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	The Dark Knight Returns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dark Knight Returns (commonly abbreviated to DKR) is a superhero comic book story published by DC Comics between 1985 and 1986, starring Batman and was written and drawn by Frank Miller.
		DKR is especially notable as the series which dispelled Batman's former campy image which had been a result of the 1960s television series.
		The Dark Knight Returns takes place in a timeline that has not come to pass in the continuity of current DC Comics, but is still considered at least partially canon as it makes use of post-Crisis characters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Returns (3312 words)

	The Dark Knight Strikes Again - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a sequel to Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.
		DK2 was considered controversial upon its release by some comics fans, as it was considered to be a repudiation of effects that the original Dark Knight Returns had on American superhero comics (the creation of the so-called "grim n' gritty" movement), and a celebration of the surrealist and high-energy eccentricity of the superhero tradition.
		Returning to the Batcave, Batman receives a communication from Carrie: she is being attacked by a brutal psychopath who physically resembles the Joker but is seemingly invulnerable to injury.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again (1343 words)

	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns review
		Batman: The Dark Knight was written and drawn by Frank Miller, inked by Klaus Janson, and painted by Lynn Varley.
		In truth, Batman: The Dark Knight, like all three series, demands re-readings to pick up on nuances, subtle foreshadowings, and the way certain phrases will be repeated in different scenes, acquiring new meanings in the doing.
		One person commentating on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns said that Batman kills someone -- and was clearly pleased with this hardening of the character (many comic fans, and comic pros, aren't the liberals you might expect, often bristling under the more humanitarian facets of mainstream superheroes).
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		More than 15 years after the Dark Knight revolutionized comics, Miller has done more or less the same thing: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (DC Comics), a/k/a DK2, whose first issue was released a few weeks ago, is his first Batman story since then — a return that once seemed impossible.
		The Dark Knight Returns’s mood was dark and brutal, its jokes were fler than fl, and its artwork was like almost nothing ever seen before in mainstream comics: stylized and crinkled, full of tiny, eccentric lines that earlier comics’ printing techniques wouldn’t have been able to handle.
		He’s returned with a vision of the heroic ideal much gentler than the first Dark Knight’s; whereas in Returns Superman was a semi-fascist tool of the Man, for instance, he appears in DK2 as an aging warrior torn between his conflicting responsibilities, and sadly resigned to moral gray areas.
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	The Dark Knight Strikes Again
		DKR was a junkyard bulldog, foaming at the mouth with rage against American imperialism, singling out Superman's iconic status -- protector of truth, justice and the American way -- as being the most corruptible.
		In DKR, Superman had become a pawn of the state because he was already a too-willing servant for public good, a position that left him wide open for exploitation.
		DKR was a big middle finger to everything that Miller and most of the disaffected young adults felt was destroying their society, turning us into suburbanite mentalities with no
	www.rambles.net /miller_dksa02.html (1235 words)

	The Dark Knight: Storylines: The Dark Knight Returns
		The Dark Knight: Storylines: The Dark Knight Returns
		This story was released in 1986, and was responsible for the rejuvenation of Batman as a dark character, and for the comics industry as a whole.
		As he phases out, reliving that terrible moment, he returns to normal just as the news is announcing the kidnapping of two children.
	www.darkknight.ca /storylines/tdkr.html (3022 words)

