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	The Dark Knight Strikes Again - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again (also refered to as DK2) is a Batman graphic novel by Frank Miller with Lynn Varley.
		It is generally considered to be a repudiation of effects that the original Dark Knight had on American comics (the so-called "grim n' gritty" movement), and a celebration of the surrealist and high-energy eccentricity of the superhero tradition.
		He confronts Wayne at the Batcave, but is defeated by the Dark Knight and company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again (1401 words)

	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years after the events in "The Dark Knight Returns," America is now a police state where the Bill of Rights has been repealed, people are powerless and a holographic president is controlled by business tycoon Lex Luthor.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).
	flakmag.com /books/darkknight.html (1282 words)

	Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again Book at Shop Ireland
		This books prequel, The Dark Knight Returns, is a platform from which adult comics fans can preach, to convert the unbeliever.
		In The Dark Knight Strikes again, Miller has a guerilla Batman hatch out like some burrowing wasp larvae thing to shake up a world where tyrants run America and heroes are repressed and exiled.
		The drawings here range from dark and twisted to light and twisted- grotesque, ugly, pretty much offensive inkings coloured in a neon CG style that is devoid of subtlety or charm with garish pixellations and psychadelic special effects thrown in seemingly for the hell of it.
	www.shopireland.ie /books/reviews/1840236213 (1305 words)

	Books \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/arts/books/documents/02087020.htm (678 words)

	Sequart.com Articles: Did the Dark Knight Strike Again? Frank Miller's New Digital _Real_ity
		And while Strikes Again may not have the immediate larger impact that Returns had, it still attempts to explore important themes that are relative in comics writing, and appropriately addresses issues presently facing America and the world.
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again is as scathing a social criticism as its predecessor.
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again is a worthy descendant of The Dark Knight Returns because it continues to visually and philosophically refuse to remain static.
	www.sequart.com /articles/index.php?article=780 (2708 words)

	BOOKS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Dark Knight Returns upended almost every superhero cliché around, and extrapolated adult psychological complexity from 45 years of kids’ stories.
		Dark Knight’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; where Superman was a semi-fascist tool of The Man in Returns, for instance, he appears in DK2 as an aging warrior torn between his conflicting responsibilities, and sadly resigned to moral gray areas.
	www.portlandphoenix.com /archive/books/01/12/28/books_COMICS.HTML (641 words)

	Progressive, The: Batman versus the man
		If The Dark Knight Strikes Again succeeds politically, it is not because the book offers a practical blueprint for revolution, but because it struggles to free itself from the conservatism of its genre.
		The virtue of The Dark Knight Strikes Again (along with the best of Miller's other work, such as Daredevil: Love and War) is that it presses against the limits of the genre.
		In The Dark Knight Strikes Again, The Question is writing a manifesto and comprehends the limits of his undertaking: "It is not in my power to effect the change.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1295/is_3_67/ai_99818453 (1300 words)

	Batmobiles - The Dark Knight Returns/The Dark Knight Strikes Again
		In 2005, Frank Miller once again wrote his own version of the Dark Knight.
		This time, he is paired with artist Jim Lee for a retelling of Batman's recruitment of Robin (in events likely to lead into The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Strikes Again).
		The follow-up to The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again, was set three years later and featured Batman teamed with other members of the Justice League doing battle in a dystopic world.
	www.batmobilehistory.com /miller-batmobile.php (339 words)

	Techlizard.com :: Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After reading The Dark Knight Returns I was expecting a similar graphic style; a bit gritty and fl but was disgusted when I saw the incredibly cheap computer crap thrown into the backgrounds instead of the old fully-drawn cities and such.
		Anyway, when "Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again" lurches into garish, gory life, the Great Detective is no more: hounded to earth by the Feds, hunted as an unsanctioned rogue, scourged from the streets of the City he defended, cleansed, purified, ruled by Terror and Justice.
		The Dark Knight Returns---don't get me wrong, a brilliant, wicked-lean piece of work---was an epic of pure, aged, smoldering Rage: Rage at a City whose works were rotten and clogged with Crime.
	www.techlizard.com /store/index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=1563898446 (1771 words)

	DC Comics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN is a 3-issue epic miniseries - each issue a whoppin' 80 pages in Prestige Format - masterfully written and illustrated by Miller and featuring the magnificent colors of Miller's collaborator, Lynn Varley.
		The Dark Knight returns once again - trimmer, more streamlined, and with a vitality that hasn't been seen since the first years of his war on crime.
		Together, once again, they are turning the world on its ear, and challenging everything we take for granted with these enduring characters that we 'think' we know so well.
	www.dccomics.com /features/dk2/article.html (592 words)

	The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1 [2001] Shaking Through.net: Comics: Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns first appeared in the mid-1980s, it seemed to spark a transformation in the superhero comic-book genre practically overnight.
		The truth is, of course, that Dark Knight didn't achieve this alone.
		After all, it's highly unlikely that The Dark Knight Strikes Again (which we'll hereafter refer to as DK2, as the cover of this first issue does) will have the same impact as its predecessor.
	www.shakingthrough.net /comics/reviews/2001/the_dark_knight_strikes_again_1.htm (1168 words)

	: RevolutionSF - The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1 : Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again is the biggest comics event since the death of Superman, the best selling comic book of 2001, and easily the most hyped project in the industry in years (though George Perez's upcoming JLA / Avengers is a close second).
		This is primarily because the prequel, The Dark Knight Returns, was the beginning of a new age in comics, the point at which the industry turned to and embraced the darker, grittier stories and art that have become the norm.
		Miller's interpretation of Batman (arguably the definitive Dark Knight of the past thirty years) is the same as always, and the supporting cast is back as well.
	www.revolutionsf.com /article.html?id=720 (861 words)

