Mark Doyle is Staying on Batman from Burbank

As we’ve said before, much of what is good about Batman right now can be traced to group editor Mark Doyle. Joining the Bat-family last February, he’s helped sculpt the weekly Batman Eternal, moved Batgirl into a new direction and changed the lives of both Dick Grayson and Catwoman.

In April DC is moving its editorial headquarters from its traditional home in New York to Burbank, CA, closer to its parent company WB Studios. The shift means a lot of big changes and shakeups, but for fans of Doyle’s impact on Bat-books, the news is good.

"I’m happy to say yes, I’m going to be continuing as the Batman group editor and I will be relocating to Burbank.I think things are in sort of a state of flux — figuring a lot of stuff out still. No duty changes. It’s still all Batman all the time for me."

When asked about editions to the Gotham universe with books like Gotham Academy and Gotham by Midnight, Doyle talked about the way things have changed for the publisher.

"I think the idea was that the marketplace has shifted to a large degree. The philosophy, as you put it, was to try to reach different audiences by trying to make different types of books within the Bat line. I feel like, myself, and as a company, there were more audiences out there that we weren’t reaching. The idea was to try and reach out to people and put some bait out there and see if those audiences that we think are out there actually are out there.But for 2015, our plans are less about genre and more about character; taking characters that are already out there or aren’t out there right now and finding the best teams and people to tell the best stories with these characters — a lot of characters that I love. I came into this with a deep love of Batman characters and DC characters in general. … Great stories come from great characters so that’s what we’re trying to do next year."

With this and the announcement that Batman Eternal will likely return for another year means the good times may keep on rollin’ for the Caped Crusader past 75 years.