Stephen King – a long-time fan of DC Comics’ Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder – once wrote a short story about Batman and Robin for Harper’s Magazine back in 2012.
The father can only remember one event, though: when the pair dressed as Batman and Robin for Halloween.
Years later, on NPR’s Too Hot for Radio, actor Stephen Lang – best known for his role in Avatar – has read aloud ‘Batman and Robin have an Altercation’ to quite harrowing effect.
NPR’s Too Hot for Radio is a new podcast that looks at successful writers’ short stories.