BY FAR one of the coolest things I've ever heard of . . .

[theburningman]

You've got to read this.

Orson Welles's Batman

Oh. My. God.

Why couldn't this have happened? Why, God, why?

 

[Rugger]

You've got to read this.

Orson Welles's Batman

Oh. My. God.

Why couldn't this have happened? Why, God, why?

Because the story is a prank.

And things THAT cool never happen... (barring LotR)

-Rugger
"I wish!"

 

[WayneLigon]

Millar apparently isn't talking, but a little research does suggest it's a prank. The article mentions a 1946 film date, when The Riddler did not appear until 1948 (if what I myself has found is correct.) If it is a prank, then hanging and flaying is too good for him.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Yep. According to the Unofficial DC Who's Who Project (http://http://www.dcuguide.com/MiniWho/Re.htm) The Riddler first appeared in Detective Comics #140, October 1948.

*Sigh* This is like finding out that there's no Santa.

 

[Assenpfeffer]

I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you, that bogus news has been found on the internet and reported by AICN as fact.

Shocked.

 

[WayneLigon]

I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you, that bogus news has been found on the internet and reported by AICN as fact.

Eh, plenty of other people believed it including myself, and AICN reports rumors as well as fact. Won't be the first or last time they've been burned. They've certainly done well in dispelling rumors in the past.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Well, it *IS* a rumour site, after all.

Plus, Mark Millar made it sound very believable.

 

[Rugger]

I SOOOO wanted it to be true...the concept was figgin amazing...

Damn you Mark Millar! <runs off to buy the newest issue of Ultimates, putting more food on Millar's plate>

-Rugger
"I JustFinallyMadeMy150thPost!"

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

It's possible Mark Millar got taken in by the hoax too.

For me, it started to sound like a hoax when they were talking about concept sketches done by Gregg Toland. Why would a cinematographer be doing production design?

 

[dave_o]

It's possible Mark Millar got taken in by the hoax too.

For me, it started to sound like a hoax when they were talking about concept sketches done by Gregg Toland. Why would a cinematographer be doing production design?

Anybody can doodle.