For those of us who swear by Batman (and thus snigger at film mash-ups with Superman), lawyer Lawrence Liang has something to add. “What is Batman about?” he says, adding, “It is the idea of a city struggling between dystopia and perfection. Gotham, which draws several parallels from New York City, is as much a character in the series as The Joker.” Liang has struck a chord with us as we are transported to the Art Deco towers and Gothic gargoyles of the fictional city and its grimy underworld made famous by the Batman comics.

Lawyer and comics fan Lawrence Liang. Pic/Ajeesh F Rawther