Detective Comics writer Tom Taylor discussed his most recent arc.
Taylor has been discuss the current story arc “The Courage That Kills”. It features Scarecrow and another character called the Lion. They create a virus called the Courage Virus, which tears down people’s fears.
We’ve just been doing an arc called “The Courage That Kills,” which is basically about a character who is the opposite of the Scarecrow. There is a character called the Lion, who creates a courage virus, which could potentially be a lot more devastating for Gotham because nobody has any inhibitions. Nobody looks before they leap. Nobody thinks, “Hey, maybe I shouldn’t stand on top of this moving train.”
Batman is infected in issue one and slowly, slowly, slowly loses his inhibitions and his fear. We find out what kind of man he is without fear.
Tom Taylor went on to praise his artistic collaborator Mikel Janin. Janin is of course no stranger to the Dark Knight. He previously worked on Batman during Tom King’s run.
I’ve been working with Mikel Janín on Detective Comics, who I’m just absurdly fortunate to work with and collaborate with. He’s just a stunning artist who’s coloring himself for the first time ever, and it seems to have lifted his already incredible art to another level.
Tom Taylor Dishes on The Lion
Taylor also teases who the new supervillain the Lion is. He is someone who seems to take deep origins from Batman himself. The Lion also seems to have some ties to Bruce Wayne.
Yeah, it was just one of those ideas that hit like a bolt of lightning. Mikel has just nailed it, of course. There’s a really creepy first issue that ends with 49 dead people on a boat in Gotham Harbor with nobody knowing why they’ve died except for one child who has no fear. It’s a great story and the Lion is a great villain. Not wanting to spoil too much, but we learn he was basically created by Batman. It’s a character that loves Bruce Wayne. He absolutely loves Bruce Wayne, and his nemesis is the Batman. Both have crossed his path in his childhood, in his teens… It’s a six-issue arc that’s just finished.
“The Courage That Kills” ran from Detective Comics #1101-1106. Check out what DKN thought of the story arc by reading our reviews here.
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