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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
Fabric Type: 9781563893421
Fax Number: 10 Anv
Legal Disclaimer: 1563893428
Maximum Color Depth: DC Comics
Metal Type: DC Comics
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 224
Total External Bays Free: May 01, 1997
Total Firewire Ports: DC Comics
Total Parallel Ports: May 01, 1997
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- ISBN13: 9781563893421
- Condition: New
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Amazon.com Review:
If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known also for his excellent Sin City 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 (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) 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.
Miller went far beyond the call of duty. The Dark Knight 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. --Mark Thwaite
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If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known also for his excellent Sin City 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 (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) 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.Miller went far beyond the call of duty. The Dark Knight 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. --Mark Thwaite
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- This is amazing!I first read this when I was 14 and I knew nothing about it. I have since then read it many times. I have bought three copies and used to own the Originals signed by Frank Miller (Lost now). I read this not knowing anything about Frank Miller or past works that he has done. I instantly loved it, its dark gritty and full of things that I like. This story is all over the road with politics, war, and Batman's obsession with fighting crime. Some of the bad reviews talk about how Batman uses a gun, ... Read More
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- Guess You Had to Be ThereI wasn't a big comic book fan even when I was a kid, so I missed out on when this first came up and by all accounts was a Really Big Deal. It's pretty easy to tell this is the same guy who did the crummy "Robocop" sequels and equally crummy "The Spirit" because of the ridiculous plot, absurd newscasts, and hammy noir-ish narration.
As the title suggests, the story is about (initially) an older Bruce Wayne taking up the old cape and tights ten years after retiring. Somehow this morphs into ... Read More
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- The Title Says It AllA decade ago, Batman disappeared and left Gotham City to fend for itself. Bruce Wayne, the billionaire behind the mask, has grown old while he's watched Gotham become more controlled by criminals and the vicious Mutant gang. Now though he has returned and nothing will ever be the same. So begins The Dark Knight Returns, the 1986 story that saw writer/artist Frank Miller reinvent Batman in a fine tale of one man's battle against both a city and world on the brink of destruction.
It all starts ... Read More
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- Awesome Sauce!!!!!This is a great read for any Batman fan! I just started collecting graphic novels myself. Thus far I have The House of M, Planet Hulk, WW Hulk, Marvel Civil War, Batman Year One and this and this was easily the best of the lot. I will say that the artwork threw me off a little as it strikes me as more of an old school look but you don't even pay attention to it as you get a few pages in. Its a small book but it was the longest read out of all of the graphic novels I've purchased to date which was surprising. ... Read More
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- Not Good for BeginnersI just recently got back into comic books again and asked some of my friends what was a good series to read. I liked Frank Miller's work with Sin City and 300 but never realized how influential he was with the Dark Knight. I picked up a copy of the Dark Knight after reading some of the new Justice League series. Reading some of the newer DC comics before reading Dark Knight was probably not a good idea because as soon as I opened up the Dark Knight, I saw how very different and less detailed the art work was. ... Read More
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