Source: comicsattack.com

5. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight

First Writer: Becky Cloonan
First Artist: Doug Mahnke

Anthology books are a lost art.

We used to have them all the time back in the nineties, but now we really don’t. They tried them again in a digital format a few years back, but no, that’s not how you do it. Up and coming talent and multiple stories per issue is a good enough idea, but it isn’t the way to sell someone on a book.

For that, you need all-star creators and one writer/art team per arc, like the original Legends of the Dark Knight, which is a great book, by the way. Batman is one of those characters every artist wants to draw, and every writer wants to write, so he’s the optimal pick to launch an anthology theory.

To start off, I’d say launch the book with two people who are just starting to get as big as they deserve to be: Becky Cloonan and Doug Mahnke. Mahnke’s art is always gorgeous, but in the right (or should I say “write”) hands he can be absolutely terrifying. And Becky Cloonan’s incredible writing for The Punisher has shown that she’s more than ready to step up to the big leagues in terms of characters.