 Editor Archie Goodwin had been impressed by Jones' work on the series and wanted him to draw a "Detective Comics" cover to see his take on Batman.The image Jones produced—which depicted Batman diving down with a "weird cape" and surrounded by bats—impressed Goodwin and Dennis O'Neil, the editor of the Batman family of comics.O'Neil wanted to use Jones' art for a Batman book and had been talking to Moench, who was also a fan of Jones.