Well, that would go over well in Durham, I guess!
I remember DC's "Blue Devil." Didn't Ernie Colon draw him? Some of your links point out that Warners (who owns all the DC characters) seems intent on focusing on Superman and Batman.....while ignoring "lesser" DC heroes like The Flash or Green Lantern. However, DC owns the rights to Plastic Man and THAT'S getting done, so who knows? Plastic Man was originally a Quality Comics character......DC really has a wealth of characters because they own all the old Quality characters (Plastic Man, The Black Condor, The Ray, Uncle Sam, etc.) and Fawcett (the original Captain Marvel, Bulletman, etc.).
I also saw where one of your links mentioned "Iron Man" as a possibility......listing Nicholas Cage or Tom Cruise as possiblities for the role.....as well as Leonardo "DeCrappio".......they seem pretty unsettled on it in terms of costume design and villians, though. The ideal one there would be "The Mandarin"......as Asian villian (chinese, I think) who has 10 power rings and seeks to rule China and all the world with them. Iron Man could be interesting because his origin takes place in Vietnam during the war. Don't know if they'd use that setting now, though.
Another one I'm not hearing much on anymore is "The Black Panther." At one point, it sounded like Wesley Snipes was up for that role.......
I'll tell you what would make a good, dark, street-wise, film noir, mysterious detective film (right up your alley, Gamecoq!! :) )......would be Will Eisner's "The Spirit." Haven't heard a thing about that, though.
Still think they should revisit "Conan."