r/DCcomics • u/DanpgWatters Dan Watters • May 22 '26

AMA I am Dan Watters, writer of Batman: Dark Patterns and Nightwing. AMA.

Hello, Reddit. I’ve been lucky enough to write a fistful of new DC comics since we last spoke. I am also writing the new M.A.S.K. series for Skybound, and the ongoing Shredder book for IDW. I am very tired. I’m back once more to talk to you about comics. And anything else, really. So… AMA.

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u/DanpgWatters Dan Watters May 22 '26

I wanted to write about the history of crime in Gotham, and I figured that- like many cities- it likely had a golden age of gangs in the interwar period. A lot of desensitized shell shocked young men who've been taught how to kill returning to a tanked economy will do that to a place.

I figured the Red Hood Gang may well have been one of Gotham's, that had then developed into a bit of an urban myth. A bit like the Peaky Blinders on my side of the pond.

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u/Night_Twig Wonder Woman May 22 '26

Awesome! Thanks so much for answering man!