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THINKING BAT THOUGHTS 4: Batman Rebuild
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THINKING BAT THOUGHTS 4: Batman Rebuild

In this weekly feature available only to paid subscribers, James Tynion IV reflects on his time writing in Gotham City, revealing the secret history of his run on Batman

James Tynion IV
Sep 01, 2021
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I think this next section requires a bit of context, because you need to understand something crucial about writing superhero comics. 

Pitching in corporate comics is a bartering process. 

Sure, you might get to a point in your career where that’s not so much the case anymore, but when you’re working on a major title like BATMAN, you come into that proces…

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