The Batmanhas been killing it at the box office ever since it was released earlier this month. TheMatt Reeves’ film starringRobert Pattinsonhas multiple TV spin-offs in the works and now DC Comics has announced another one coming later this year. This spin-off will be a comic titledRiddler: Year Onewritten byPaul Danowho played the titular villain inThe Batman.
This will be a six-issue Black Label Bimonthly Limited Series launching in October 2022. The series is being drawn by European illustratorStevan Subicwho is making his DC debut. The comic “explores the background of how accountant Edward Nashton went from a simple Gotham City nobody to becoming Batman’s Nemesis, setting them on a collision course in the blockbuster feature film.”
The announcement also came with teaser artwork that shows The Riddler’s clear rim glasses from the film lying facedown on a desk full of documents. One of the lenses shows the titleRiddler: Year Onescratched out on one of the documents. There is also the phrase “question everything” written on the desk and what appears to be a green receipt with a question mark written over it. The documents list a bunch of names, but they are all in cursive and hard to make out. Most likely these are Edward’s clients and the corruption he ends up fighting most likely stems from what is on that desk. It will be interesting to see what new insight we will get on The Riddler given that he was only in The Batman for roughly 15 minutes despite the almost three-hour runtime. There are still so many questions surrounding his character. However, the lack of screen time did not stop this puzzling villain from leaving his lasting question mark on the hearts of Gotham and moviegoers around the world.
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The other intriguing part of this comic is that Dano is writing it. The actor has talked about how much he loved the character all throughout the film’s press junket. Who knows The Riddler better than himself? That could be a riddle itself. Given how great Dano was in the role, this is very exciting news. This has been a villain that has been seen as campy in the eyes of many moviegoers, but Dano made him terrifying while still maintaining what most Batman fans love about the character.
This is not the first time an actor or villain has written a comic based on the film they were in as recently it was announced thatJim Carreywould be writing aSonic the Hedgehogcomicbased on his portrayal of Dr. Robotnik. DC has also had a habit of releasing comics tied to their movies as they have done spin-offs forWonder Woman 1984and the upcomingThe Flash.The Batmanhas been a rousing success andRiddler: Year Oneis most likely the first of many comic spin-offs in the film’s universe. Be on the lookout for this new villainous series when it drops its first issue in October 2022. You can learn : Year OneonDC’s website.
