2:19 AM
Various web forums have spent the weekend poking chinks in the armor of the Orson Welles Batman film story. Items mentioned on AICN Talkbalks and the Ellison Webderland message board:

- There's no record of any Lionel Hutton writing such a book
- The Riddler wasn't even *created* until 1948
- Between The Stranger and The Lady of Shanghai, Welles spent a great deal of time and energy on his Around the World in 80 Days stage play, not to mention his radio work
- Several of the actors mentioned had contracts with other studios (not to mention another studio which had the Batman film rights in the 40's)
- Peter Bagdanovich did a very meticulous interview with Welles regarding his career, including his various unfinished projects; it seems very unlikely that he wouldn't have mentioned this

It'll be very interesting to see what Millar does with the furor he's stirred up.