Evil
Empire
Author:
Dan Katz
There
are two things to notice here:
(1) The
years of these films are N years too early, and
(2)
Each film features one actor who played a Batman villain in the original
series.
Take
the Nth letter of the villain played by the actor in each film:
4 -
Malachi Throne - False Face (S)
2 -
Liberace - Chandell (H)
5 -
Vincent Price - Egghead (E)
7 -
Julie Newmar - The Catwoman (W)
8 -
Cesar Romero - The Joker (R)
9 -
Roddy MacDowall - The Bookworm (O)
7 -
Victor Buono - King Tut (T)
5 -
Milton Berle - Louie the Lilac (E)
9 -
Frank Gorshin - The Riddler (E)
9 -
Eartha Kitt - The Catwoman (M)
1 -
Otto Preminger - Mr. Freeze (M)
4 -
Shelley Winters - Ma Parker (A)
This
yields the phrase SHE WROTE EMMA, indicating the answer: JANE AUSTEN.