In 1989, director Tim Burton delivered Batman, which saw Michael Keaton’s title character clashing with Jack Nicholson’s Joker. While not the first superhero movie by any stretch or even the first theatrical Batman movie, the first of Burton’s two features about DC Comics’ Caped Crusader was more than just a critical and commercial success; it was a worldwide phenomenon. In fact, Batman: Revolution author John Jackson Miller proclaimed Batman to be “the most important comic book movie ever made” while speaking with CinemaBlend.
Revolution is the second in Miller’s duology of novels that takes place between Batman and Batman Returns, with the Resurrection sequel introducing a new Riddler and featuring two especially deep-cut villains. Knowing what a Batman superfan Miller is, I asked him during our recent interview why he thinks the DC movie has so much staying power after all this time. He began by saying:
