Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
- Written by Frank Miller
- Illustrated by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson
- medium: ink & watercolor
- Year of Publication: 1986
- City of Publication: New York, Ny
- Publisher: DC Comics
- ISBN: 978-1563893421
Annotation: For ten years, no one in Gotham city has seen the Batman. A rise in gang violence occurs and signs of vigilantism sprout up around the city. Bruce Wayne, now in his sixties comes out of retirement to fight crime.
Personal Thoughts: It's weird to read classic graphic novels from the 80s. Re-reading The Dark Knight Returns for the first time in 20 years leaves me with a different response than when I was a preteen. It's still ultra cool and futuristic and Frank Miller's writing and massive beastly character design is over the top like all 80s action. But the Reagan era undertones and the Soviet Cold War paranoia now seems nostalgic, like a walk down memory lane. But the book is still a masterpiece of literature. Batman's showdown with Superman is still the one of the pinnacles of comic book history and the relationship and philosophies of the two characters is analyzed and challenged. This book is graphic as hell and may be better suited for 10th grade and up. A classic!
***Curriculum Connection- 11th grade English, Science Fiction, Super Hero Literature, Futuristic Stories, Dystopian Science Fiction
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