false 52367 12 Frank Miller's sequel to THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS is collected in trade paperback form for the first time! This volume includes the complete 3-part story, plus sketches and other exciting material. The Dark Knight returns once again to wage a new war on a diseased world that's become completely lost. 1385264 2002 Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again total:1729|5:16|4:23|3:29|2:16|1:11| 1729 5563 2031 126 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 5 1 false Thu Dec 18 17:51:56 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 17:51:56 -0800 2008 This one is set three years after The Dark Knigh...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 4 1 false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 17:10:47 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 19:24:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 0 true Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 17:09:53 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 17:25:47 -0800 2009 Frank Miller goes back to the well one more time, and pulls up a few good/interesting ideas buried in a typical late 1990s/early 2000s "Superheroes are gods that should rule us" story. Personally, I've never been a big fan of the genre, and this one is as ugly as it gets...Miller's ...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 0 true Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 08:20:32 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:46:10 -0700 2009
After finishing the compiled graphic novel, I had to spend some time on wikipedia reading through the summation of the events in the book I just read and then clicking through to many of the characters to understand just who t...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 3 1 false Wed Jul 16 12:36:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 12:36:39 -0700 2008
Guess what?

It's still not very good. ]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 3 1 false Mon Aug 10 13:55:04 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 07:16:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 0 false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 08:48:16 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 03:58:29 -0700 2009 The Dark Knight Returns, I can't see why everyone loves this thing. Miller was probably on drugs while he made it, or something. The "story" is even crazier than that of the prequel, and the art even more atrocious. The characters are "cold" and I didn't get their motiv...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 1 false Thu Jul 16 02:09:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 02:17:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 1 0 false Thu Jul 16 15:33:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:39:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 4 0 false Mon Mar 02 15:37:44 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:41:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 4 0 false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 09:43:22 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 09:46:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 0 false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 20:33:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 20:28:52 -0700 2009
was this sequel really necessary? batman seemed like a supporting character rather than the main character that he shouldve been. this got TOTALLY out there with all the plot shifts and characters. there were so many characters and allusions to characters that it just got silly. 90%...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 5 0 true Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 28 15:13:27 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 14:35:36 -0700 2009
Frank Miller perfected his touch of throwing in the voices of the masses. His portrayal of the c...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 5 0 false Mon Sep 22 23:29:51 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 19 23:39:44 -0700 2009 Anyone who's ever read a Batman comic book, seen an episode of Batman, or even if your only experience is the new films, should read this. This has taken Death of Superman's place as my favorite graphic novel of all time.

Frank Miller takes the already incredible stor...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 1 0 false Fri Sep 19 12:06:14 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 12:14:13 -0700 2008
Seriously, I'f I'd been big blue in this one, I'd have delivered the following monologue.

"Okay Bruce, I had that first beating coming. I wouldn't listen, and you had a point. B...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 0 false Wed Aug 13 14:18:57 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 14:27:04 -0700 2008
The art is mediocre and the story jumbled. Batman: Year One was okay, but it had a different artist. ...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 0 true Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 10:35:38 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 11:27:46 -0700 2008
Lets move on to the pace o...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 2 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed May 23 16:49:42 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 18:43:40 -0700 2007 The Dark Knight Returns didn't need a sequel. In fact, having a sequel completely defeats the purpose of The Dark Knight Returns, and demeans its value. Where in DKR Batman takes on the government, a villian that is not your everyday bad guy like Lex Luthor or Brainiac, in this sequel, we find out...more...]]> 52367 1563899299 9781563899294 1649 118 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387504m/52367.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52367.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 3 0 false Thu Nov 05 08:23:22 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:28:19 -0800 2009 The Dark Knight Returns but the art and the constant battling made it sometimes difficult to understand what in the world was happening. There were so many fat men with craggy faces, I was really glad that Bruce Wayne cu...more...]]> 1036510 1840236213 9781840236217 7 1 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180406745m/1036510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1036510.Batman_The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again 1 0 false Wed Jul 04 01:12:18 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 07:13:17 -0700 2007 The original is a classic of epic propotions that still influences most Batman stories being told today, 20 years after its initial publication. But this sequel is so far removed from the original - in terms of themes, ideas, writing and even talent - ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6043650