SUPERMAN VS. THE ELITE EXCLUSIVE: Writer Joe Kelly on the Challenge of Adaptation

SUPERMAN VS. THE ELITE EXCLUSIVE: Writer Joe Kelly on the Challenge of Adaptation

CBM Editor Ed Gross caught up with writer Joe Kelly at Wondercon to talk to him about the upcoming Superman vs. The Elite. In this excerpt, he discusses the challenges of adapting his own comic story into a screenplay.

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