Every week, DC Comics is releasing a new issue of the epic mega-series "Batman Eternal." And spoiler alert with the release of issue #3, the publisher has reintroduced an eagerly demanded, fan favorite character: Stephanie Brown, also known as The Spoiler.
To find out more about her reintroduction, and break down the other epic moments in the issue, we talked to writer Scott Snyder:
MTV News: Let's talk about Stephanie Brown's intro. Why was it important to bring her back this way?
Scott Snyder: The key was bringing her back in a way that would honor her in a way, what she was before the New 52 relaunch, while still keeping her something that has a new purpose, a new status, and a new definition.
It really began with her old title of Spoiler. Back in the day she was referred to as Spoiler because she spoils all the plans of her father and bad guys, and so on. Here, the new definition, the popular definition has so much to do with revealing secrets before you're supposed to.
We thought it would be great if we could reinvent her with a similar origin, but make her one of the key figures in all of "Eternal" because she knows things before anyone else does.
So as the series continues she becomes one of the most wanted women in Gotham. Not just because of the stuff she learns with Cluemaster here, but the stuff she learns as the series goes on. She becomes an incredibly powerful figure, and a really important character to the entire ...
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