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The Dark Knight Returns (alternatively titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with color by Lynn Varley, and published by DC Comics.
Complete guide to Frank Miller's classic Batman graphic novels, from Year One through The Dark Knight Returns!
- Batman: Year One. Year published: 1987. Number of issues: Four. Format: Story arc within the main Batman monthly series. With some five decades of continuity piling up and making a general mess of timelines – not to mention undermining reader accessibility – DC Comics famously decided to clean house in its 1985 mega-event Crisis on Infinite Earths (which has since gone on to inspire more company-wide crossovers and relaunches in recent years).
- All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder. Years published: 2005-2008. Number of issues: 10. Format: Miniseries (incomplete) This is where, chronologically speaking, the mainstream DC Universe and Miller’s personal Dark Knight timeline irrevocably split off.
- Spawn/Batman. Year published: 1994. Number of issues: 1. Format: One-shot. In the heyday of the 1990s, when Image Comics was new and Spawn was the single hottest character in the industry, it was decided between the Bat-office and Todd McFarlane, the creator/writer/artist of Spawn, that a crossover would be in the best interest of both their respective fan bases and their bottom lines.
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Feb 16, 2016 · Hailed as a comics masterpiece, The Dark Knight Returns is Frank Miller’s (300 and Sin City) reinvention of Gotham’s legendary protector. It remains one of the most influential stories ever told in comics, with its echoes felt in all media forms of DC’s storytelling. Collects issues #1-4.
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- The Dark Knight Returns (1986) It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired, and Gotham City has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. Now, when his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory.
- Batman: Year One (1987) In his first year on the job, Batman feels his way around a Gotham City far darker than the one he left. His solemn vow to extinguish the town’s criminal element is only half the battle; along with Lieutenant James Gordon, the Dark Knight must also fight a police force more corrupt than the scum in the streets.
- Spawn/Batman (1994) A one-shot comic book written by Frank Miller with art by Todd McFarlane and published by Image Comics. Batman comes to New York City in his search for an arsenal of high-tech weapons and robots that use decapitated human heads as their brains.
- The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001) Three years later after Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Batman must return once again to save the world from themselves.
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.
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Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on Daredevil, for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.
