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Danny DeVito, who played Penguin in 1992’s ‘Batman Returns,’ is set to reprise the role, this time in the form of a comic book.
GamesRadar, reports that DeVito is writing a comic book story about this villain in DC’s upcoming Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant #1 one-shot comic due out this November. The Penguin story is set to celebrate the Batman villain’s 80th anniversary.
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The story will be illustrated by Dan Mora, who revealed some concept work for his and DeVito’s take on Cobblepot on Twitter:
I have been working with @DannyDeVito & @Paul_Kaminski
in a new short Penguin story for Batman villain’s 80th anniversary.
I’m super excited for everyone to read it.
cover by the legend Lee Bermejo @DCComics @thedcnation pic.twitter.com/rbkCKoC7Hz— Dan Mora (@Danmora_c) August 13, 2021
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The creative team for the special includes comics luminaries like Wes Craig; writers G. Willow Wilson, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Joshua Williamson, Nadia Shammas, Stephanie Phillips, Dan Watters, and Mairghread Scott; and artists Emma Rios, Riccardo Federici, Max Raynor, Max Fiumara, Skylar Patridge, Ariela Kristantina, Khary Randolph, Jill Thompson, Christian Ward, Gabriel Walta, and more.