History Trivia / HolyTerror

* CreatorBacklash: [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/frank-miller-xerxes-cursed-sin-city-the-dark-knight-returns In this 2018 interview]] with ''The Guardian'', Creator/FrankMiller expressed regret for making ''Holy Terror'' and the statements he made around the time of its publication, admitting that he "wasn't thinking clearly" and was "blinded by hatred" at the time when he wrote it and that in retrospect, he could see that it was terrible from both a political and storytelling standpoint.

* OldShame: Frank Miller doesn't look back on the story fondly, being thoroughly ashamed of it's blatant racism and admitting he was blinded by hatred. He's since disowned it entirely.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally meant to be a Batman story set in the "Millerverse" called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworlds tale already called ''ComicBook/BatmanHolyTerror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman". Though given that the story still takes place in what is very obviously a SerialNumbersFiledOff version of the Batman mythos, it's commonly speculated that in actuality DC objected to the book's content and didn't want Batman depicted as an Islamophobic sociopath.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally meant to be a Batman story set in the "Millerverse" called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworlds tale already called ''ComicBook/BatmanHolyTerror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman".

* CreatorBreakdown: Like much of Miller's work following the tragedy, it's extremely obvious that the comic's jingoistic and xenophobic themes were rooted in Miller's extended trauma from 9/11. Miller lived in New York City for most of his life and was only four miles from the attack when it happened, and much of the controversial themes present in ''Holy Terror'' were directly reflective of similar comments he would make on Islam and terrorism during its release. For what it's worth, Miller has backed away from comments, admitting he wasn't thinking clearly while creating it amidst a dark point in his life, [[CreatorBacklash leading to him disowning the book on a narrative and political level]].

* CreatorBacklash: [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/frank-miller-xerxes-cursed-sin-city-the-dark-knight-returns In 2018, Frank Miller came to feel ashamed]] of making ''Holy Terror'' and admitted that he "wasn't thinking clearly" and was "blinded by hatred" at the time when he wrote it, and that in retrospect he could see that it was terrible from both a political and storytelling standpoint.

* OldShame: [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/frank-miller-xerxes-cursed-sin-city-the-dark-knight-returns In 2018, Frank Miller came to feel ashamed]] of making ''Holy Terror'' and admitted that he "wasn't thinking clearly" and was "blinded by hatred" at the time when he wrote it, and that in retrospect he could see that it was terrible from both a political and storytelling standpoint.

* FanNickname: Due to WhatCouldHaveBeen.
** The Fixer is Not-Batman.
** Natalie Stack is Not-Catwoman.
** Dan Donagel is Not-Jim Gordon.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally meant to be a Batman story set in the "Millerverse" called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworlds tale already called ''ComicBook/BatmanHolyTerror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman". A ''much'' more popular theory is that DC Comics refused to let ''this'' be an actual Batman story, partially due to the fact that Bob Schreik (who had been pushing for Miller) had been laid off by DC and went over to Legendary.

* LyingCreator: Frank Miller stated he took ''Holy Terror'' to Legendary because it was "not a Batman story" (See DivorcedInstallment) However, when reading ''Holy Terror'', it still shares much in common with Frank Miller's ''Batman'' works, from similar costume designs to characters resembling said works and even recurring tropes from his previous works. When the characters' outfits are basically Batman and Catwoman minus the ears, not-Catwoman even saves herself from a fall with claws in her gloves and talks about having nine lives, Donegal is a ''totally'' unaltered Jim Gordon, and we get post-meme-ASBAR-style spamming of the word "Goddamn," it's obvious that the Batman [[SerialNumbersFiledOff serial numbers were filed off]] very late in production. And again, throw in the fact that Miller moved when (and where) the guy pushing for the story did. This has led to the theory that Frank Miller lied and that DC refused to make it a Batman story.

* CreatorKiller: Eventually averted. It was considered the nail in the coffin for Creator/FrankMiller's career in comic books but since then Miller has gone on to work on both ''ComicBook/DarkKnightIIITheMasterRace'' and ''Superman: Year One''.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally meant to be a Batman story set in "Millerverse" Batman called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworld's tale called ''Batman: Holy Terror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman". A ''much'' more popular theory is that DC Comics refused to let ''this'' be an actual Batman story, partially due to the fact that Bob Schreik (who had been pushing for Miller) had been laid off by DC and went over to Legendary.

* CreatorKiller: Eventually averted. It was considered the nail in the coffin for Creator/FrankMiller's career in comic books but since then Miller has gone on to work on both ''ComicBook/DarkKnightIIITheMasterRace'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanYearOne''.

