Usually, a sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time would be carefully concocted in a Hollywood boardroom to maximize four-quadrant potential. John Jackson Miller wrote his continuation of Tim Burton’s mega-hit Batman over the last year in his memorabilia-filled office in central Wisconsin.

Most disquieting of all for him, is the possibility that events in the Gotham Cathedral were not as they seemed — and that maybe, just maybe, his greatest enemy might have pulled the king of all practical jokes,