Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Summary each of the four issues had different subtitles during its serialization: The Dark Knight Returns, Dark Knight Triumphant, Hunt The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Falls — is a combination of different elements, with Miller continuing the work he had done in Marvel's Daredevil and DC's Ronin with the addition of both the near-future setting and media satire of independent comic series American Flagg and a tone reportedly inspired by the Dirty Harry and Death Wish movies, there's a lot that The Dark Knight Returns offered fans that they hadn't seen before. Alongside the first no-holds-barred fight between Batman and Superman — characters more traditionally portrayed as best friends by DC throughout their half-century history at the time — Dark Knight Returns served up the death of both faithful butler Alfred and the Joker, the first female Robin, and an explicitly political take on two of DC's most famous franchise stars, with Superman being portrayed as a naive agent of the status quo and Batman a more cynical force of anarchy and chaos, loyal to a sense of justice more than the law. ( It also retired Comissioner Gordon and cured Two- Face, amongst other memorable moments; the less said about Selina Kyle running an escort business, the better.
The Dark Knight Returns is a Batman story written by Frank Miller with illustrations by Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley in 1986. It is a limited series set in a possible future, portrayed as Batman's last adventure. The st Official Name The Dark Knight Returns Characters Titles Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Collected Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Creators Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley My parents taught me a different lesson. lying on this street. shaking in deep shock. dying for no reason at all. They showed me that the world only makes sense when you force it to. - Batman src Synopsis The Dark Knight Returns is a Batman story written by Frank Miller with illustrations by Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley in 1986. It is a limited series set in a possible future, portrayed as Batman's last adventure. The story depicts Bruce Wayne as an old man, coming out of retirement to be Batman again. Miller would go on to write a companion story in 1987 titled Year One, showing Batman's first adventure. In 2001, Miller wrote and illustrated a sequel The Dark Knight Strikes Again. This is later established as the Dark Knight Universe. Overview DKR was originally published as a four-issue limited series in a then-new printing format called prestige format. This format later became more common. In addition to Frank Miller's story and pencils, Klaus Janson inks, and Lynn Varley provides colors for the series. Just as the characters of Norse mythology have their Ragnarok, Frank Miller sought to create a fitting end for the character of Batman. DKR takes place in a timeline outside the continuity of the DC Universe, but is still considered at least partially faithful to the source material and Batman mythos at the time it debuted, as it makes use of Post- Crisis characters. Certain elements of the main DC Universe did eventually come to match Miller's tale, most.
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