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For those who could not get sufficient of Paul Dano’s efficiency because the Riddler in The Batman – however possibly you have been additionally hoping for just a little extra of his comedian e book model – you are utterly in luck beginning this October, as Dano himself is taking up the origin story of the Riddler in comics as the author of Riddler: Yr One.
Billed as one thing of an origin story for the film model of the character, Riddler: Yr One explores the background of how accountant Edward Nashton went from “a easy Gotham Metropolis no one to changing into Batman’s nemesis, setting them on a collision course within the blockbuster function movie.”
Riddler: Yr One will run for six points to be launched bimonthly (which means, on this case, each different month) by way of DC’s adult-oriented Black Label imprint which permits for darker, extra mature themes and tales. The restricted sequence shall be drawn by Stevan Subic, identified for his work on Conan and Tarzan tales within the European market. Subic makes his American comics debut with Riddler: Yr One.
DC has enlisted actors to put in writing comedian e book tales for the DC characters they’ve portrayed on movie, together with different Batman villains – most notably actor Danny DeVito, who performed a very monstrous model of the Penguin in 1992’s Batman Returns earlier than writing a Penguin story in 2021’s Gotham Metropolis Villains Anniversary Big anthology one-shot.
That mentioned, this can be the primary time a serious actor corresponding to Paul Dano has taken up the torch to straight write the backstory of his movie character in comedian e book type, making Riddler: Yr One a very distinctive perception into the precise historical past and psychology of The Batman’s model of the Riddler.
Riddler: Yr One #1 is due out in October.
The Riddler ranks among the many finest Batman villains of all time.
I have been Newsarama’s resident Marvel Comics professional and common comedian e book historian since 2011. I’ve additionally been the on-site reporter at most main comedian conventions corresponding to Comedian-Con Worldwide: San Diego, New York Comedian Con, and C2E2. Outdoors of comedian journalism, I’m the artist of many bizarre footage, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)