Kyle Higgins is an American

United States

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 comic book

Comic book

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 writer and film director. He is best known for his work on the Batman

Batman

Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

 franchise at DC Comics

DC Comics

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.

Career

After writing and directing his college thesis film titled The League, about the superhero labor union of 1960's Chicago, Higgins spent a year writing for Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 before authoring the back-up features for the 2010 editions of Detective Comics Annual and Batman

Batman

Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

 Annual. The stories introduced the controversial character Nightrunner

Nightrunner (comics)

Nightrunner is a fictional character created by David Hine and Kyle Higgins for publisher DC Comics. A comic book superhero, Nightrunner first appeared in Detective Comics Annual #12 . Nightrunner is a 22 year-old Algerian Sunni Muslim French citizen that lives in Clichy-sous-Bois in the eastern...

, who he co-created with David Hine. Higgins is currently co-writing Batman: Gates of Gotham

Batman: Gates of Gotham

Batman: Gates of Gotham is a five-issue, monthly comic book limited series published by DC Comics involving the various characters of the Batman franchise. It is written by Scott Snyder and Kyle Higgins, and illustrated by Trevor McCarthy...

with Scott Snyder

Scott Snyder

Scott Snyder is an American writer best known for his 2006 short story collection Voodoo Heart, and his work in comic books, including American Vampire, Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham and Swamp Thing.-Career:...

, a four issue Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power)

Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power)

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mini-series, and will be helming both the Nightwing and Deathstroke

Deathstroke

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relaunches in the Fall.

External links

• http://www.theleaguefilm.com