I really wanted to make sure that if we set Duke up, that he's set up the right way and he's his own hero for the right reasons.

I spoke to Geoff Johns a lot. We went back and forth, and found a way to bring up the best qualities in his personality and psychology and also fill a niche in Gotham that we've never seen. It became about is there a way to really plant this hero in Gotham and say this is someone you haven't seen before - both in terms of who they are as a person and who they are as a hero.

Does it matter how long they were together that night? To lovers, an hour can last a century. But even for lovers, every hour ends.

Having that North Star for every story [about Batman] is really key for me. It allows me to go farther and farther off the reservation.

I really wanted to make sure that if we set Duke up, that he's set up the right way and he's his own hero for the right reasons.

Vampires as creatures have evolved over time as different vampire bloodlines have hit different populations of humans. Every once in a while the blood will make something new and mutate into a new species with different powers, abilities, weakness, physical characteristics, and so on. I don't want to give anything away, but there are whole species and branches that date all the way back to pre-modern times.

You take the thing that is the worst thing that could have happened to you, the worst challenge in your life, and you turn it into fuel. You don't give up. And that's what Gotham is about.