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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (The Dark Knight Saga #1)
This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight's retirement.
Crime runs rampant in the streets, and the ...more
Crime runs rampant in the streets, and the ...more
Hardcover, 197 pages
Published
November 1st 2002
by DC Comics
(first published 1986)
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![Stephen](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1311616811p2/1413439.jpg)
........................ FIRST A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON................
................BEFORE "The Dark Knight Returns".............................
HOLY ASSCLOWNS BATMAN
and don’t forget (though I know you WANT TO)
UHH, UMM....I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO THIS AS IT IS JUST TOO PAINFUL....WAITER....CHECK PLEASE!!!!
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BUT THANKFULLY........
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.....................AFTER "The Dark Knight Returns"....................
WE WERE GIVEN........
HOLY REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, THE DARK KNIGHT IS A SCARY DUDE AGAI ...more
................BEFORE "The Dark Knight Returns".............................
![Photobucket](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380317988i/689500.jpg)
HOLY ASSCLOWNS BATMAN
and don’t forget (though I know you WANT TO)
![Photobucket](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380317988i/689501.jpg)
UHH, UMM....I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO THIS AS IT IS JUST TOO PAINFUL....WAITER....CHECK PLEASE!!!!
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BUT THANKFULLY........
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.....................AFTER "The Dark Knight Returns"....................
WE WERE GIVEN........
![Photobucket](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380317988i/689502._SY540_.jpg)
HOLY REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, THE DARK KNIGHT IS A SCARY DUDE AGAI ...more
![Anne](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1415374035p2/1720620.jpg)
Because the best kind of classic has pictures...
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So. I've actively (and successfully) avoided reading TDKR for many years now.
Why, you ask?
Well, to be honest, I was kinda scared. Now, if you aren't a comic book reader, then you might not understand how big of a deal this book is, but if you are...?
Yeah, you know.
Which means, you're also aware of all the rabid comic nerds out there who go all stabby when you don't like their favorite character, publisher, title, bobble-head action figure...the lis ...more
![description](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1473942868ra/20534032.gif)
So. I've actively (and successfully) avoided reading TDKR for many years now.
Why, you ask?
Well, to be honest, I was kinda scared. Now, if you aren't a comic book reader, then you might not understand how big of a deal this book is, but if you are...?
Yeah, you know.
Which means, you're also aware of all the rabid comic nerds out there who go all stabby when you don't like their favorite character, publisher, title, bobble-head action figure...the lis ...more
![Shelby *trains flying monkeys*](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1463498958p2/1053760.jpg)
Batman
You gave my book two stars?
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1417812298i/12552516._SX540_.jpg)
Me
Yes, it was boring and too political. Who wants a bunch of boring politics?
I couldn't take it anymore...and I've always been your fangirl.
Batman
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1417812298ra/12552517.gif)
Me.
Don't make me give you the Batglare...you aren't a whiny ass
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Batman
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Me
Quit whining..Two stars from me is pretty good.
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Batman
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1417812298i/12552520.jpg)
Me
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Batman
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1417812515ra/12552555.gif)
You gave my book two stars?
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1417812298i/12552516._SX540_.jpg)
Me
Yes, it was boring and too political. Who wants a bunch of boring politics?
I couldn't take it anymore...and I've always been your fangirl.
Batman
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1417812298ra/12552517.gif)
Me.
Don't make me give you the Batglare...you aren't a whiny ass
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1417812366i/12552540._SY540_.jpg)
Batman
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Me
Quit whining..Two stars from me is pretty good.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1417812298i/12552519.jpg)
Batman
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Me
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Batman
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![Missy](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1181098121p2/118599.jpg)
When I was growing up, comic books (this was years before 'graphic novels') were frowned upon in my household, but I was addicted to them anyway. X-Men, to be precise, because, OMG, Jean Grey was smart and tough (at least until Dark Phoenix) AND had both Scott Summers and Wolverine in love with her. (I do love a good soap.) Batman was a joke back then, thanks to that moronic TV show. But Batman, the real Dark Knight, wasn't a joke--if Superman is who America yearns to be; Batman is who we're
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![StoryTellerShannon](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1319518069p2/6773727.jpg)
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This is a totally different spin on Batman first published in 1986 by Frank Miller.
