Read Batman - The Dark Knight Returns book online now. You also can download other books, magazine and also comics. Get online Batman - The Dark Knight Returns today. 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.
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It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired and Gotham City has
sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. Now as his city needs him
most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory.
Joined by
Carrie Kelly, a teenage female Robin, Batman takes to the streets to
end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city. And
after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the Joker and
Two-Face for the final time, Batman finds himself in mortal combat with
his former ally, Superman, in a battle that only one of them will
survive. This collection is hailed as a comics masterpiece and was
responsible for the launch of the Batman movies.
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
