[TheBlueMarvel]

Someone ALWAYS needs approval when working with ANY license; accessing a license is, essentially, leasing an IP’s rights (for use) for a period. The answer offered is not an EXCUSE as much as it is a simple statement of fact regarding ONE ELEMENT of the process. What was presented leaves open the idea that McFar is taking his OWN CHARACTER WANTS to DC for approval/release. If that’s the case, and he brings to them his ideas for sign-off, then the more incisive pin-down question revolves around whether McFar IS (or ISN’T) seeking approval for characters like classic Wonder Woman. This could’ve been achieved by simply asking them whether they’d submitted classic WW designs to the publisher.

DC requesting no guns and McFar only (mostly) bringing these batshit (pun absolutely intended) designs to DC for approval can both happen simultaneously. DC setting a mandate regarding guns doesn’t mean that they MUST also be telling McFar, “NO CLASSIC LOOKS.” Something they’d have no reason to do, especially as they are trying to build a ‘recognizable’ universe based on iconic nostalgia.