Don't expect it to be like the old cartoons.
Definitely not like the Adam West Batman from the 60s.
Not the Justice League of America.
Batman and Superman are hardly on speaking terms. The governments have passed laws against vigilante super heroes so most of them are in prison or banished, or, like Superman, secretly working for the government.
Batman, after a series of traumatic incidents, has not been seen in ...more
![Kelly (and the Book Boar)](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1473347824p2/11183856.jpg)
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2.5 Stars
Egads, I think this is going to be really long. Sorry : (
My first superhero graphic novel review. It’s like diving right into shark infested waters. Please be gentle and keep in mind that I hold zero belief that anyone should ever take my reviews seriously. Period. But even more so when it comes to this one.
As I said, this is my first foray into the unchartered waters of the world of Batman other than through television and fi ...more
2.5 Stars
Egads, I think this is going to be really long. Sorry : (
My first superhero graphic novel review. It’s like diving right into shark infested waters. Please be gentle and keep in mind that I hold zero belief that anyone should ever take my reviews seriously. Period. But even more so when it comes to this one.
As I said, this is my first foray into the unchartered waters of the world of Batman other than through television and fi ...more
![Heather](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1472335580p2/355321.jpg)
I know I'm alone in this, but I didn't really like The Dark Knight Returns. I struggled with the story structure -- all the perspective switching left me frequently scratching my head to figure out who was speaking, where we were, and what the Heck was happening. I was confused by some characters (the guy with the freaky flying baby bombs?). I was bothered that there was no discussion of Ellen/Robin's family -- we have VERY little information on her or why she wants to join Bats, how she really
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![Buck](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1345474554p2/1450485.jpg)
Call it art if you want to, but at the end of the day it’s still a dopey comic book about a guy in a form-fitting outfit who runs around beating people up. Am I missing something?
But really, I’m just mad at myself for giving four stars to Batman: Year One the other day, apparently during a manic episode. So I’m downgrading this bad boy. Year One has the stronger artwork anyway, and its ectomorphic Batman is drawn on a more human scale, with some of the ludicrous pathos of a young Adam West still ...more
But really, I’m just mad at myself for giving four stars to Batman: Year One the other day, apparently during a manic episode. So I’m downgrading this bad boy. Year One has the stronger artwork anyway, and its ectomorphic Batman is drawn on a more human scale, with some of the ludicrous pathos of a young Adam West still ...more
![Jonathan](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1478230200p2/6313408.jpg)
Before Christopher Nolan came alone and further redefined the idea of superheroics, Frank Miller was doing well enough to keep Batman fresh and interesting in his own way. The Dark Knight Returns tops my list of best graphic novels ever written for what it did for the genre, what it did for Batman and what it stands as today. Though Watchmen is universally accepted as the greatest graphic novel I personally believe this is greater in that it was written previously and from what I've read appears ...more
![Mykle](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1442478184p2/614862.jpg)
(UPDATE: just to be pedantic ... reading the other reviews, I've come to realize that people use "The Dark Knight" as a nickname for any old Batman these days -- like calling Satan "Old St. Nick," or George Bush "Dubya". So to whomever may have said "Frank Miller isn't my favorite Dark Knight writer" I'd just like to point out that FRANK MILLER INVENTED THE DARK KNIGHT! If there's any earlier use of that phrase in history, I'm bat-ignorant. Back in the day, everyone else called him Caped
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![Katie](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1422281802p2/51289.jpg)
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I know that this is one case where there must be something wrong with *me* and not with the book, because it's been lauded as one of the greatest graphic novels in superhero history, and I thought it sucked.
The story is very difficult to follow - and this coming from someone who is well-versed in Batman lore, and who is used to the comic book medium for storytelling. Poor writing.
The pictures are sometimes difficult to interpret - it's hard to even figure out what's ...more
The story is very difficult to follow - and this coming from someone who is well-versed in Batman lore, and who is used to the comic book medium for storytelling. Poor writing.
