Tuesday, June 28, 2011

First look at Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises? No, but this 2004 pic offers a preview of an Ed Brubaker/Darwyn Cooke-inspired design.

If the interview over at Hollywood Life is to be believed, it looks like Christopher Nolan is once again taking his cues from Ed Brubaker, at least visually.  Batman Begins took a healthy mix of Ed Brubaker (the overriding decency of Bruce Wayne), Greg Rucka (the police procedural viewpoint), and Frank Miller (the Batman/Gordon relationship from Batman: Year One), while The Dark Knight borrowed from pretty much the same sources, but more overtly using the work of Ed Brubaker (The Man Who Laughs) and the Ed Brubaker/Greg Rucka story "Soft Targets" from the Gotham Central book back in 2003.  Since Chris Nolan is including Selina Kyle this time around, it is only natural that he again use the template instigated by Ed Brubaker's relaunch of the character back in 2001.  The costume itself was designed by Darwyn Cooke.  As I've stated many times before, Brubaker's 37-issue run on Catwoman remains some of the best stuff DC Comics published over the last decade.  That Nolan may agree with this sentiment makes me that much more excited about whatever Nolan has in store for the series finale.

Scott Mendelson
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6 comments:

  1. WHJune 29, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    Don't forget how The Dark Knight borrowed a lot from The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke.

    Specifically with Halloween, I'm thinking of the iconic image of Gordon, Batman, and Dent all facing each other on the roof

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  2. Scott MendelsonJune 29, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Yes, The Killing Joke is such an iconic Joker story that it arguably becomes part of any Joker tale that follows. And while Long Halloween does play a part (the rise of the freak and the fall of the mob), much of the Dent/Gordon/Batman stuff actually originated in a Batman Annual story (1990) called Eye of the Beholder. It's a terrific comic, and the first story to truly map out the relationship between the three of them before Harvey became Two-Face.

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  3. WHJune 29, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    I don't think I've ever read that story - was it ever collected?

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  4. WHJuly 13, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    I don't think I've ever read that story - was it ever collected?

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  5. WHJuly 13, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Don't forget how The Dark Knight borrowed a lot from The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke.

    Specifically with Halloween, I'm thinking of the iconic image of Gordon, Batman, and Dent all facing each other on the roof

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  6. Scott MendelsonAugust 5, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    It can be found in this collection - http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Featuring-Two-Face-Neil-Gaiman/dp/1563891980/ref=pd_sim_b_6

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