Paul Dini is a guy who has been working in the superhero industry for longer than most of us have been alive; and the man to thank for penning Rocksteady’s unexpectedly amazing Arkham Asylum in 2009.

He also had his hand in writing the story for Arkham City; so he’s kind of a big deal.

According to ComicBookMovie, Dini apparently weighed in with his thoughts to Yahoo!Games as to where Rocksteady should go next with their games, saying that the developers should look at a new character in the superhero universe.

The source of this isn’t corroborated by the site – but it’s unlikely someone would go and put all these words in his mouth; nevertheless, we’ve reached out to Mr. Dini for further comment.

In the quote, Dini noted that Batman was a very “real-world-centric” character, and that it would be more fun to do a character like Superman – who has a different power-scheme for fighting villains (powers not gadgets).

“I would probably want to amp it up a bit, as far as the power level goes, and do more of a superhero with more super powers.”

While he mentioned a number of characters like the Green Lantern and Captain Marvel, Superman would be the most obvious choice as he believes that “there’s a lot of reinvention being done on Superman at the moment – both in the comics and in the movies.”

I think a grittier Clark Kent who’s not so clean-cut and has a darker context to him would be a great. How would Superman metabolize drugs and alcohol?

Superman games have been done before – and they’re all pretty bad.

Of course, everyone expected Arkham Asylum to be pretty bad too – and boy were they [we] all wrong; so if Rocksteady decides to take on the Man of Steel for their next challenge, I think it’s fair to say the franchise would be in safe hands.

Batman: Arkham City is dropping out of the shadows and onto consoles on the 21st of October 2011 – the PC version has been pushed back to November – so perpare yourself for some more gritty Paul Dini goodness.

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