Author: Frank Miller (Author), Lynn Varley (Colorist), Klaus Janson (Illustrator)
Translator: Ji-seon Kim
Publisher: Semicolon
259*168mm
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About This Book
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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