Steven King has a soft point for comics and superheroes. The "Dark Tower" series characterizes Kala's wolves, wearing clothes immediately from the closet of a doctor doom. King's novel in 1980 "Firestarter" has a mental father on the run with his daughter starting with fire, as the "fugitive" mixed with "X-Men". (King later wrote the real X-Men In the special number in 1985 "Hope Heroes.")

In 2010, King wrote a backup story in the top five editions of Scott Snyder's "American Vampire" comic book. (These days, Snyder writes New "absolutely" takeover of BatmanFigure King also has a lot of e -.

The true story, written by Doug Moen, leads a super size 60 pages. Probably to maintain production effectively, different pages of the book have attracted many different artists and stuck together. The problem is divided into about a dozen chapters and, usually, when a new chapter begins, a new artist is drawn. Bill Sienquicich made the headlines and pages 15-21, while Brian Boland (future artist of "The Murder Joke") attracted climate pages 52-60, and so on.

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The problem begins on the anniversary of the day Bruce Wayne became Batman. However, he has no time to relax. Bombs by Rahot Arham Arham Aril and Blackgate Punner Every super-negative in the city of Gotham, From enemies as scary as the Okerocer to those to those missing as a clubmaster and Cavalier. Batman is forced to take all his costumes to enemies at once; To be sure, more appropriate to mark his career in the fight against crime than a holiday.

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1986 was a monumental year for Batman; Frank Miller's "dark knight" redefined his hero. Then, a crossover-resting "Crisis of Infinite Countries" paved the way for the new beginning of Miller and David Mazukucheli, "Batman: One Year" in 1987. And King's essay explains how Batman became such a permanent and adjustable icon.

King's essay is titled "Why I Chose Batman" and it resonates much of the usual Batman praise from other justice.

The essay begins with noting that young boys will think and debate issues such as their favorite fictional heroes. During King's childhood, that question was always whether Superman or Batman was better. King, as the title implies, would always match Batman.

He soon clarifies that never I didn't like it Superman, but found his face and adventures "prevail". King refers to the famous mark for the 1978 movie "Superman", "You will believe that man can fly", "Deadpanning:" Well, I don't. Superman was always "too strong" and "too capable", while Batman was just one guy. A rich man, yes. Strong man, assigned. Smart man, you bet. But ... he couldn't fly. "

King mostly joins his childhood Batman with "Detective Comics" - Batman as a detective is another sign of his humanity because he has to win with ghosts, not superpowers. Well, wit and fear. That is also something Steven King (the most famous life novelist for horror) found resonantly for Batman: "There was something wicked for him." He continued:

"You saw him fighting crime during the day once, but mostly he was a shadow form or a dark man-man falling through the window in a small hour morning, his cloak hovering around him as a great shade. They are blown up on me.

Reading this, you may only be wondering if the king has seen Matt Reeves in 2022 Batman, which introduced Batman on Halloween night and explores Why Criminals are so scared of him. It's not just because they saw him so much that he burst through the window and took a beating. In fact, most no. But every night, every criminal knows that Batman is there and they can Wind its prey. In the hands of the real storyteller, Batman can be just as frightening as any monster by Steven King's nightmares.