This article is coming a bit late, but a week or so ago, DC Animation made a pretty exciting announcement for one of their upcoming projects. It would appear that an adaptation of James Tinion IV's Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be getting an animated feature.
The story-arc in question was the first of a series of crossovers with DC comic characters and was very well received by critics and fans alike. Having everyone's favorite pizza eating, ninja reptiles from the 90s go toe to toe with one of the greatest martial artists in comic books was beyond fulfilling, and with a master story crafter like Tinion, everything came together very well. I am glad to see such a fantastic story being brought to the small screen of animated features, and hopefully, DCAU will continue its track record from Death of Superman and Reign of the Superman and not fall back to their poor storytelling ways of the first New 52 films. However, as exciting news as this is, I for one am far more excited for what this crossover adaption means for the future of DC animation.
As I said before, Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the first of a whole bunch of crossovers. With DC very clearly pushing their animated format of late (we currently have confirmed: Batman: Hush, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, and a potential Darkseid War film teased), the promise that is brought with this adaptation is that DC is expanding from doing traditional stories tapping into their crossover books, and of the recent ones that have been done, there is one in particular that I would be absolutely euphoric to see made: Batman/The Shadow: Murder Geniuses.
Batman/ The Shadow's story was written by Scott Snyder, and it follows the Dark Knight as an investigation of a murder puts him in the path of the mysterious Shadow! However, it appears that The Shadow has had a far greater role in Bruce's life than he had ever known, as the legendary pulp hero from the '30s had been tailoring Batman to be his successor. Together they take on The Stag, a villain that The Shadow has killed again and again throughout the years, however, The Stag has found allies of his own as he enlists the aid of the Clown Prince of Crime himself: The Joker.
Batman/ The Shadow was easily one of my favorite books of 2017, and I would be through the roof if it got an animated adaptation, and with the Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film coming out, I would not be surprised if DC started doing other crossovers, and with the success of this particular run, I think Batman/ The Shadow has a pretty great shot at being one of the very next picks.
This has been another edition of Comic Relief! I hope you have enjoyed and we will see you next time!
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