Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight)

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  • Historically important content overrated and outdated  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    In the near future. Gotham City is terrorized by a bizarre and heavily armed gang, the mutants and the citizens are unable to do anything about it and can not even rely on the help of Batman, since it has retired years ago. Add to this that he has ag
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  • Crypto-Fascism?  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    Miller's legendary re-imagining of the Batman which CLEARLY born from the same spirit as Alan Moore's Watchmen: both evoke a gritty, grim, and (in a way) more realistic vision of the superhero phenomenon, and deliver a running commentary on the socie
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  • I should not even have to post a review  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    This is a true masterpiece That shows superhero comics can be socially relevant. I think back to the original 4 When issues were released, and I thought "an old Batman, still duking it out? Please!" Then I bought the leatherbound "Frank Mil
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  • The Penultimate Batman Narrative  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    Often have I heard the praises sung for Frank Miller and his work on Daredevil. Though I have not read any of Those compilations, They Can hardly be better than The Dark Knight Returns. Here is a work (alongwith Alan Moore's Watchmen) did truly Prove
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  • One of the all time great comic books  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    This book is magnificent. It centers on to aged and retired Batman, coming out of retirement to clean up a corrupt Gotham City. In the comic he battles Harvey Dent, The Joker, a gang called "The Mutants", and another caped superhero You may have
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  • Just plain great  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    Frank Miller redefined comic books in the '80's with his groundbreaking work on Marvel's Daredeveil and "Dark Knight" his gritty take on a futuristic Batman. Believe it or not, "Dark Knight Returns" changed the world of comic books, ma
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  • A comic book work unlike any other  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    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
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  • Comic Storytelling at its best!  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    Frank Miller's Tour De Force is Possibly the best comic story ever told. First, he gives us an all too possible world That is Gotham. Crime and social chaos at worst there would seem to me like Gotham. Secondly, the Heroes are bigger than life, yet h
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  • The end is near for Bats' career, but he did it all his way.  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    Yeah, you've heard all the commotion being made about THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, and you're probably wondering if You Should Buy It. The answer, probably, is yes. This is the best Batman story told. It chronicles Batman's Last Case, throwing him agains
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  • Miller's Dark Knight: A Hero in Twilight  

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Batman Dark Knight) (Paperback)
    I had not read a comic book in probably fifteen years. But, It was late, I could not sleep, and I was sitting in a friend's house apartment for the weekend. He had a copy of The Dark Knight Returns sitting on the coffee table. I picked it up, snicker
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