	UGO Batman Hub - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - BATMAN.UGO.COM
		The Dark Knight Returns gives the Batman legend a finale, telling the story of his return to crimefighting after a ten-year self-imposed hiatus, of his final battles with his greatest enemies, Two-Face and the Joker, and a new gang of hoods called "The Mutants," and of his decisive confrontation with his former ally, Superman.
		In The Dark Knight Returns, Bruce Wayne is a man obsessed with his mission, pursued by demons - the figure of a tremendous bat appears to young Wayne when he falls, accidentally, into the cave that will one day become his lair.
		When Dark Knight first appeared, Batman for many years had been mired in a seemingly endless series of bland stories that shed little light on his potentially fascinating character.
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	Flak Magazine: Review of The Dark Knight Strikes Again, 11.08.02
		Call it the Dark Knight syndrome — a belief that today's superheroes must be even grittier than Miller's Batman in order to succeed.
		Set three years after the events in "The Dark Knight Returns," America is now a police state where the Bill of Rights has been repealed, people are powerless and a holographic president is controlled by business tycoon Lex Luthor.
		With "DK2," Miller and colorist Lynn Varley have taken a completely different route from the dark, sublime art of "The Dark Knight Returns." Miller's illustrations are sparse and lacking in background detail (a style he perfected in his award-winning Sin City series).
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	Simple Archive Page for Roscoe's Comics: 16 September AD 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight's retirement.
		The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence.
		Over fifteen years since its debut, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns remains an undisputed classic and one of the most influential stories ever told in the comics medium.
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	Amazon.ca: Batman The Dark Knight Strikes Again: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognised as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.
		While the political and cultural overtones served mainly as a transcendent backdrop that made the groundbreaking Dark Knight Returns an artistic masterpiece, Miller's extensive application of these components in DK2 is too overwhelming for the super-hero genre.
		Miller's tendency for abstractness worked well for Dark Knight Returns since the script contained a sense of realism that was not habitual in the mainstream super-hero genre during the 1980s.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1563899299 (1433 words)

	Moviehole.net - The Dark Knight Returns
		Unlike the "Baywatch" movie - which the singing swimmer confirmed he'll not be involved in - "Knight Rider : The Movie" has a ready-written role for Haselhoff in it.
		The new film, which will centre on Michael Knight and his car loving kid, will feature both the classic K.I.T.T mobile and a new set of wheels for Mike Jr.
		The "Knight Rider" movie has been on the cards for a few years now.
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	Amazon.co.uk: Batman: Dark Knight Returns (Batman S.): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known recently for his excellent Sin City series and, previously, for his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the supreme contender.
		Even though the Dark Knight returns to where he belongs he learns that there is no easy path for him and not only does he stand toe-to-toe against former friend Superman but he also faces the loss of his home, his friend (Alfred) and his civilian identity..
		Whether you want to return to comics, or whether you want to begin reading comics, Batman- the dark knight returns is an appropriate ambassador for the comic world.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1852867981 (1060 words)

	Movie Poop Shoot - COMICS 101
		Introduced in the second chapter of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS is young Carrie Kelley, a Gotham teenager who takes to wearing a homemade Robin costume and prowling Gotham’s rooftops, inspired by the return of the Caped Crusader.
		If there are any quibbles with the otherwise rock-solid characterization of DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, it’s in the portrayal of Superman, who is seen here as a lapdog to the American government, whom he allows to coordinate his activities because they “allow” him to save lives.
		Miller also delves heavily into media influence in DARK KNIGHT, which much of the storyline’s background and exposition being established by the talking heads of network television news anchors and commentators, a device seen so often nowadays as to be almost clichéd, but which was a bold new approach back in ’86.
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	Inlibris Bookstore - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley
		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.
		In "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", it has been ten years since anyone has last seen Batman, and in the mean time Gotham City has fallen into choas by rival gang wars.
		All in all, in it's historical context, "The Dark Knight Returns" shot a much needed dose of adrinaline into the comics world, especially Batman.
	www.inlibris.com /bookstore/main.pl?m=1&asin=1563893428 (1051 words)

	The Dark Knight Departs
		The Dark Knight, however, is his usual mysterious self and refuses to attend a public rally for the Commissioner's release.
		And so, Barbara takes matters into her own hands and fashions a Batman-like costume with the intent of impersonating the Dark Knight at the rally.
		Knight Time (Written by Robert Goodman, Directed by Curt Geda)- Once Superman Adventures was underway, Bruce Timm and Paul Dini decided to team Batman and Superman in a handful of adventures.
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	The Dark Knight Returns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Usually, they were cute tales about the retired and happily married hero beaming proudly as the former Robin takes his place in the cape, and his young, blond son became the new sidekick.
		With The Dark Knight Returns, first issued in collected form in 1986, he redefined the genre of comics forever.
		The public reaction to the Batman's return is also a cold dose of reality.
	www.rambles.net /miller_darkknight.html (1507 words)

