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An
Interview with Dennis O'Neil
By: Jek Tezak |
1 How did the
idea for Knightfall begin? What was the original concept for Knightfall?
Was Azrael a character that was in the original outline? In a visual
sense, what did you want Azrael to look like? What was your original
concept for the character? I've heard
the term Bat summit meeting. Is this refering to creative brainstorming
meetings on where to take the Batman storylines? Can you give us a
rough idea as to how the first meeting about Knightfall went? There was a
rumor going around roughly when Sword Of Azrael was at the news stands
that the Death of Superman team copied the Knightfall teams ideas,
that originally Bruce Wayne was supposed to die. Is there any truth
to this rumor? Besides what
we've already read, Were there any changes to the storyline or characters
made when Knightfall was hitting the newstands? By changes I mean,
last minute ideas or concepts that were not originally going to be
used? One change
I'm curious to know about is why the Azrael Batman suits final design
was changed. I noticed in an old Wizard magazine that the AZbats suit
looks much different than it did in the comics. Why did you guys change
the final suit? When reading
Knightsend I really felt like Azrael was going to become a full time
Batman villian and added to Batman's already infamous Rogues Gallery.
Was this ever thought of in the process of creating Knightfall? In your very
honest opinion, what do you think of the Azrael character? In the Knightfall
saga, Azrael was Batman for about a year. I know some fans were very
upset sending death threats to DC comics stating that if Bruce Wayne
wasn't put back in the Batsuit, that you would lose loyal readers.
How long was Azrael supposed to be Batman? Did those letters from
the fans influence your decision on how long Azrael was going to be
Batman? Do you have
any little known facts or secrets that fans don't know about the Bat-summit
meetings or the creation of Azrael/Knightfall? There was a
rumor going around that DC wanted you to outright kill off Jean Paul
Valley/Azrael and you didn't want to. I heard that you wanted to make
the ending of Jean Paul's character vague because you liked him too
much to kill him off outright. Is any of this true? What really
happened to Jean Paul Valley at the end of issue#100? With this Battle
For the Cowl and a new Azrael comic, will we ever see the return of
the original Azrael, Jean Paul Valley?
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