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" I like DC, and I love the DC Universe. It's a source of never-ending joy to me. "

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" I just like to write stories about people who survive even very difficult, impossible things. "

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" As time goes on, at both DC and Marvel, characters notch up so many victories that we often start to think of them as infallible, which is kind of death for adventure fiction. "

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" 'Batgirl' and 'Harley Quinn' are the first DC hit books in a while that aren't starring Batman personally, really. But some of the attempts to reach the female audience have been really depressing to me. "

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