At the turn of the 21st century, movies based on DC Comics were all but non-existent. This was due in large part to a single event: the disastrous June 1997 release of Batman and Robin, the fourth ...

When Batman Begins reached cinemas, in the summer of 2005, it was an unmitigated success story – even if it took until the phenomenon of The Dark Knight for Nolan’s achievement to really sink in.