Or he wouldn't have stopped it. He would've simply adapted to the situation -- sacrificing his life as Bruce Wayne if need be -- and devoted himself full-time to his quest for justice – to being Batman.

As for 119, there are a few twists and turns and one revelation in particular that I think readers won't be expecting.

And, most importantly, knowing what we know now knowing the damage we did would we do the same thing again? Do we have any choice?

Or he wouldn't have stopped it. He would've simply adapted to the situation -- sacrificing his life as Bruce Wayne if need be -- and devoted himself full-time to his quest for justice to being Batman.

Just as Batman won't take another life to achieve his own ends, it makes sense to me that he wouldn't condone altering someone's consciousness another way of taking someone's life for the same reason.

I think we were both a little nervous about working together in the beginning, too. Just because you love hanging out with someone doesn't necessarily mean you're going to enjoy working together. Plus, our writing styles are different, as well, so I had no idea how we were going to approach this project. But I think we were both pleasantly surprised at how organic the process turned out to be and how much fun it was.