Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781563893421 ISBN: 1563893428 Label: DC Comics Manufacturer: DC Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: May 01, 1997 Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: May 01, 1997 Sales Rank: 508 Studio: DC Comics
A flawed classic
The Dark Knight Returns is a classic piece of comic book literature that helped transition Batman from the campy character he had been turned into back to the grim and gritty protector of the streets that he was meant to be. The story depicts a Gotham City that has been without Batman for years, since Bruce Wayne has gotten old and finally put away the cape and cowl. However, a series of crime waves in the city drives Batman to return despite his age, taking on a world that has become more violent and deranged than anything he faced in his younger days.
The Dark Knight Returns deserves some major recognition for the way it renewed the character of Batman. Years later, many writers are still basing their Batman stories on the themes ... Read More
One of the best Batman stories
Well, the title sums up my opinion on The Dark Knight Returns, though it certainly isn't the best-rounded Batman story of all time, it still leaves a significant impact on readers. The story peaks at many points, and makes large dips at others, but the ending makes up for all its minor flaws.
"One of the best Batman stories", let me explain what exactly I mean by this: This is one of the best stories to flesh out the character of Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego Batman. What keeps me from ranking it higher than a nine is because on the whole most of Frank Miller's revisions of the villains fail to hit the mark (which is why you don't see his versions of Two-Face and Joker in most other comics), but he does provide interesting villains ... Read More
Changing the face of Batman
My english teacher made us read Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for my English Composition class. In order to prepare us us for it he went over some of the history of batman and how the character evolved over time. Many people these days think of batman as the character from the Tim Burton or Christopher Nolan movies. It is important to realize that those would most likely not have happened had Frank Miller not taken the batman character and rewritten him as the dark knight. If you have seen the batman movie made in the sixties you would understand how much of a joke he was to people. Frank Miller turned batman back into the serious superhero that he was meant to be.
As for the comic itself, it is by far one of the best. It is very well drawn and colored ... Read More
I wasted $11 on this?
This is a reminder that if enough people are told something's great & revolutionary, the masses will believe it. This was a flat, extremely flawed, unfocused mess that somehow resulted in a revived Batman that ended up way better than this crap.
Everything the bad reviews say is true. This is the most over-rated comic collection EVER. For some reason, every so often, people mistake dark & gritty with depressing & dull which is what this is. The characters themselves reflect that temperment. Batman, Two-Face & The Joker were lifeless, subverted shells of themselves with no personality to speak of. The female Robin has so many things wrong with her that it's laughable. There's no explanation of why someone carried on ... Read More
Fantastic
One of the best graphic novels ever written. I've read it several times over the last 10 years.
