As such, a new partnership with Gaiman and DC Comics certainly feels warranted, if only for a new limited series or one-shot like his beloved story about Batman's death and the dynamic funeral that followed. Obviously, Neil Gaiman has a great love not only for Batman as a character but also for the legacy of the Caped Crusader and those who helped forge it such as Batman's original creator Bob Kane and those who revolutionized the Dark Knight like Frank Miller (and naturally the late Neal Adams). Gaiman then references his experiences with Batman as an adult, eventually writing stories for DC Comics and reveling in the chance to tell the Dark Knight what to do and what to say (most notably killing him in the iconic two-part story Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? with artist Andy Kubert).
As a child, Gaiman reveals he saw Batman as more real than Santa Claus and even God, inspiring his love for the horror genre as the Dark Knight gradually became darker.
However, Gaiman reveals that he has his own personal Batman with " his cloak a shroud of blue-black shadow," always silently watching him as he writes. He then goes on to describe the idea that there are so many different kinds of Batmen, such as the one " who clambers sideways up the side of buildings" ( Adam West's Batman) along with those who are much darker. Related: Batman’s Goodbye Message To Alfred Will Break Any Fan’s Heartīeginning with the classic iconography of a family walking in an alleyway followed by " pearls that fall like tears to the stones of the alley," Gaiman begins his poem by highlighting the timelessness of Batman.
While the legendary author confessed that his poem wasn't one he ever thought he'd share publicly, Batman fans should be glad that he did.
Leaving behind an incredible legacy with Batman and a major impact on the entire comic book industry as a whole, Gaiman credits Adams as the artist who inspired him to constantly draw the Dark Knight's always-pointed bat ears in his school books. Sharing his poem during recent appearances in Massachusetts and Oregon, Neil Gaiman dedicated his short piece to the late comic artist Neal Adams who passed away at the end of April.
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