It’s Edison Rex: Year One this month as fans get to meet Gladiator Gladstone, the man who may have prevented Edison from experiencing the pain and loss of Bruce Wayne–and set him on the path to becoming the most brilliant and ruthless supervillain in the world.Wow, I bet that guy feels silly.Series co-creator and writer Chris Roberson joined ComicBook.com to discuss the issue, which hit last Wednesday alongside the first trade paperback volume of the series, which collected the first arc.Bear in mind that our “commentary tracks” are SPOILER-HEAVY conversations. If you haven’t read Edison Rex #7 yet, you should go buy it and read along with us.ComicBook.com: I like the idea of turning the Batman origin story on its head a bit. I’d say that’s got to be the most-reprinted sequence in comics history but I’ve never seen it homaged/parodied more than once or twice. Did you find it pretty easy to tinker with it?Chris Roberson: This is one of those instances where I can’t quite recall if the idea originated with me or with Dennis Culver. Whichever of us first suggested it, though, I know that both of us agreed it was a fantastic idea immediately.ComicBook.com: Is Gladstone still alive and kicking? It could be interesting to see his perspective on what’s become of Edison in the last year or so.Roberson: Just what became of Gladstone is something we’ll be addressing in the not-too-distant future.ComicBook.com: So…did Edison steal the blueprints to the Gladstone Institute on his way out the door? Because that building (and location) looks strangely familiar…Roberson: In fact, it’s the very same building. When we first saw the “Edison Aid” building at a press conference, one of the reporters mentioned that the site was the former home of the Gladstone Institute. Rex was denied the chance to be Gladstone’s successor, so he just did the next best thing and bought the place for himself.[Note: I’ve apparently got a terrible memory, as we’ve discussed Gladstone and his Institute here and here.]
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