One of the most unique - and time consuming - aspects of Batman & Joker: Deadly Duo is Silvestri's art. They're fighting something they've never seen before." "And I also grew up with sci-fi and fantasy, so those were the three elements I wanted to incorporate in this story, right? And it really helped, because in order for me to be convincing about why Batman and the Joker have to work together to begin with. Not slasher horror per se, but the classic monsters - vampires and stuff like that, I loved it," Silvestri explains. That's the kind of horror I grew up with. "I grew up watching classic monster movies, like Universal Monsters and stuff. Equal parts Universal Monster and sci-fi villain, Simms became the threat on which Silvestri felt he could build an unlikely team-up between Batman and the Joker. To bring the two archenemies together, Silvestri concocted Amanda Simms, a creepy, crawly villain whose origin of heartbreak forms the backbone of Deadly Duo. But yeah, I had the punchline with the Joker in mind as the end of the story from the beginning." "That was the key…I wanted to keep readers off balance. "The only way I could do that was if I kept the entire series a mystery, filled with misdirection and twists and turns that I hope make sense," he continues.
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