The Batman (2022) Comic Book Inspirations and Theories for the Sequel
The Batman Comic Book Influences, Easter Eggs and Theories This is a post primarily going over the comics that inspired The Batman film. Matt Reeves has done an incredible job creating a new original story and distinct Batman film that takes inspirations from neo-noir films, Fincher films etc. but also of course Batman comics. There are also plenty of influences and parallels from previous films, as well as games like Arkham Origins, Knight and Telltale , but for the sake of this post I'll focus on comics. For a review or summary of my thoughts on the film in general, I made a summary after my second viewing which you can see here . First I'll mainly be dealing with the major or most important books that inspired the film's story and portrayal of characters directly, there are a ton of more possible minor influences for the portrayal of the characters but I'll be focusing on the most important. I also have a small honorable ...