"Carpe Noctum: Seize the Knight." That’s what director/comics writer Kevin VanHook ("Bloodshot") wanted to name his latest work, an old-school horror comic entrenched in the DC Universe that finds Superman and Batman battling a swelling population of vampires and werewolves. DC brass didn’t “get” that title; they instead came up with this: "Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves."
“I was told by phone," explained VanHook. "[DC Executive Editor] Dan DiDio was like, 'Are you sitting down? Remember when you did that movie and you wanted to call it 'Death Row,' but SCI FI channel insisted on calling it 'Haunted Prison?'” [laughs] He said, ‘It’s sorta like that.’ Not subtle!” Read More...
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