The pictures are sometimes difficult to interpret - it's hard to even figure out what's ...more
![Brad](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1442484575p2/1022982.jpg)
More often than not Dark Knight Returns is considered one of the greatest graphic novels -- if not the greatest. I can't deny its importance to the form (and to the myth of Batman -- responsible as it is for Bruce Wayne's shift into the "Dark Knight" era), but having taught it a handful of times and read it for "pleasure" a few more (this reading having been prompted by Christopher Nolan's disappointing trilogy capper, The Dark Knight Rises) I feel that it is a vastly overrated work.
And Frank Mi ...more
And Frank Mi ...more
![Maciek](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1280839159p2/2969647.jpg)
You don't get it, son. This isn't a mudhole... It's an operating table.
And I'm the surgeon.
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The Dark Knight Returns is Frank Miller's most popular comic (at least here on GR) and arguably the best Batman comic ever. Originally published in four installments in 1986, it single-handedly undid the damage done to the Bat by the goofy 60's show with Adam West. Situation at the time was pretty tragic. Initial success of the West show influenced the writers of the Batman comics who adapted a similar, ...more
And I'm the surgeon.
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The Dark Knight Returns is Frank Miller's most popular comic (at least here on GR) and arguably the best Batman comic ever. Originally published in four installments in 1986, it single-handedly undid the damage done to the Bat by the goofy 60's show with Adam West. Situation at the time was pretty tragic. Initial success of the West show influenced the writers of the Batman comics who adapted a similar, ...more
![Stephen](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1404476410p2/5997064.jpg)
![description](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1452897255i/17758069._SX540_.png)
I already read it once but i just couldn't finish it and after some thinking and some goodreads friends convincing to read it, i gave it another shot .
Batman is old and bitter, and has suppressed the Dark Knight to live only as Bruce Wayne. But looking around an increasingly liberal and permissive world, he finds that he cannot stand by and do nothing. And then he comes out of retirement with new approach to crime fighting.
Now Gotham has fallen to ruin under the new crime wave of a criminal gang ...more
![Ronyell](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1423803024p2/1169488.jpg)
5.5 stars!
It is 1960s “Batman” vs. 1980s “Batman!” Guess which one will win!
![Batman](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380387966i/748265.jpg)
![Batman](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380387966i/748266._SY540_.gif)
Introduction:
For many years, I have actually grown up with the darker version of Batman when I was little, thanks to the animated TV series that came out of the 90s. But a few years back, I have realized that there was a 1960s TV series where Batman seems a bit campy, but I had enjoyed it for what it was. Now, I had heard of a particular “Batman” story that was the one that really changed Batman’s character over t ...more
It is 1960s “Batman” vs. 1980s “Batman!” Guess which one will win!
![Batman](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380387966i/748265.jpg)
![Batman](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380387966i/748266._SY540_.gif)
Introduction:
For many years, I have actually grown up with the darker version of Batman when I was little, thanks to the animated TV series that came out of the 90s. But a few years back, I have realized that there was a 1960s TV series where Batman seems a bit campy, but I had enjoyed it for what it was. Now, I had heard of a particular “Batman” story that was the one that really changed Batman’s character over t ...more
![Sam Quixote](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1414622451p2/5759543.jpg)
The Batman of today can be traced back to this book. Before Frank Miller’s “Dark Knight Returns” Batman was a joke; the comics were weak with Batman and Robin doing the same thing week in week out, it’s no coincidence that there are few books worth reading before Miller’s work - all the great Batman “must-reads” (The Killing Joke, Year One, The Long Hallowe’en, Hush, Dark Victory) follow this interpretation of the character. And it could largely be attributed to the phenomenal success of the
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![Alex ☣ Deranged KittyCat ☣](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1459538128p2/13555222.jpg)
DNF - page 90
I'm cleaning my currently reading shelf and I'm cringing at the thought of having to read this comic further. I dislike the art, the page layout and the female Robin. I'm sorry for that because Batman, but I just cannot.
I'm cleaning my currently reading shelf and I'm cringing at the thought of having to read this comic further. I dislike the art, the page layout and the female Robin. I'm sorry for that because Batman, but I just cannot.
