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Thinking Bat Thoughts

THINKING BAT THOUGHTS 7: Catching The Lightning

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 22, 2021
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So, to this point the primary focus of “Thinking Bat Thoughts” has been a kind of day to day progression of the tumultuous early days while I developed my Batman run. And sure, there was a kind of cascading effect from those early days for the rest of my run… I was always a few steps behind the eight ball with the Batman schedule and racing to get thing…

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