

He continued, “No one was trying to shelve her,” Snyder continued, “It was more about finding the right time to reintroduce her.”

Synder also stated that James Tynion IV-who’s one of the co-writers on “Eternal”-came up with the idea to reintroduce Stephanie. So how will our heroine make her debut in the New 52?  She’ll return in Batman: Eternal #3 as Spoiler.

HUZZAH! Finally. With all the dashed hopes and false starts, this is wonderful news. Now, we fans want to know when will it be Cassandra Cain’s time? Don’t make us wait forever D

C!