The city has thrown its worst at me. It’s taken its best shot… twisted creations and all. But I’m still standing. I’m still here. Now, Gotham has nothing that can scare me.
The city has thrown its worst at me. It’s taken its best shot… twisted creations and all. But I’m still standing. I’m still here. Now, Gotham has nothing that can scare me.

once & future Batmen: Dick Grayson (Jock) & Terry McGinnis (Dustin Nguyen)
These are so gorgeous!
DETECTIVE COMICS #877 By: JOCK
Had DC not gone through with the reboot, I would have loved to see the Snyder/Jock creative team on the Nightwing title.

♣ dick grayson
What do I do when I take off my costume? If I were Batman, I’d become Bruce Wayne, professional cypher. I think he’d give up being Bruce in a second if he thought Batman could go out during the day. I can’t. I need my normal life. Bats need the night. Robins need light.
- Judd Winick would be the only person allowed to write Jason Todd.
- Scott Snyder would be kept on Batman indefinitely.
- Brad Meltzer would be allowed to do whatever the fuck he wants.
- Scott Lobdell would be shot in the face.
- Greg Tocchini, Robert Teranishi, and Jock would be drawing most of the bat-titles.
- Adam Hughes would get to draw whatever the fuck he wants.
- Grant Morrison would be allowed to write any male character of his choosing (I’d keep him away from female characters though, since he’s always botching shit).
- Geoff Johns would probably be put back on Flash forever.
- Jeph Loeb would get another Superman/Batman title and whatever else he wanted to write.
- Jim Lee would get smacked and I’d let him know that, as pretty as his art is, he isn’t the greatest artist in the world. I’d probably put him on an Aquaman title or something.
- Marv Wolfman would be brought in to try and fix the disastrous Teen Titans title.
So many other things, but I don’t have the time to sit here and write a novel about what’s wrong with DC (just kidding, I do have the time, I’m just not going to do it).
I was just trying to figure out who I’d put on Nightwing and then I remembered this list, and I never even included Nightwing! I’d probably have Snyder, Dixon, and Jones collab on writing duties and Jock and Teranishi on the art.
Batman: The Black Mirror.
Jim knows.
The best Batman book to date, in my opinion.