Panto in spandex! DC Comics mashes up Batman and The Avengers

Used to writing darker outings for the caped crusader, writer Ian Edginton talks about the fun he’s been having ‘playing with other people’s toys’

“It has been one of the best, fun jobs that I have ever done,” says Ian Edginton, the comic-book writer famous for writing multiple dark stories for Batman and Judge Dredd and racking up Eisner nominations. “I’ve never had to write anything like this – it has always had to be tempered with a sombre tone. But this is just fun. This is panto! Panto in spandex.”

Edginton’s latest job (“This really has not felt like work,” he says multiple times) has been a comic-book mashup of Adam West-era Batman with English spy classic The Avengers for comic book giant DC. Edginton, a “60s baby”, was such a fan of both TV shows that when a friend was offered the gig, he suggested Edginton do it instead. “It is great fun, playing with other people’s toys,” he says. “As long as you put them back in the box afterwards, the sky is the limit.”

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