![Mahdi](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1462825990p2/25683251.jpg)
بتمن: پدر و مادر من، وقتی در این خیابان افتاده بودند، وقتی داشتند دست و پا می زدند و جان می کندند، وقتی داشتند بی دلیل می مردند، چیزی به من آموختند:
به من آموختند که دنیا فقط وقتی بر مدار درستی می چرخد، که به زور وادارش کنی.
بتمن: شوالیه ی تاریکی سقوط می کند
شوالیه ی تاریکی باز می گردد، کمیکی چهار جلدی است نوشته شده توسط فرانک میلر، نویسنده ی کمیک های معروف "شهر گناه" و "300" و "بتمن: سال نخست".
این کمیک و کمیک "نگهبانان" اثر "آلن مور"، آغازگر دوره ای از صنعت داستان های مصور هستند که به نام "دوره ی ...more
به من آموختند که دنیا فقط وقتی بر مدار درستی می چرخد، که به زور وادارش کنی.
بتمن: شوالیه ی تاریکی سقوط می کند
شوالیه ی تاریکی باز می گردد، کمیکی چهار جلدی است نوشته شده توسط فرانک میلر، نویسنده ی کمیک های معروف "شهر گناه" و "300" و "بتمن: سال نخست".
این کمیک و کمیک "نگهبانان" اثر "آلن مور"، آغازگر دوره ای از صنعت داستان های مصور هستند که به نام "دوره ی ...more
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I can't really see why this is considered one of the best Batman stories ever. There's nothing here that really makes it special. It has a slow-moving, weak plot and less than stellar artwork. There is too much word repetition - you already said that 10 pages back, I did not forget already. Along with the stupid repetition are phrases which make absolutely no sense whatsoever. I guess it was an attempt at future slang, but it failed miserably. "Balls rad"? What the HELL does that even mean?
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![Michael](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1467989248p2/1177534.jpg)
How do you review something as iconic and influential as The Dark Knight Rises?
On one level, I suppose you could ask whether or not this four-issues mini-series lives up to the hype and accolades heaped upon it over the years? That answer is, yes. And the fact that it revolutionized not only Batman but all of comics is another major feather in its cap.
It's influence on the Christopher Nolan trilogy of films can't be denied--especially elements used in this summer's The Dark Knight Rises.
All of ...more
On one level, I suppose you could ask whether or not this four-issues mini-series lives up to the hype and accolades heaped upon it over the years? That answer is, yes. And the fact that it revolutionized not only Batman but all of comics is another major feather in its cap.
It's influence on the Christopher Nolan trilogy of films can't be denied--especially elements used in this summer's The Dark Knight Rises.
All of ...more
![Donovan](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1476591040p2/27218681.jpg)
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This one's a real chin stroker. Very dense and layered. Took me two slow reads full of notetaking to begin to fathom the complexity and sociopolitical satire in this masterpiece. My first read two years ago was lukewarm. I didn't hate it, I just didn't get it. I knew it was important, but the art and 80s culture takes some getting used to. And there's so much Batman lore that if you don't know it you're going to get lost, which I didn't know and so I did. Dick Grayson. Jason Todd. Harvey Dent/Tw ...more
![le_fino](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1478952069p2/48483884.jpg)
I kind of dropped of reading comics when I was a kid so it was only thanks to the Christopher Nolan trilogy that I went back and read several of the sources of stories used in the movies. I talked to comics geek friend m.poulet recommended Batman, The Dark Knight Returns in particular. I recalled also an episode of Comic Book Men where Kevin Smith and the boys reminisce about the impact that this particular comic had on them. I had read and enjoyed Sin City (and LOVED the Roberto Rodriguez film
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![Mark](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1382617992p2/6755739.jpg)
I always was a big fan of Batman and with TDKR by Miller I felt I read something I had not seen before in comics. While I always considered Batman as a somewhat on the right in a political sense here he operates in a far more dangerous fascist future.
