Endgame is a sixissue comic book story arc first published by dc comics in 2014, featuring the fictional superhero batman. Dead end wowed batman and predator fans alike at the san diego comic con that same year and became one of the most talked about and downloaded short films ever made. Set after the events of batman eternal, the story involves the return of batman s archenemy, the joker, following his disappearance in the 2012 story arc death of the family. Dead end is a fan film written and directed by sandy collora that premiered july 19, 2003 at the san diego comic con, and on the internet shortly thereafter. Dead end is that fact that it is more true to the comic universe then many of the movies made of batman. This section also generally handles titles that have spun off of the core batman titles to feature related characters. These titles have been handled or coordinated through a single editorial section at dc comics. Batman has been featured in many ongoing series, limited series and graphic novels published by dc comics. The short film premiered on july 19, 2003 at the san diego comic. Love or hate the dcu, this scene captures the batman we all want. At the end of a previous arc, death of the family, where the joker seemingly knew the secret identities of batman and all his allies, bruce wayne bested his. A crossover between the batman, alien and predator franchises, it follows batman as he pursues the recently escaped joker, only to encounter both the xenomorphs and yautja in gotham city.