* CreatorBacklash: [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/frank-miller-xerxes-cursed-sin-city-the-dark-knight-returns In 2018, Frank Miller came to feel ashamed]] of making ''Holy Terror'' and admitted that he "wasn't thinking clearly" and was "blinded by hatred" at the time when he wrote it, and that in retrospect he could see that it was terrible from both a political and storytelling standpoint.
** Closer to OldShame really, since the comic was never popular or well-regarded by critics in the first place, and Miller simply came around to agreeing with this consensus.

** Closer to OldShame really, since the comic was never popular or well-regarded by critics in the first place.

** Closer to OldShame really, since everybody pretty much hated it in the first place.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally meant to be a Batman story set in "Millerverse" Batman called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworld's tale called ''Batman: Holy Terror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman". A ''much'' more popular theory is that DC Comics refused to let ''this'' be an actual Batman story, partially due to the fact that Bob Schreik (who had been pushing for Miller) had been laid off by DC and went over to Legendary.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally meant to be a Batman story set in "Millerverse" Batman called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworld's tale called ''Batman: Holy Terror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman". A more popular theory is that DC Comics refused to let ''this'' be an actual Batman story, partially due to the fact that Bob Schreik (who had been pushing for Miller) had been laid off by DC and went over to Legendary.

* LyingCreator: Frank Miller stated he took ''Holy Terror'' to Legendary because it was "not a Batman story" (See DivorcedInstallment) However, when reading ''Holy Terror'', it still shares much in common with Frank Miller's ''Batman'' works, from similar costume designs to characters resembling said works and even recurring tropes from his previous works. This has led to the theory that Frank Miller lied and that DC refused to make it a Batman story.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally meant to be a Batman story set in "Millerverse" Batman called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworld's tale called ''Batman: Holy Terror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman". A more popular theory is that DC Comics refused to let ''this'' be an actual Batman story.

* CreatorKiller: Subverted. It was considered the nail in the coffin for Creator/FrankMiller's career in comic books but since then Miller has gone on to work on both ''ComicBook/DarkKnightIIITheMasterRace'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanYearOne''.

* CreatorKiller: Considered the nail in the coffin for Creator/FrankMiller's career in comic books.

* CreatorBacklash: [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/frank-miller-xerxes-cursed-sin-city-the-dark-knight-returns In 2018, Frank Miller disowned the comic]] and admitted that he "wasn't thinking clearly" and was "blinded by hatred" at the time when he wrote it, and that in retrospect he could see that it was terrible from both a political and storytelling standpoint.

* OldShame: [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/frank-miller-xerxes-cursed-sin-city-the-dark-knight-returns In 2018, Frank Miller admitted that he "wasn't thinking clearly" and was "blinded by hatred"]] when he wrote the comic, and that in retrospect he could see that it was terrible from both a political and storytelling standpoint.

* BigNameFan: {{Inverted|Trope}}: Creator/{{Linkara}} believes this to be the worst comic he's ever reviewed.

* LyingCreator: Frank Miller stated he took ''Holy Terror'' to Legendary because it was "not a Batman story" (See WhatCouldHaveBeen) However, when reading ''Holy Terror'', it still shares much in common with Frank Miller's ''Batman'' works, from similar costume designs to characters resembling said works and even recurring tropes from his previous works. This has led to the theory that Frank Miller lied and that DC refused to make it a Batman story.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally going to be a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story in which Batman fights Islamic terrorists, but depending on who you believe, either Miller decided that it would work better with an original character, or D.C. just didn't want to make his original version. It's still fairly obvious what it was originally meant to be – see "Fan Nickname" below. As noted below, there's already a ''Batman: Holy Terror''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Holy Terror'' was originally meant to be a Batman story set in "Millerverse" Batman called ''Holy Terror, Batman!'', a nod to Robin's "Holy (whatever!)" MadLibsCatchPhrase from the '60s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series. (Miller was probably not aware of an Elseworld's tale called ''Batman: Holy Terror''.) Supposedly, Frank Miller decided to take the book to Legendary because he realized it was "not a Batman story" and the hero was "much closer to Film/DirtyHarry than Batman". A more popular theory is that DC Comics refused to let ''this'' be an actual Batman story.

* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally going to be a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story in which Batman fights Islamic terrorists, but depending on who you believe, either Miller decided that it would work better with an original character, or D.C. just didn't want to make his original version. It's still fairly obvious what it was originally meant to be – see "Fan Nickname" below. Ironically, as noted below, there's already a ''Batman: Holy Terror''.