Yeah, in my read through last year I realized he was setting up the Bana since he had Barbara heading in the direction of Egypt (the Bana's stomping...
Anyway, DC's problems lies in not believing in their characters beyond Superman and Batman, not understanding them well enough to profit off of them...
It would have been even easier if they had just made a low budget Flash movie instead of using his solo movie to reboot their universe and turning it...
Hmmm, I could have sworn there was a page or panel from Infinity Inc days that hinted that Obsidian was gay but it has been a while since I last saw...