Actor and comic writer David Dastmalchian joins the Capes and Tights Podcast along with Leah Kilpatrick and Lukas Ketner for Episode 194 on October 23, 2024. To prepare for the conversation, we have compiled 11 comics and movies by Dastmalchian you should read or watch.
David Dastmalchian is a film and television actor and comic book writer. He has appeared in films such as The Dark Knight (2008), the Ant-Man franchise, CW’s The Flash, and The Suicide Squad (2021). He has also appeared in Prisoners (2013), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Dune (2021), Oppenheimer (2023), The Boogeyman (2023), The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023), Late Night with the Devil (2024) and many more. As a comic writer, David has written the Count Crowley series at Dark Horse as well as contributed to a number of DC Comics.
Together with Leah Kilpatrick and Lukas Ketner they contributed to the Headless Horseman Annual 2024 which hits shelves on October 23, 2024 from Dark Horse.
Late Night with the Devil
Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. However, ratings for the show have plummeted since the tragic death of Jack’s beloved wife. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, on October 31st, 1977, Jack plans a Halloween special like no other–unaware he is about to unleash evil into the living rooms of America.
Headless Horseman Annual 2023 (w/ Leah Kilpatrick, Lukas Ketner)
Boils, ghouls, vampires, monsters, and creatures of all kinds, welcome. Take a seat, go on, fill the aisles, relax your fangs, and sit with us for a while. Join us in a macabre and magical journey through all the haunts and spooks that keep you up at night for here we revel in the darkness and present to you a chilling, nay petrifying experience as the Headless Horseman presents a collection of five terrifying tales to warm up your cold soul. Hurry up now, you won’t want to keep them waiting…
The Dark Knight
With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon and DA Harvey Dent, Batman has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker suddenly throws the town into chaos, the caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism.
Count Crowley (w/ Lukas Ketner)
That bump you heard is nothing to fear. It’s just a werewolf. Oh, they’re real. Monsters are real. But fear not, horror hounds, for there is a new huntress battling the creatures of evil and she may just save humanity . . . if we can keep her sober long enough. She’s none other than the local TV station’s late-night horror host . . . Jerri Bartman, Count Crowley, the Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter. Collects the four-issue miniseries.
Ant-Man
Forced out of his own company by former protégé Darren Cross, Dr. Hank Pym recruits the talents of Scott Lang, a master thief just released from prison. Lang becomes Ant-Man, trained by Pym and armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size, possess superhuman strength and control an army of ants. The miniature hero must use his new skills to prevent Cross, also known as Yellowjacket, from perfecting the same technology and using it as a weapon for evil.
DC Horror Presents: Creature Commandos
A vampire, a werewolf, a gorgon, and an undead soldier walk into a grocery store…and all hell breaks loose! This is the Creature Unit, a team of misfits assembled by a mad…ly talented scientist for a dangerous military mission. In this brand-new era of Creature Commandos penned by Count Crowley creator David Dastmalchian, the claws are out, fangs are bared, and blood is spilled–lots of it!
Suicide Squad
Welcome to hell–a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out–even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and-destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave…and Amanda Waller’s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they’re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone’s laying down bets, the smart money is against them–all of them.
Knights vs. Samurai
Sir Charles Ward, “The Dragon Butcher,” has achieved knighthood, acclaim, and is leading a legion of royal warriors on a noble mission, yet his self-doubt and grief haunt him. Venturing to a mysterious island in the Far East, Charles leads his diverse assembly of fighters (including a giant and two clerics) to seek vengeance against savage monsters who ambushed a group of English missionaries. Arrival on the island reveals that the truth may be drastically different from what Charles was led to believe, and the “savage monsters” he will face are actually a regiment of skillful warriors the likes of which he has never seen.
Oppenheimer
During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.
Headless Horseman Annual 2024 (w/ Leah Kilpatrick, Lukas Ketner)
Like the urban legends and folklore frights of yore, the Headless Horseman is coming back to haunt you once more! Ignore the creaking footsteps, don’t mind the whistling wind, pull your eyes away from the shifting shadows, and tiptoe through these spine-tingling stories. The Headless Horseman returns… and this year, he’s coming for you!
Dune
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to a dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of a precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive.
DC Horror Presents… (w/ Leah Kilpatrick)
Written by The Boulet Brothers, David Dastmalchian and Leah Kilpatrick. Bones crunching, worms munching, blood spattering…these are a few of our favorite things! From some of the most dark and cunning minds in horror comes DC Horror Presents… a new collection of gruesome tales set in the DCU. With stories penned by some of our favorite names in horror, this anthology will have die-hard horror fans quaking with fear!