Batman has gone and retired. The world has taken a right-wing fascist direction where freedom of speech is still practiced even if it is no longer a valuable thing as it is used to cover a lot of wrongdoings in the world. There are no longer superhe ...more
Batman has gone and retired. The world has taken a right-wing fascist direction where freedom of speech is still practiced even if it is no longer a valuable thing as it is used to cover a lot of wrongdoings in the world. There are no longer superhe ...more
![Mike](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1474662823p2/1776702.jpg)
Here's my abbreviated commentary from 2003, 15+ years after first reading this book: "I'm going to stick with my five-star rating for now, but I happened upon this article on Frank Miller and I can't help but agree with everything he says: http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/news/... "
Recently (2016) discussions of Miller's contributions via Sin City resulted in this question to me:
"But since it clearly seems you're not much of a Miller fan – apparently even less than I am – I would be curious to kn ...more
Recently (2016) discussions of Miller's contributions via Sin City resulted in this question to me:
"But since it clearly seems you're not much of a Miller fan – apparently even less than I am – I would be curious to kn ...more
![Mangrii](http://web.archive.org./web/20161123102200im_/https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1423216327p2/30410174.jpg)
4,5 / 5
La historia narra como en un futuro Bruce Wayne ha abandonado su rol de Batman en la ciudad de Gotham desde hace diez años. Un señor Wayne sesentón, incapaz de tener una vida normal y que no para de vagar de un lugar a otro. Mientras ve como Gotham está siendo asediada por una banda callejera llamada Los Mutantes. Por ello Bruce Wayne se debate en la incertidumbre sobre si proteger la ciudad o desaparecer, ya no es tan rápido ni ágil como antes, pero si que es más sabio. Esta obra cumbre ...more
La historia narra como en un futuro Bruce Wayne ha abandonado su rol de Batman en la ciudad de Gotham desde hace diez años. Un señor Wayne sesentón, incapaz de tener una vida normal y que no para de vagar de un lugar a otro. Mientras ve como Gotham está siendo asediada por una banda callejera llamada Los Mutantes. Por ello Bruce Wayne se debate en la incertidumbre sobre si proteger la ciudad o desaparecer, ya no es tan rápido ni ágil como antes, pero si que es más sabio. Esta obra cumbre ...more
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2/10
I hated this. It took me an age to get through as I had no desire to pick it up. It's badly drawn, badly narrated, and too muddled to make a coherent story and grab my attention. I found some of the text hard to read and not stylised in what I would class as an easy comic book format. I read comics/graphic novels more for the art than the story and this was just piss poor.
Compared to some of the other Batman works I've read (not many in all honesty) this pales in comparison to say Batman: T ...more
I hated this. It took me an age to get through as I had no desire to pick it up. It's badly drawn, badly narrated, and too muddled to make a coherent story and grab my attention. I found some of the text hard to read and not stylised in what I would class as an easy comic book format. I read comics/graphic novels more for the art than the story and this was just piss poor.
Compared to some of the other Batman works I've read (not many in all honesty) this pales in comparison to say Batman: T ...more
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In every list of the greatest Batman stories ever written, this is always on top of the pile (rivaled once in a while by his other work, Year One, if not followed closely by Alan Moore's The Killing Joke). Naturally, I was excited to start reading this although I cheated on myself a little because I did watch its animation adaptation last year. But having the chance to read the source material myself, I started to understand why this was such an important work when it was released about the same
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With 2016 marking the thirtieth anniversary of the initial publication of The Dark Knight Returns, what better way than to revisit Frank Miller’s seminal graphic novel which has been a continuous influence on Batman and his world from not only comics but other media such as the long-awaited Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Set in the dystopian near-future of 1980s Gotham City, fifty-five-year old Bruce Wayne has given up the cape and cowl for ten years. As levels of crime are rising – largely ...more
Set in the dystopian near-future of 1980s Gotham City, fifty-five-year old Bruce Wayne has given up the cape and cowl for ten years. As levels of crime are rising – largely ...more
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Surprisingly good plot and storytelling, that brought me more enjoyment than I'd expected and whose quality can stand the just serviceable art.
And this is also one of the very rare stories that managed to completely take me off guard with the ending. Loved this older and darker Bruce Wayne to bits!
And this is also one of the very rare stories that managed to completely take me off guard with the ending. Loved this older and darker Bruce Wayne to bits!
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Frank Miller is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. He is one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. His most notable works include Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One and 300.
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godawful Dark Knight Returns is the SINGLE WORST portrayal/complete butchering of Batman ever done across any medium. ...more
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