CBR has an exclusive interview with Superman/Batman: Public Enemies director Sam Liu about his experiences work on the movie plus wrapping up Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

CBR: Were you familiar with Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness’ run on “Superman/Batman” before taking on this assignment?

Sam Liu: Actually, I had heard about it but I never read it. Unfortunately, I’m not as avid comic book reader as I was about 10 years ago when I was in comics.

CBR: Assuming you’ve now gone back and read it, what is it about the story that you think makes it translate well to an animated feature?

SL: When I read the scripts, I read the script first and then I read the comic, and I was really happy with what [producer] Bruce [Timm] and [writer] Stan [Berkowitz] had done. They really consolidated it and focused on some specific parts. And even though it’s like a big punch-fest type of thing, I felt there were some characters in there that would make it a pretty compelling and interesting story.

I feel like it’s a Superman redemption type of story. And I really gravitate towards that. And obviously, that goes hand-in-hand with Batman and Superman’s relationship because Batman is helping him out. So I felt like it was a good vehicle for that exploration. It’s like his friend is in dire trouble. And so even though Batman is the dark, tough guy, he’s going out of his way to help him out.

I thought Power Girl was kind of interesting too. There’s that reality that Luthor is fixing the economy to a certain extent, and that’s what gains the trust in the people, and even though Power Girl is sort of working for the government, she’s Superman’s cousin, you know what I mean? So she’s kind of torn.

I also thought Captain Atom’s story was pretty interesting, just how he is sort of the person who took over Superman’s mantle. He’s almost the right hand man of the President in a way. And he’s just trying to do a good job. He’s just a patriot, but he has to go capture Superman [laughs].

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(Source - CBR)