JAMES TYNION On BATMAN ETERNAL

Batman Eternal courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal courtesy DC Comics

Scott Snyder and James Tynion are the architects of the story in a brand new weekly series starring the Dark Knight, his allies, enemies are supporting characters of Gotham City.

 

Tynion co-wrote Batman #28 which revealed a very different Gotham City 6 months in the future. In a DC Comics interview Tynion explains what he’s most excited about from Batman Eternal.

 

“Gotham has to be the best toy box in the entire comic book industry, and having the chance to tell a story of this scale, where we get to dig into all of Gotham’s strangest, darkest corners, with a humongous cast of characters is just incredible. When we set out to write this series, we knew that we had to come up with a story that not only explored the city, but completely reshaped it. Scott and I had the chance to show people a glimpse of the world we’ve been building in Batman #28, and I think everyone can see we’re drastically shaking up the status quo of Gotham City. In comics, a lot of people talk about things readers have never seen before, but that is absolutely the goal of this series. We want to build a radically different Gotham that’s true to what it’s always been, but something that can unlock a whole new generation of stories, with a whole new generation of characters.”

 

Batman Eternal #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal #1 courtesy DC Comics

Tynion explains how the new weekly will connect to other Bat-books:
Batman Eternal is absolutely a standalone story that will be explored in full in the book itself, although there are definitely ramifications for all of Gotham City that will be reflected across the line, particularly as the year moves forward. Our goal isn’t to disrupt people who read the other Bat-titles, or hamper those stories by forcing them into our narrative, and the teams on Batman, Batman and Robin, and Detective Comics all have incredible stories running in their books this year. It’s the 75th Anniversary of Batman! Everyone in Gotham is bringing their all and writing stories that will shape the character for years to come. Just talking to Brian and Pete about their plans outside of Eternal makes me excited on a fanboy level. It’s a good year to be reading any and all Batbooks.”

 

At Emerald City Comicon – Tynion revealed he would be working a story thread featuring Tim Drake that’s part of the overall push to the finale.

 

Batman Eternal #1 arrives Wednesday.

 

By Editor