See Batman’s dinosaur origin story in a preview of DC’s Jurassic League

We are oversaturated with depictions of the infamous murder of Batman’s parents. What was once one of the most iconic sequences in comic book history is now so completely played out that when Matt Reeves’ BatmanIt was a great relief that Warner Bros. did not retell it. But I am begging you to look at one more retelling of Batman’s origin story, from the first chapter of Jurassic LeagueThe Justice League’s six-issue miniseries, in which dinosaurs walk like people.

Juan Gedeon, an artist and writer by the name of Daniel Warren Johnson were greatly influenced in their creations by classic works. Jurassic League, like Street Sharks and Primal Rage, and their pages reveal more — a Batsaur with the bulky shapes of The Dark Knight ReturnsThe Joker-related origin story Batman (1989). From that bubbling cauldron of ingredients they have depicted Batman’s origin in a truly original way, one that fostered within me the immediate and strong need to shove the book in front of the face of every person I know, yelling “LOOK AT This!”

With this two-page preview from DC Comics, you can make it happen.