User blog comment:Baneares/Coldhearted countdown/@comment-4803799-20120309001257/@comment-3465526-20120309131142

Huntress was originally Batman's and Catwoman's daughter (Batman of Earth-2 pre 1980) so she's arguably not independent.

What upstanding 12-year-old boy of the pre-1980's (when Comics became specialty and not general kid's entertainment) wanted to read about some icky girl. The girls had their romance comics, Archie stuff, Casper, and Disney. And how many independent Super Heroes could you name who were created post-1980 that someone not really into comics would know. Spawn, Wolverine (who wasn't REALLY created until Byrne/Clairmont-- the lame Hulk villain hardly counts) -- I can't think of any at DC off the top of my head.