Telltale's Batman: 10 Comic Stories That Would Be Great Inspiration
8. Batman & Robin: Reborn
In the aftermath of Final Crisis, Bruce Wayne was no longer Batman, having been unceremoniously 'offed' by Darkseid in its closing issues. Instead, Dick Grayson assumed the mantle of the Bat, and with him came a new Robin - Bruce's son, Damian. Some of the best bits of Morrison's run on the character are to be found here, and though we know already that the studio will be focussing resolutely on Bruce Wayne's experiences under the cowl, there's enough stuff in Reborn to draw inspiration from - not least in its immaculate colour pallet and pencils. Colourful and crazy villains like Professor Pyg (who most fans will now be familiar with thanks to Arkham Knight) and The Flamingo all make appearances in the series, with the former especially seeming to fit right at home in a TellTale adaptation. Pyg - ever the sadist - has a modus operandi distinctly ghoulish, taking great joy in melting people's faces off and replacing them with masks to make them his 'Dolltrons'. They become extremely hostile in their zombified state, and showing Bruce's first encounter with such a villain would make for a fantastic opening season, especially if it managed to retain a key sense of mystery.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
