[2] City of Scars was followed by the 2011 sequel Seeds of Arkham and the 2021 film Batman: Dying Is Easy.

After Councilman Johnson is found dead while his son remains in The Joker's captivity, Batman questions whether his crusade against evil does more bad than good.

Batman tracks The Joker to a carnival, where he thwarts the villain's plot of bombing a ferris wheel.

He then races to the location of The Joker and the councilman's son, but when the young boy kills The Joker with his own gun, Batman debates if his greatest nemesis' death is a step toward Gotham's peace, or rather a sign that things are getting worse.

[3] Filmmaker Aaron Schoenke is a long-time Batman fan, having earlier created two fan film shorts about the subject: Patient J in 2005[4] and Batman Legends in 2006.