Batman (1989) are coming to the world of print with a pair of cinema-inspired comic books from DC, the publisher confirmed today. They won t just be screenplays translated into comic form, but entirely new stories set within the respective cinematic universes.
Rob Venditti (
Hawkman) and Wilfredo Torres (
BANG!) are tackling the Man of Steel (played in the 78 film by Christopher Reeve), while Sam Hamm (the original co-screenwriter of Burton s Gotham-based adventure) and Joe Quinones (
Howard the Duck) take on the Caped Crusader (famously played in the 89 feature by Michael Keaton).
Resolving certain plot threads left dangling by its progenitor,