	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 - 1986
		I was never much of a Batman fan--popular theory has it that children either love Superman or Batman, depending on their particular psyche, and I was clearly in the Superman camp.
		But DARK KNIGHT came close to changing that, at least with this first issue.
		I remember having returned with the highly-anticipated book from Captain Blue Hen in Newark, DE (my regular comic shop for most of the 80s, which is still in business today.), and cracking it open.
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	Random Firings of Neurons: On The Dark Knight Returns
		In The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, Batman/Bruce Wayne has been retired for almost 2 decades.
		He has been spending his time pursuing more and more dangerous activities (like auto-racing), possibly to re-capture the adrenaline rush he had when he was the Dark Knight.
		Well, at the end of The Dark Knight Returns, Superman finally meets his match.
	ajsneurons.blogspot.com /2005/01/on-dark-knight-returns.html (556 words)

	Bookshelf Comics - Back in the Day Cafe: The Dark Knight Returns
		This was the first, in what would later be conceptualized as, an Elseworlds story – that being a story that would not be consistent with the ongoing storyline of the character and could take place in another time or era.
		Soon after, I had the Graffiti Designs t-shirt of the second cover’s iconic image of the hunched over Dark Knight, much to the confusion of my ignorant classmates who clearly could not understand that a revolution was underway.
		The art stood out because there was nothing else of that quality and the artist was at the apex of his artistic creativity and constructed a story to match it.
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	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gotham City in Frank Miller's graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns" is falling in to decay.
		Everyday people are getting murdered without reason by a gang of horrifying thugs named The Mutants, urban terrorism attacks are a regular part of the evening news, dead cats are stapled to the doors of Churches, and lots of people die....yeah.
		The Dark Knight Returns is filled with these many moments of "what the fuck just happened?" There's the previously mentioned bombing of a building by Two-Face and The Joker laughing neck-snap.
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	Wired 14.02: The Dark Knight Returns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bob Kane, who drew the original Dark Knight in 1939, instantly became a celebrity and went on to a film and fine-art career.
		Neal Adams, who's credited with rescuing the crusader from the high camp of the 1960s TV series, also reinvented the X-Men before parlaying his work into a successful film career that earned him enough to spend his retirement promoting the theory that Earth is expanding.
		America in 2039 is a police state, individual liberties have been curtailed, and there's a dark sense of impending doom.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/14.02/pope_pr.html (1013 words)

	Mister Faded Glory » The Dark Knight Finally Returns
		I don’t profess to be a Batman-phile, but I am quite literate and well-versed in the past 60+ years of Dark Knight lore.
		Bale was born to play Batman —; one of the most underrated actors on screen, he turns the moody Wayne into the relieved, focused Dark Knight complete with blurry lines and a cold fear that penetrates his surface confidence.
		The homage to Miller’s Dark Knight continues with the updated Batmobile —; as if tugging on my heart, they never refer to it as the Batmobile —; and the vehicle is mostly a speedy tank.
	www.denofsinandvice.com /jjh?p=119 (1007 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller - Paperback - 10TH ANNIVERSARY
		The Dark Knight Returns is unquestionably a work of genius, a serious work from an artist who takes comic books seriously.
		Batman: The Dark Knight Returns could be seen as a coming of age for Bruce Wayne, coming back as the Batman he used to be, but through battles with foes both old and new, and new relationships, he seems to realize that he has to change.
		The characters are well developed, the dialog and imagery harmonize perfectly with each other, and the introduction of Carrie Kelley works well as a segue into Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, which can also be seen as a coming of age story, but for Carrie.
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	Superhero Times - DC DIRECT brings you action figures from THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS
		Frank Miller’s work on The Dark Knight Returns is celebrated as a turning point in the comics industry.
		The Dark Night Returns: Joker stands 6 5/8 inches tall, and comes with two pistols, a Joker doll, and a sidewalk base.
		The Dark Night Returns: Superman matches Batman at 7 3/8 inches, and comes with alternate hands holding a crushed Bat-Armor helmet and a Kryptonite arrow, as well as a sidewalk base.
	www.superherotimes.com /newsarchive/000016.php (247 words)

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