DC BYTES
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Hasbro has filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit against DC and Warner Bros. over using the name Bumblebee to market toys. The suit claims that DC’s character could be confused with the Transformers character Bumblebee. The problem is that DC’s Bumblebee debuted in 1977 and the Hasbro character didn’t debut until 1983...DC Super Hero Girls’ Shea Fontana takes over Wonder Woman this month. Her first two issues have art from Bombshells’ Mirka Andolfo. Once her six-issue arc is done then James Robinson, Emanuela Lupacchino and Carlo Pagulayan will take over in September. Their six month arc Children of the Gods deals with Wonder Woman’s brother Jason…the next arc of Batgirl and the Birds of Prey is called Manslaughter and it will involve every female Gotham superhero and villain…Dick Grayson will have to deal with Spiral again…the next Batwoman will show more of the year in which she disappeared…Green Lantern Corps #26 will be drawn by Rafa Sandoval and involve the New Gods…Batman Incorporated’s Grant Morrison & Chris Burnham will team on Arkham Asylum 2. The 122-page story will focus on an adult Damian Wayne as Batman. Morrison has more DC work in his future.