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Name: The Dark Knight returns
Rating: 4.2 (40 reviews)
Author: Frank Miller

📘 The Dark Knight returns by Frank Miller

Frank Miller, together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, reinvents Batman in the graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns". Set a decade after the Dark Knight’s retirement, the near‑future Gotham City has fallen into rot. With a new generation of criminals rising, Batman returns in a blaze of fury to confront them. He is joined by Carrie Kelley, a new Robin, whose presence proves indispensable. The story probes the darker aspects of heroism and the fallout from an undeclared war between superpowers, questioning whether heroes and their foes can coexist in a city on the brink of chaos.

First publish date: 1997

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Superhero Comics

Authors: Frank Miller

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