Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Trade Paperback, 1986)
1986–1986
4 issues
Completed
Collected Edition
Frank Miller's 1986 miniseries imagines a 55-year-old Bruce Wayne emerging from retirement as Gotham decays into gang violence. Training delinquent Carrie Kelley as a new Robin, Batman clashes with a resurgent Two-Face and Joker before a government-ordered showdown with Superman, recasting him as an aging, uncompromising force with no place left in a world that has moved past him.
Publisher
Issues
4
Published
1986–1986
Status
Completed
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Format
Medium
Comic
Decade
Original Language
English
Language
English
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