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Screenwriter of the Batman movie discusses his involvement from his Warner Bros. contract through five drafts, his intent to make a serious, dark-toned film, and the changes made after his drafts (notably the retconned Joker/Wayne parents connection he strongly objected to). Also covers his work writing Detective Comics #598–600 for Batman's 50th anniversary and his completed Watchmen screenplay, with Terry Gilliam reportedly set to direct.

Moore discusses completing Watchmen and his final Swamp Thing issues, expressing both satisfaction and exhaustion after eight years without a holiday. He argues that Watchmen is a self-contained novel-in-comics form with no sequel planned, and that its effects — structural and visual — cannot be duplicated in prose or film, though he expresses cautious optimism about screenwriter Sam Hamm's WATCHMEN film adaptation. He reflects on his deliberate departure from superheroes, his desire to explore neglected genres (romance, crime, war), and previews Miracleman Book Three with artist John Totleben as a radical new take on what superheroes would do to the real world.

Englehart details his 1986 hire by DC to write Batman movie treatments after years of stalled scripts, describing his pitch to kill Robin in the opening seconds, the studio's resistance, and how his treatment (which introduced Silver St. Cloud and a darker tone) was used as the basis that led to Sam Hamm's script. He also disputes claims about who originated the homicidal Joker and addresses the failed mid-80s negotiations for him and Marshall Rogers to return to the Batman comic.