It seems like the hype surrounding Batwoman's introduction to Detective Comics this coming June is being shadowed by the co-feature, which will follow the story of Renee Montoya as "The Question"...

Newsarama.com have recently spoken with writer Greg Rucka who will be writing this feature along side artist Cully Hammer.

Newsarama: Greg, Dan [DiDio]’s talked about the co-features and how they came to pass, but how did The Question co-feature come up for you? Was it something that you suggested once you heard of DC’s plans for co-features in its titles, or does every DC editor have a pitch for The Question from you, so when a slot opened up, it was the first choice?

Greg Rucka: (laughs) Actually, Michael Siglain and I had been talking for a while about what to do next, including stories that we wanted to tell with Renee, and in particular, coming out of what Eddie Berganza, Philip Tan and I did in Final Crisis: Revelations. We had different ideas that we were bouncing around, and Mike came back and suggested doing The Question as a co-feature in Detective, and I told him that I thought that would be a great fit. It’s good on a number of levels. He and I had been working up a series idea for about a year and had talked to a few people about it, and it was down to just a question of placing it, and when the opportunity came to put it in Detective, it was just a natural fit. It was a quite organic and natural thing – no one had to fight for it or anything like that.

The only struggle that we had – and it’s a stretch to even call it that – was finding something to draw it, but Mike came back and suggested Cully. I thought he was joking at first, but then Mike talked to him about doing it, and I got this huge e-mail from Cully – like 12 single-spaced pages with sketches attached. Mike had gotten the same e-mail and called me and asked if I wanted him, and on top of that, Jen [Greg’s wife who had completed Black Lightning: Year One with Hamner] told me that I had to work with him – she had such an incredibly rewarding collaboration with him on Black Lightning. So yeah – the choice was simple - #1, it was Cully, and #2, he had my wife’s endorsement. That was a no-brainer.

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(Source - Newsarama.com)