	BookkooB : The Dark Knight Strikes Again - : Compare Book Prices
		Book Details / Review - supplied by Amazon UK 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.
		Moreover, DKSA is packed full of characters who will mean little to those unfamiliar with the DC Comics universe (eg, The Atom, The Elongated Man, The Question).
		Perhaps the book's biggest failing is that where The Dark Knight Returns gave comic book fans a base from which to evangelise to the uninitiated, The Dark Knight Strikes Again is just preaching to the converted.
	www.bookkoob.co.uk /book/1563899299.htm (1693 words)

	SCIFI.COM: Events Calendar > Event View > The Dark Knight Strikes Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Dark Knight returns once again, with his army of Bat-soldiers to wage a new war on a diseased world that's become completely lost.
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again features surprising appearances by such DC icons as Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, the Atom, the Question, and more.
		Frank Miller and Lynn Varley bring their unique and often controversial talents to bear in creating an amazing new tale of the Dark Knight and the finest heroes the world has ever known.
	www.scifi.com /events/event.php3?event_id=3763&date=12/5/2001 (228 words)

	Sequart.com Articles
		Despite the costly sum of the books, Dark Horse sold LOADS of the first book, and probably did the same for the other volumes as well, which is maybe why they upped the price further for the last two volumes.
		Dark Horse had previously reprinted Otomo's Domu (in three Prestige Format issues, which didn't really work) and three mini-series of Legend Of Mother Sarah.
		Maybe because of Dark Horse having reprinted Akira, Otomo wrote Hipiria (but didn't illustrate it) and was supposed to be involved with BMW Film's The Hire, but God only knows what happened with that.
	www.sequart.com /articles/index.php?story=602 (1398 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller - Paperback - 10TH ANNIVERSARY
		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.
		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.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=1563893428 (965 words)

	SAVANT:: Reviews
		Miller's made it no secret that both the original Dark Knight Returns and the new Dark Knight Strikes Again are his attempts to strip away the barnacles of continuity and interpretation, to return Batman and the other iconic characters to their bare essences.
		There are a few narrative connections between The Dark Knight Strikes Again and The Dark Knight Returns, most notably in the characters, but the story's temporal context is shifted from a cold-war gang-dominated wasteland to a mix of the nineties economic boom and an Orwellian/Cyberpunk future.
		Then again, it could be the shared King Arthur references, I suppose, but I think it goes beyond that.
	www.savantmag.com /60/reviews.html (1749 words)

	Diamond News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When a perfect world seems too perfect to Bruce Wayne, there's only one way he can expose its true darkness -- and he will when The Dark Knight Strikes Again in Frank Miller's new, three-issue, Prestige Format mini-series from DC Comics.
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1 will first ship on December 5.
		To commemorate this monumental project, DC is also re-offering the bestselling Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TP (OCT010587D1/STAR06045D1, $12.95) -- which revolutionized comics in 1986 -- and the new Dark Knight Strikes Again Statue (OCT010648X1, $195.00), a limited-edition piece sculpted by William Paquet.
	www.diamondcomics.com /news/2001/10_01_01/drknight_strikes.html (96 words)

	The Dark Knight Strikes Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		(edited press release) The Dark* Knight Strikes Again, written and drawn by acclaimed comics creator Frank Miller, is now available in stores and, according to DC Comics Executive Vice President and Publisher Paul Levitz, is setting sales records for comic books.
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again features appearances by such DC icons as Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, the Atom, the Question, and more.
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again is a 3-issue miniseries with each issue containing 80 pages and released at six-week intervals.
	www.digitalmediafx.com /News2001/December/121201/dark-knight.html (411 words)

	Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Wire
		Questions of what "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" story will be about and how the art will differ from the original are thoughts on the minds of comic collectors far and wide.
		With "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" Varley is coloring the series completely on the computer, a first for her.
		This isn't your father's Dark Knight, this is Frank and Lynn approaching this with a fresh perspective.
	www.comicbookresources.com /news/printthis.cgi?id=501 (1036 words)

	Amazon.com: Dark Knight Strikes Again, The - Volume 3 (Dark Knight Strikes Again): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Thus was I attracted to Frank Miller's revision of this classic superhero in The Dark* Knight Returns,* a book true-to-form to the character's history, yet startlingly modern, with comments on late-80's Reagan-spin and the general aura of paranoia and excess that dominated that decade.
		Miller ended The Dark* Knight Returns* on a graceful, poignant note, a near-perfect conclusion to the lifework of Bruce Wayne.
		In *TDKSA* we are presented with the same conflicts, the same struggles and character-arcs, and the whole affair begins to reek of a rehashing - and a vastly inferior rehash at that.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563898721?v=glance (3290 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Dark Knight Strikes Again: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Dark Knight comes out of the shadows to do battle with friend and foe alike in order to save humanity.
		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 (1960 words)

	Comics Continuum
		The Dark Knight Strikes Again #2, which was scheduled to reach stores on Jan. 16, instead will reach stores on Jan. 30.
		In "Dark Star Rising," Moeller plays Beau, one of the last members of Dark Star, an international anti-terrorist unit.
		"Dark Star Rising" was written by Phil Lazebnik and directed by John Cassar.
	www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0201/03 (729 words)

	The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster
		But in some ways she is alive again, for I saw her spectre in my son's eyes, and heard it in his voice.
		These are paths to the dark side, for to invest in the emotional life of civilization is to care about its fate.
		Because of this the Dark One traditionally exhibits a bewildering confluence of humility and potency -- the bleak peace of one who has seen the endless doom at the end of time and returned with an oath to steer life well.
	darthside.blogspot.com (10696 words)

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