Todd had been killed in confrontation with The Joker years ago. The series sold well enough, but didn’t generate too much press until it featured Winick’s greatest contribution: the resurrection of Jason Todd, the second Robin. Winick spent a fair bit of time a few years ago writing Batman comics. And that brings us to the producers’ next writer selection, Judd Winick. did better with their next project, basing it on a Grant Morrison Justice League graphic novel, with the resulting film decent but not as awesome as hoped. Unfortunately, though Superman/Batman: Public Enemies might have been a sales success in the comics, hardly anyone looks back on that story with any affection nowadays, recognizing it as the beginning of writer Jeph Loeb’s fall from grace.
They chose a best-selling storyline with DC’s two biggest stars, Superman and Batman. So, the producers went back to the comic book well. I quite liked Gotham Knight, and saw the value in presenting origin stories for Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, though low sales have seemingly killed plans to franchise either character for now. Then we got a trio of films certainly inspired by the comics, but not on any particular story. New Frontier remains my favorite, a sprawling epic that mixed real world and comic book history. The ambitious Death Of Superman storyline got brutally (though understandably) truncated, and managed the appalling trick of featuring a Superman that I didn’t much care for.
Since then, we’ve seen a somewhat mixed bag. With such a rich heritage of storytelling to draw from, this seemed a sure-fire way to create some great movies. The initial plan was to base them on stories that had first appeared in the comics. I was pretty excited when I first heard the announcement for the DC Universe line of movies a few years ago. As the mystery of The Red Hood is solved, new truths emerge about the role that The Joker and Ra’s al Ghul had in the legacy of one of Batman’s sidekicks. (2010), Warner Home Video (July 27, 2010), 1 disc, 75 mins plus supplements, 1.85:1 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated PG-13, Retail: $29.99Ī new vigilante arrives in Gotham, intent on taking over the city’s crime scene.
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