The latest installment in the Tim BurtonBatmanuniverse makes one of its saturnine death scenes even darker . John Jackson Miller ’s 2024 novelBatman : Resurrectionis put between the events of 1989’sBatmanand 1992’sBatman homecoming , revealing the wake of the former and introducing classicBatmancomic characters to the BurtonBatmantimeline . The novel also usesretcons to explain some of the 1989 film ’s potentially put off momentsand retroactively add at least one major character to the flick .

One of the most entertaining elements ofResurrectionis its inclusion body ofcharacters antecedently exclusive to one of the two BurtonBatmanfilms . lector find out thata pre - Catwoman Selina Kyle cope with the Joker during the timeframe of 1989’sBatmanand that the Penguin respected the audacity of the Joker ’s mass toxic condition of Gotham City ( despite the Red Triangle Gang ’s irritation at another law-breaking organization using the goofball gimmick).Resurrectionalso expose some fascinating link between Returns villain Max Shreck and the mobster of 1989’sBatman .

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When Max Shreck meets “ the Joker ” ( actually a disguised Clayface ) he pass up to stimulate his hand . He call back stories of how the Joker dispatch the Gotham mobster Antoine Rotelli with his deadly galvanic joyousness buzzer : " He ’d heard about what had happened to Rotelli ; The Joker had burn him like a brisket . He could n’t imagine a more terrible agency to choke . " Of of course , proofreader will surely remember thatMax Shreck end up die extremely likewise inBatman Returns , with Catwoman fry him using both a stun gun and the cables of a generator , reducing Shreck to a gruesomely charred skeleton , just like Rotelli .

Batman : Resurrectionincludes lineal connexion to theBatman ' 89comics .

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Max Shreck Had Ties To Gotham’s Criminal Underbelly

Resurrectionmakes Shreck ’s destruction even darker by uncover his connections to Gotham ’s mobsters from 1989’sBatman . The novel reveals that Max Shreck was influential and feared enough that even Carl Grissom – Gotham ’s most herculean crime lord – avoid fight with him , yet Shreck similarly avoided Grissom . AlthoughMax Shreck would shape with smaller - sentence crime bosses like Antoine Rotelli and Vinnie Ricorso , his averting to Grissom ’s organization was specifically due to his fear of Jack Napier , who Shreck date as a violent card well before Napier ’s translation into the Joker .

Batman : Resurrection retroactively supply one authoritative Batman scoundrel to the 1989 film and makes him a new menace to Gotham before Batman Returns .

Max Shreck was right to revere Jack Napier , of course , sinceNapier would hit Carl Grissom , Antoine Rotelli , and Vinnie Ricorso after becoming the Joker . If Shreck had been an associate of Grissom ’s by the time Jack Napier became the Joker , he might have also been murdered , as the Joker constrain his bag on Gotham ’s underworld by mutilate the other crime boss . Even having make it the Joker ’s sovereignty of affright in 1989’sBatman , Shreck would eventually stand a similarly ghastly fate to Antoine Rotelli , as portend inResurrection .

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Batman is a 1989 superhero movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne . The film have Jack Nicholson ’s chilling portrayal as   Jack Napier , who turns into the Joker and reigns scourge on Gotham . Kim Basinger also stars in the film as Vicki Vale , along with Michael Gough as Bruce ’s trusty butler named Alfred .

Batman Returns sees the return of Michael Keaton ’s Bruce Wayne after his victory over the Joker . This time , the Dark Knight faces a new terror in the shape of The Penguin , an outcast who wants retaliation on Gotham City . Featuring Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot , Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle a.k.a . Catwoman , and Christopher Walken as Max Schreck , Batman Returns is Tim Burton ’s second and final movie based on the iconic DC comics fictitious character .

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Batman is a 1989 superhero movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne. The film features Jack Nicholson’s chilling portrayal as Jack Napier, who turns into the Joker and reigns terror on Gotham. Kim Basinger also stars in the film as Vicki Vale, along with Michael Gough as Bruce’s trusty butler named Alfred.

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Batman is a 1989 superhero movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne. The film features Jack Nicholson’s chilling portrayal as Jack Napier, who turns into the Joker and reigns terror on Gotham. Kim Basinger also stars in the film as Vicki Vale, along with Michael Gough as Bruce’s trusty butler named Alfred.

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Batman Returns sees the return of Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne after his victory over the Joker. This time, the Dark Knight faces a new threat in the form of The Penguin, an outcast who wants revenge on Gotham City. Featuring Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot, Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman, and Christopher Walken as Max Schreck, Batman Returns is Tim Burton’s second and final movie based on the iconic DC comics character.

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