Ouch! There are nights like those.

(Not equivalent, but I remember being in a movie theater where I was the only viewer — and the projectionist turned the machine off halfway through thinking the place was empty.)

There was just enough time in the Second Continental Congress's flight from Philadelphia to York, Pennsylvania to work in a side trip to 1777 Gotham; close enough for what we wanted to do.

Much more in the novel, out now in hardcover, softcover, and ebook! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/750158...

We do not explicitly call him that, but both the "crime doctor" mention in the book — and the line distinguishing him from Thorne — were intentional. I'll get more into it when I write the production note on the book for my site (which is more easily linked to by wikis).

On our wall in the office at Comics Buyer's Guide was Wolverine co-creator Len Wein's Law: "Nobody in comics is ever dead unless you can see the body — and usually not even then!"

Thanks so much. One of my favorite books to write!

My Batman: Resurrection novel was dedicated in part “2 the memory of Prince.” And we made sure to spell it just that way!

"Everything is somebody's favorite," as Maggie Thompson used to tell me!

I'll also note as a TV GUIDE collector that reviewer Robert MacKenzie was generally more even-handed — certainly he was a great replacement for Cleveland Amory. But the Hollywood establishment view of things is based on whatever the last hit was — and that was in 1966.

(And while BATMAN would change course for a couple of movies, the proof-of-concept was already out there for Hollywood. There is likely no ROCKETEER in 1991, no CROW in 1994 without BATMAN '89. This is all part of the Burton's BATMAN slideshow I've been doing at cons.)

I recall being incensed as a freshman in high school hearing the ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT review of 1983's AUTOMAN. The show was indeed a mess, but the reviewer said "the show attempts to combine comic books with reality, and the two just don't mix." The line bugged me then—and I clearly never forgot!