false 59960 22 If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then <I>The Dark Knight Returns</I> by Frank Miller--known also for his excellent <I>Sin City</I> series and his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the top contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous children's cartoon character into a hero for our times. The great Alan Moore (<i>V for Vendetta</I>, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless <I>Watchmen</I>) argued that only someone of Miller's stature could have done this. Batman is a character known well beyond the confines of the comic world (as are his retinue) and so reinventing him, while keeping his limiting core essentials intact, was a huge task.<p>Miller went far beyond the call of duty. <I>The Dark Knight</I> is a success on every level. Firstly it does keep the core elements of the Batman myth intact, with Robin, Alfred the butler, Commissioner Gordon, and the old roster of villains, present yet brilliantly subverted. Secondly the artwork is fantastic--detailed, sometimes claustrophobic, psychotic. Lastly it's a great story: Gotham City is a hell on earth, street gangs roam but there are no heroes. Decay is ubiquitous. Where is a hero to save Gotham? It is 10 years since the last recorded sighting of the Batman. And things have got worse than ever. Bruce Wayne is close to being a broken man but something is keeping him sane: the need to see change and the belief that he can orchestrate some of that change. Batman is back. The Dark Knight has returned. Awesome. <I>--Mark Thwaite</I> 1104159 1997 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns total:6253|5:134|4:115|3:79|2:8|1:4| 6253 26965 7397 542 57948 1563893428 9781563893421 766 56 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170484157m/57948.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57948.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 5 11 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Mon Jun 18 19:20:38 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 19:22:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 2 5 false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 06:47:31 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 11:23:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 5 4 false Fri Jan 18 13:07:39 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 13:14:27 -0800 2008
Nobody writes the apocalypse better then Frank Miller, he captures a horrifying feel as society destroys itself with a mix...more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 2 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Tue Jan 27 16:22:08 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 16:32:05 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 907938 0930289137 9780930289133 15 2 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/907938.Batman_The_Dark_Night_Returns 1 1 false Thu Sep 18 18:46:11 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 18:53:13 -0700 2008
The story is very difficult to follow - and this c...more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 2 1 false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 02:20:12 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 02:06:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 1 false Sat Mar 22 11:36:09 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 11:36:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 1 false Sat Jan 26 08:48:46 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 13:45:11 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 08:47:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 1 false Mon Apr 30 21:41:14 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 21:48:04 -0700 2007
But I just can't stop being creeped out by Frank Miller and hi...more...]]> 1117136 0907610900 9780907610908 419 51 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181141395m/1117136.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1117136.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 5 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Mon Jan 14 09:36:04 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 09:42:39 -0800 2008 Brilliantly wr...more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Dec 31 12:22:46 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 12:29:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 0 false Tue Aug 25 13:11:44 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 13:22:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 5 0 false Wed Jul 29 19:22:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 19:42:41 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 1 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 09:50:46 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 10:07:38 -0700 2009
I have to admire the ambition and craft of this book; even if all those sixteen-panel pages are headache inducing at times, the amount of detail and character conveyed in those small panels is something to see...more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Tue Jan 20 16:04:39 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 16:10:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 5 0 false Thu May 21 22:58:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:45:14 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 2414524 0613536703 9780613536707 8 1 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2414524.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 3 0 false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 18:40:37 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 14:51:38 -0800 2009 The Dark Knight Returns gives Batman the grit he should have had all along.

At 55 years old, Bruce Wayne hasn’t fought crime as Batman in nearly a decade, but when he sees Gotham at its worst, the Dark Knight returns to take on the rampant Mutant gang along with the po...more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Wed Apr 29 13:21:23 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 13:26:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 11:08:46 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:09:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59960 156389341X 9781563893414 4974 425 4.31 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Returns 4 0 true Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 14:36:16 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 15:09:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=555458