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[bryant]

Half of me wonders if Mark Millar’s latest column isn’t a prank. But — Orson Wells as Batman? In 1946?

Millar mentions a Lionel Hutton as the source of the news, and there’s no trace of any Lionel Hutton on the Web. I’m thinking the column is a prank. But, hey; it’s a glorious concept, and I’ll dream of Dietrich as Catwoman tonight. (And Cagney as the Riddler. Yum.)

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[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's been debunked pretty thoroughly (Riddler didn't appear until 1948, apparently), but my God, what a cool idea. It'd make a great graphic novel in and of itself. I've never read any of the very early 30s and 40s Detective Comics, but all the indications are that Batman at the time would have made a great period noir thriller.