![]() ![]() ![]() Green Lantern/Green Arrow remains relevant decades after it was first published, with Hal Jordan serving as a police officer (granted, on a cosmic scale) and Oliver Queen standing in for a protester. ![]() The philosophy that guided O'Neil and Adams on Batman was to return to the formula originated by Bill Finger and Bob Kane when the character debuted, and that decision - to lean into the dark, gothic, violent, and mysterious elements of Batman - has reverberated through comics and related media ever since. The show, having embraced camp and then becoming such a huge success that the comics tried to emulate it, had left Batman comics limping along when it ended, since comic book readers did not necessarily respond to the sillier take in the same way TV audiences had. O'Neil and Adams were tasked with reinventing the Dark Knight following the end of the '60s Batman TV show with Adam West and Burt Ward. The company, which is still in business, aims to show that "the graphic vernacular of the comic book could be employed in profitable endeavors outside the confines of traditional comics." From 1984 until 1994, Continuity had its own comics-publishing arm. In 1971, Adams and famed comics artist and editor Dick Giordano founded Continuity Associates, which takes on various different kinds of creative and commercial art projects. ![]()
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