I agree that Origins had the best storytelling because it was a lot more focused. All the missions and side quests forwarded or supplemented the central storyarc which was about Batman's transformation from vigilante to actual superhero.

Christopher Drake needs more appreciation for consistently memorable superhero scores for most of the DC Animated projects.

I remember reading that it was an improvisation by Hemsworth that they just went along with.

You'll probably be fine.

If we need to explain the transition, I'd just say that Bruce was able to streamline the Batsuit technology and design between Origins and Arkham.

It was all a bit too *wink wink, nudge nudge*

I have no idea what a WoW would be like since I never got into the game, but that is a surprisingly solid cast.

Following the example set by Man-of-Bats from Grant Morrison's Batman Inc., "Batman on a budget" could work. It won't be as 'sexy or easy' as the classic way of doing things, but a lot of good could still be done as long as he focused on the 'help people' part of superheroing.

I really liked Manitou Raven and Manitou Dawn from Joe Kelly's JLA and Justice Leage Elite series, but always wondered what Apache readers or commentators made of them.

They could also meld it with the 'dossiers' you unlock throughout the game. Like reward you for studying your enemies and knowing their personalities and weakness by letting you take advantage of their inherent weaknesses during boss fights instead of just telling you what you need to do.

I liked the 'take pictures of Batman landmarks' since they felt like trivia questions as much as easter egg hunts. But I wouldn't mind if they reduced the number of generic 'find the green ?' under the bridge/car/roof tasks in exchange for more of the elaborate puzzle rooms.

Batman was actually referred to as a "Black Knight" in one or two of his very early comic adventures (I think one instance came after "Dark Knight" was first used).

At the end of his stint on Plastic Man, Baker used the title to publish a hilarious and barely veiled parody of Identity Crisis and what he thought of DC's general creative direction.

So of course DC totally ruined her and banished her from relevance.

I got it off of Amazon.

A Batman with 10 dead parents is 5 times as dangerous.

Yessssss!

And thanks to the oven mitt gloves, he won't have to worry about scalding his hands on his cocoa.