The editor said that no one had ever said that before, and to go on ahead and do it.
So, what do you want to do? And I said I wanted to do a team-up-both Batman and Superman. They said I could pick either a Batman inventory story or a Superman one, but I shouldn’t say Batman because everyone always says Batman. I was making a bunch of independent comics and an editor at DC came to me and said they liked my work and wanted me to write an inventory story. Yeah! About ten years ago, I was just starting in comics. Is it like checking off both of those boxes at once?
Most comic writers have a dream of writing Superman or writing Batman. (And we even tossed in a few questions about The Flash!) He also discussed how writing a team-up comic like this can actually be easier than writing a solo book, why he loves working on event comics and how he views the relationship between his two heroes.
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We recently had a chance to discuss our new Batman/Superman series with Williamson, who let us know how he wound up working on the series and some of what we can expect from it going forward. Three issues in, we don’t know what it will ultimately require to defeat the Batman Who Laughs, which makes one wonder-even if Batman and Superman survive this latest struggle, can the same be said of their partnership? The problem is that, as a version of Bruce Wayne, the Batman Who Laughs knows exactly how strong their relationship is and likely what it would take to destroy it. Their long-running partnership will be crucial in uncovering which other superheroes are in the grip of the Batman Who Laughs, and what it’ll take to put a stop to the villain’s still unknown plan.
With several of the DC Universe’s heroes secretly corrupted by the Batman Who Laughs, the only people that Batman and Superman can trust in is each other. In Williamson’s capable hands, Bruce and Clark feel like the sort of friends and partners you’ve always imagined them to be-familiar, friendly and willing to put their faith in each other even when they’re at their most unsure. Yet, along with serving as a frightening example of how destructive Bruce’s dark doppelganger can be, it’s also been a welcome reminder of just how great a friendship Superman and Batman have long had. That changed this summer, when writer Joshua Williamson and artist David Marquez debuted our new Batman/Supermancomic, which has come strong out of the gate with an integral Year of the Villain story featuring the Batman Who Laughs. Yet, since the debut of Rebirth in 2016, the DC Universe has lacked on ongoing team-up title featuring the Dark Knight and Man of Steel. The first time Batman and Superman shared a comic book cover was in 1940, so it’s pretty fair to say that the two legendary heroes are no strangers to teaming up.