Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Series

A tour de force of powerful storytelling and intense characterization, "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" is the tale of a tortured man's effort to save a city spiraling into chaos. An aging, time-worn Batman struggles with the acceptance of a new Robin while facing the latest generation of vicious, hyper-violent criminals. Old foes like the Joker and Two-Face add to the maddening mayhem which Batman must face and somehow conquer. Even Batman's relationship with his friend and ally Superman takes a fresh and inventive turn that would have been unthinkable outside of Frank Miller's richly imagined vision of the Dark Knight's future. This tenth anniversary edition features 28 pages of sketches, art, text material and an introduction by the author.

Graphic Novel Nach der Ermordung seiner Eltern hatte Bruce Wayne geschworen, die Stadt vom Verbrechen zu befreien. Über Jahre hinweg hat er als Batman gegen alle Arten der Kriminalität gekämpft. Seit zehn Jahren hat ihn niemand mehr gesehen oder vom ihm gehört. Bis heute . . . "Batman mag so aussehen wie früher, aber noch nie war er so zu sehen wie in dieser Geschichte." Time "Frank Miller hat hier eine Geschichte vorgelegt, wie sie in Comic-Form noch nie zuvor zu lesen war. Vergleichen läßt sie sich vielleicht nur mit Martin Scorseses Filmen 'Mean Streets' und 'Taxi Driver'. Es braucht jemanden, der das Medium wirklich als Kunstform begreift, um so etwas zu schaffen." Washington Post Die Rückkehr des Dunklen Ritters wurde in den USA mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit fünf Kirby Awards.

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. Crime runs rampant in the streets, and the man who was Batman is still tortured by the memories of his parents' murders. As civil society crumbles around him, Bruce Wayne's long-suppressed vigilante side finally breaks free of its self-imposed shackles. The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence. He is soon joined by this generation's Robin—a girl named Carrie Kelley, who proves to be just as invaluable as her predecessors. But can Batman and Robin deal with the threat posed by their deadliest enemies, after years of incarceration have made them into perfect psychopaths? And more important, can anyone survive the coming fallout of an undeclared war between the superpowers—or a clash of what were once the world's greatest superheroes? Over fifteen years after its debut, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns remains an undisputed classic and one of the most influential stories ever told in the comics medium. Collecting Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4