DC's epic crossover event Dark Nights: Metal is kicking off next month, and that story has been a major focus at Comic-Con this week. We had the chance to chat with writer Scott Snyder on the show floor today, and Snyder revealed some juicy new details about the Dark Knights and the ties he's building between Batman and Hawkman.
Snyder reiterated the point that while Metal is an extension of his long Batman saga, it's also a story about the Justice League as a whole. Snyder said, "I started thinking about it - what if I developed this mystery that Batman and then the Justice League start following. Because it's really a Justice League story even more than a Batman story. It becomes the first mystery that Batman just does not want to solve, because it all seems to point back to him in a way that's terrifying to him. So it's almost like the first detective case he doesn't want to solve."
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Snyder reiterated the point that while Metal is an extension of his long Batman saga, it's also a story about the Justice League as a whole. Snyder said, "I started thinking about it - what if I developed this mystery that Batman and then the Justice League start following. Because it's really a Justice League story even more than a Batman story. It becomes the first mystery that Batman just does not want to solve, because it all seems to point back to him in a way that's terrifying to him. So it's almost like the first detective case he doesn't want to solve."
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