{"product_id":"batman-the-dark-knight-returns-tpb","title":"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TPB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"R78TQ\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"gQWhZ\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjQz4iTzN-XAxXhGVkFHRcCBT8Qy_kOegoIAggACAEIBhAD\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgBCAYQAw\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dark_Knight_Returns\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\"\u003eThe Dark Knight Returns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[null,null,null,null,null,null,[[1793289546246096,89725409,1057292823],null,null,null,null,[[2,0,1,1]]],\u0026quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dark_Knight_Returns\u0026quot;],0,0],\u0026quot;\\u0026KNbU3e_19:u9afN\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;\\u0026KNbU3e_19:kEV45c\u0026quot;]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[\u0026quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dark_Knight_Returns\u0026quot;,null,null,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[{\u0026quot;1218\u0026quot;:[16,null,null,null,[1,null,117,343]]}]],16,null,\u0026quot;The Dark Knight Returns - Wikipedia\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;· The Dark Knight Returns (alternatively titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns but originally titled Batman: The Dark Knight) is a 1986 four-issue superhero comic book miniseries written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with color by Lynn Varley, and published by DC Comics. It tells an alternative story of millionaire Bruce Wayne who, at 55 years old, returns from a decade of retirement as Batman to fight crime while facing opposition from the Gotham City police force and the United States government. Reception Despite the cost of the single-issue packaging, The Dark Knight Returns sold well. Pricing it at $2.95 an issue, DC Comics promoted The Dark Knight Returns as a \\\u0026quot;thought-provoking action story\\\u0026quot;. Time said the series\u0026#39; depiction of a \\\u0026quot;semi-retired Batman [who] is unsure about his crime-fighting abilities\\\u0026quot; was an example of trying to appeal to \\\u0026quot;today\u0026#39;s skeptical readers\\\u0026quot;. More than one million comics were printed. Retrospectively, the series is today widely considered one of the greatest works in the comic medium. IGN Comics ranked The Dark Knight Returns first on a list of the 25 greatest Batman graphic novels and called The Dark Knight Returns \\\u0026quot;a true masterpiece of storytelling\\\u0026quot; with \\\u0026quot;[s]cene after unforgettable scene.\\\u0026quot; In 2005, Time chose the collected edition as one of the 10 best English language graphic novels ever written. Forbidden Planet placed the collected issue at number one on its \\\u0026quot;50 Best of the Best Graphic Novels\\\u0026quot; list. Writer Matthew K. Manning in the \\\u0026quot;1980s\\\u0026quot; chapter of DC Comics: Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle (2010) called the series \\\u0026quot;arguably the best Batman story of all time.\\\u0026quot; It was placed second in a poll among comic book academics conducted by the Sequart Organization. The series also garnered some negative reviews. In April 2010, Nicolas Slayton from Comics Bulletin ranked The Dark Knight Returns second in his Tuesday Top Ten feature\u0026#39;s Top 10 Overrated Comic Books behind Watchmen. Influence Miller signing a copy of the book during a 2016 appearance at Midtown Comics The immense popularity of The Dark Knight Returns served both to return the character of Batman to a central role in pop culture, but also (along with Watchmen) started the era known as the Dark Age of Comic Books (also known as the Modern Age and the Iron Age). The grim, seedy versions of Gotham and Batman updated the character\u0026#39;s identity from the campy Adam West version from the 1960s Batman TV series, and proved critically and commercially successful enough that a new wave of \\\u0026quot;dark\\\u0026quot; superheroes were either created or re-popularized, and preexisting heroes were redesigned or retooled to fit this new trend. The Dark Knight Returns was one of the two comic books, alongside Watchmen, that inspired designer Vincent Connare when he created the Comic Sans font.\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q\\u003dtbn:ANd9GcR2LnFfVqil_TQARR-1KLROIb0CKMph_n9sUiI8wnlzwBRdCmPgmZAQFXVTAwkzDfPrxX8rPbUTUk9z-Xs\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Wikipedia\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/faviconV2?url\\u003dhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\\u0026client\\u003dAIM\\u0026size\\u003d128\\u0026type\\u003dFAVICON\\u0026fallback_opts\\u003dTYPE,SIZE,URL\u0026quot;,[[1793289546246096,89725409,1057292823],null,null,null,null,[[2,0,1,1]]],null,\u0026quot;a5c7d13d-d8b2-4ff3-b808-8a607e667f67\u0026quot;]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a seminal \u003cmark class=\"b6AQX\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=KNbU3e_1w\/cFwyDc\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjQz4iTzN-XAxXhGVkFHRcCBT8QuJAPegoIAggACAEIBhAE\"\u003e1986 four-issue comic book miniseries written and drawn by Frank Miller, inked by Klaus Janson, and colored by Lynn Varley\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[247864,null,0]]]]--\u003e\u003c\/mark\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e [\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dark_Knight_Returns\"\u003e1\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGCHvHQcxfI\"\u003e2\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming of Robinson Township","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68092883632449,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/4horsemencomics.com\/products\/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-tpb","provider":"Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming of Robinson Township","version":"1.0","type":"link"}