Graphic novels known alternately as comic books, sequential art, or the funny books. I gotta get my gpa back up and going cause of credit card iss. The dark knight returns alternatively titled batman. The dark knight returns tenth anniversary edition dc, 1997 series april 1997 in millennium edition. When originally published, the series was simply titled batman. All four issues of the story collected into this hardcover book originally released in 1986. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. The warhea when the ussr launches a nuclear warhead called coldbringer in response to supermans presence in corto maltese. First suggesting that the visual representation of the body in pain is central to. On the true 1st printings, the backgrounds are both light grey. In the first three books of the dark knight returns, batman stakes a strong. Unfollow batman the dark knight returns comic to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. In 2005, time chose the collected edition as one of the 10 best english.
This trade paperback edition represents the landmark miniseries, with a new cover by miller and 28 pages of new material, including a new introduction, endpapers and chapter headings by miller, the original covers to the. Its become a seminal text for batman since its debut in 1986, and was a major influence in virtually every batman movie from tim burton to joel schumacher through to christopher nolan. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. New listing vintage 1986 dc comics batman the dark knight returns book 1, second printing. Robin narrowly escapes the bomb makers grasp, and he is decapitated on the roller coaster tracks. The dark knight returns 30th anniversary edition dc. When the series was collected into a single volume later that year, the story title for the first issue was. Aug 22, 2011 elektra lives again, page 37 detail 1990.
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None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. Already in this set of posts weve looked at frank millers career before the dark knight returns parts 1 and 2, and performed close readings of that series respective four chapters parts 3, 4, 5, and 6. Shop for batman the dark knight returns 1986 comics on, your friendly online comic book store. Please look at the pictures for details and form your own opinion of the condition of the comic books. It is ten years after an aging batman has retired and gotham city has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. In the first installment, its frank millers take on an aging batman. The dc comic book superhero batman, whose existence spans the larger part of.
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Each is presented in a hardcover, dustjacketed and slipcased edition with cloth bookmark consisting of one or more books which include restored, corrected and recolored versions of the original work, reprinted at 8 inches by 12 inches. The dark knight returns dc, 1986 series third printing batman. Frank miller, klaus janson and lynn varley illustrator. Ign comics ranked the dark knight returns first on a list of the 25 greatest batman. The title character of the 300issue series is an anthropomorphic aardvark who takes on a number of roles throughout the seriesbarbarian, prime minister and pope among them. The dark knight, with a different subtitle for each issue the dark knight returns, the dark knight. It is revealing to note that dkr was published in 1986 and the first issues of dk2.
The dark knight returns is a fourissue batman comic book miniseries written and drawn by frank miller and published by dc comics from february to june 1986 in this storyline, batman has been retired for ten years, alcoholic and consumed with grief after the death of jason todd, the second robin note. The dark knight returns remains one of the most popular if not the most popular batman stories ever told, a fact perhaps underscored by. Of course ive got issues 2 4 first printings raw in the 9. Released the same year, frank millers the dark knight returns and alan moores watchmen transformed comic books into graphic novels. The dark knight returns is a 1986 fourissue comic book miniseries starring batman, written by. The dark knight returns comic books for sale online. Watchmen is an american comic book maxiseries by the british creative team of writer alan moore, artist dave gibbons and colorist john higgins. The dark knight returns tenth anniversary edition 1996 series hardcover editions. The dark knight returns is a batman comic book miniseries written and drawn by frank miller and published by dc comics from february to june 1986. Dec 30, 20 hey, walkingcubkid here, just want to say this is one of my one shot or attemts of a video series of my own, in this one, called book reading, ill be reading either comic books or books, and its. You will receive our email newsletters, promotions and site updates regarding comic industry news, comic book sales and auctions.
Jun 24, 2014 heres everything you need to know about frank millers classic graphic novel the dark knight returns, the comic that changed batman forever and inspired batman v superman. Ten years after an aging batman retired, gotham city has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. The dark knight returns by frank miller 157,176 ratings, 4. The mutants is the name of a fictional street gang appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Cerebus 93 a, dec 1986 comic book by aardvarkvanaheim.
