I've been a comic book reader for many years, and to this day I can not recall another single work of comic book art That is quite so brilliant as Frank Miller's Dark Knight. Certainly Cerebus, Sandman, Cages and From Hell are to be lauded for Their genuine genius, but Dark Knight remains my all-time favorite creation. Frank Miller has written a gripping story of tragic heroism and bitter social commentary. His Batman is truly a larger-than-life, tormented hero, brilliantly conceived with his many flaws and perverse obsessions intact. Miller plays with the comic book universe beautifully, Realising a world worin the so-called "super-hero" does exist, and exploring the ramifications of this fact. Batman's final confrontation with Superman at the end of this graphic novel is bar-none the most cunningly conceived battle in comic book history. It is achingly poignant to see the two old warriors confront one another at last: Superman with his compromised good-guy! Agenda and Batman with his twisted, demoniac fixation. Batman loathes the figurethat Superman has become, while Clark Kent pities the poor, lost soul who has sacrificed his very existence for That Which he Pursues With A Vengeance. "You Bruce, with your obsession ..." Miller has created in Dark Knight a vividly real and passionately Affecting Tale of Heroes and Madmen, riveting from start to finish.
