Originally Posted by
Jim Kelly
As I understand it, the reason that sometimes one character can't appear in multiple iterations for different content providers comes from one provider wanting to have exclusive use of the character and not having to compete with those other providers. It's on a case by case basis, so some characters can show up in different itertaions, but others can't. And DC/WB might be trying to develop that character with another content provider, so exclusive rights are on the table in those negotiations. If they've already allowed the CW to use the character, then they can't offer exclusive rights to this other content provider--or they will have to rescind CW's usage, so the other content provider can regain exclusivity.