Batman: Creature of the Night, Book One - "I Shall Become..."

[laughing_tree]

It's all tied up in a project I did called Superman: Secret Identity, which was a story about somebody named Clark Kent gaining the powers of Superman in the real world. I used that story as a way to explore the secret self we all have inside, that we only share with people in specific ways. It was a success and DC was interested in doing more. I told them that we could do a Batman project but it would be very different. -- Kurt Busiek

Comments

[janegray]

I'm guessing they are following the formula of Superman: Secret Identity, where the "kid" portion of the story takes place in the past while the "older man" portion takes place in the readers' present.

That would explain why the guy had to hide/euphemize his being gay. It was a hell of a lot more of a big deal 20+ years ago.