Harper’s certainly has had a very complicated relationship with fans, and while Snyder and Tynion have moved on to write other things for DC, I'm still hold out hope that she’ll get a second chance to impress readers and carve out a niche for herself. Personally, she’s my favourite character, but even I recognize that the Batman and Robin Eternal series did no favours for developing her for the long term.
In a previous thread I mentioned that with the current atmosphere of editorial and marketing that it’s near impossible to assert a new character without a dedicated, longterm writer and more importantly, a longterm plan.
I think that if DC were to go ahead and give her a second kick at the can, that the writer would have to follow these guidelines:
-Stick to a miniseries, either five or six issues long.
-Do not strike a character down to make Harper look better. Every character has to start somewhere, readers shouldn’t expect Harper to outperform members of the bat family who have been fighting crime for years.
-Accentuate and focus on what makes her unique.
-Scale the villains appropriately. I would’t expect Harper to go toe-to-toe with the Joker in issue one, she’s rusty (and even in her prime she still lacked experience). Heck, even Firefly might be too much from the get go.
What are your thought? How would you bring her back into the fold?