What Comic Is ‘The Batman’ 2022 Based on? Here’s the Scoop

There is no denying that the titular character looks quite moody in The Batman, and according to Matt Reeves, this emo depiction takes inspiration from Darwyn Cooke’s Batman: Ego and Other Tails.

“I wanted to get into the mindset of the character, and I wanted to think of the psychology,” Matt said during DC FanDome 2020, via Esquire UK. “For me, I think, one of the cool deep dive (comics) was Darwyn Cooke’s Ego. He’s confronting the beast that is Batman, and there’s a kind of duality.”