Batman the dark knight returns hc 1986 dc comic books. Frank miller began his career in comics in the late 1970s and rose to fame while first. Its the thirtieth anniversary of the dark knight returns, and now dc comics presents this classic title in a newly redesigned edition. Special edition of the dark knight returns limited to 4000 signed and numbered copies. Midnite skulker 2 a, aug 1986 comic book by target comics. Frank miller inks klaus janson colors lynn varley letters typeset, john costanza issue notes dc isbn 09302897. The dark knight returns is a batman story written by frank miller with. Its a comic book touchstone for a reason, but more than that, its an important. 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. When the ussr launches a nuclear warhead called coldbringer in response to supermans presence in corto maltese. In the last crusade, jasons loyalty and his devotion to bruces tunnel vision come across as heartbreaking, even as batman tries to deny the effect he is having on his young ward while jason grows more and more violent. In these 1980s tales, superman calls on batman to battle intergang, and then entrusts batman with a kryptonite ring.
Batman the dark knight returns 1986 comic books mycomicshop. In 1990, he released the first sin city graphic novel. While the mutants were first seen in the dark knight returns, there were other incarnations of the mutants that appeared in later batman comics. Bruce wayne has been retired from crime fighting for ten years following the death of jason todd, the second robin. It is an original, first printing with no pages missing or restoration. Nov 21, 2015 three decades after its original release, batman. Batman the dark knight returns 1986 internet archive. Batman the dark knight returns hardcover w dust jacket edition. This two part feature length length animated treatment of the dark knight mythos, based on the ground breaking graphic novel from comic icon frank miller, has everything fans of bob kanes immortal antihero could want, without the camp and without the tongue in cheek attempts at softening the blows. The dark knight returns is a 1986 fourissue comic book miniseries starring batman, written by frank miller, illustrated by miller and klaus janson, and published by dc comics. The dark knight returns is set 20 years in the future.
In the absence of superheroes, criminals run amok, and a gang called the mutants terrorize gotham city. At least ten printings have been published since its first printing in 1986 with a multitude of different covers used over the years. Batman the dark knight returns printing 1st,2nd,pr. The dark knight returns, written by frank miller with art by miller and klaus janson and color by. And after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the. Robin goes after the bomb building villain with a doll bomb, and batman chases the joker. Superman manages to divert the missile to an uninhabited desert area before it detonates, but damage is done nonetheless. In comic book stores across the country, it took on an ethereal presence on shelves, there one minute and gone the next. The following year miller fashioned a fourissue batman story arc that is regarded as the definitive retelling of that. The dark knight returns 1986, a groundbreaking story that imagined an aging bruce wayne emerging from retirement to don the cowl of batman once more.
In 1952, comic book circulation in the united states peaked with around one billion copies of more than 3,000 different issues being distributed. Now, when his city needs him most, the dark knight returns in a blaze of glory. The inside front cover of the 2nd printing has a dark grey background which does not match the lighter grey of the facing page. Batman the dark knight returns tpb 1986 warner edition. The last crusade 2016 by frank miller, brian azzarello, et al. Join the newsletter to stay uptodate on new features and great deals. The world famous 4 issue mini series by frank miller from 1986 which helped change the general publics perception of batman being the dark hero he was originally conceived to be the indicia of. Through the narration we see batmans dark thoughts of his countless plans that he has constructed to kill the joker. If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then the dark knight returns by frank millerknown also for his excellent sin city series and his superb rendering of the blind superhero daredevilis probably the top contender. The dark knight returns dc database fandom dc wiki. This book has at least 10 printings as of august 2008. The number 2 second printings can be identified by matching the grey background colors sic on the inside front cover and facing page. The dark knight returns debuted in 1986 and was written and. Time called it one of the 10 best english graphic novels ever written.
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