Stephanie Brown lives on as Spoiler

The December solicitations were released officially last night and I have to say that I'm a little surprised that no-one is flagging up the return to the DC Universe of Stephanie Brown's Spoiler.
Announced in the Batman Leviathan one-shot, Steph fills the same role that she did as Batgirl for the English boarding school mission. So presumably, the art had to be sent back and changed - whoops! It would've been easier (and cheaper) to get it out in August when it was solicited.

For those who don't know, Stephanie Brown is the daughter of D-list villian and Riddler copy-cat, The Cluemaster. She originally started out as the Spoiler purely to 'spoil' his attempts at a life of crime. She quickly became a part of Tim Drake's upporting cast in Robin as a love-interest and the two were an item for several years.

She had a brief (around six issues over 3 months) stint as Robin after Tim's dad found out his secret identity and forced him to quit, before being fired by Batman. She then inadvertantly set off a gang war which lead to her being tortured to 'death'.

It was later revealed that she had nicked off to Africa for a year or so to do missionary-style work with Dr. Leslie Thompkins. She returned, as Spoiler and became Batgirl in the wake of Batman RIP & battle for the Cowl

Here is the solicitation for you again:

BATMAN INCORPORATED: LEVIATHAN STRIKES
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by CHRIS BURNHAM and CAMERON STEWART
Cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
One-Shot • On sale DECEMBER 21 • 80 pg, FC, $6.99 US • RATED T
In this sensational, giant-sized one-shot spinning out of BATMAN INCORPORATED, Batman realizes to his horror that he’s been outwitted as the true identity of Leviathan continues to elude him. Is his deadly adversary an old foe with a grudge to settle, a new face of evil...or something completely different? Only one thing is certain: You won’t soon forget the shocking ending!
According to the publisher, the one-shot rounds out "season 1" and is also the prologue to 2012’s Batman: Leviathan – the "epic, tragic, final act of a story six years long."

"Gotham’s greatest detective will learn that there’s more to his deadly foe than meets the eye" says DC in their announcement. "So what is the Leviathan’s shocking secret? We’re not saying..."
“The long-awaited conclusion to season 1 of Batman Incorporated is here at last!” says Morrison in the announcement. “For months, Batman and his allies have fought a shadow campaign against the deadly legions of the mysterious Leviathan, but now it’s time for all-out war – a war which Batman may not be able to win.

"Schoolgirl assassins! Bat-robots! Nazi masterminds with Alzheimer’s! Guest stars galore! Batman and Spoiler team to face the School of Night while Batman Incorporated travels to a sinister Cold War interrogation facility to face the mind-bending menace of Doctor Dedalus for the last time while the true identity of Leviathan is finally revealed, with shocking consequences for the Dark Knight."