The Dark Knight Returns
He has appeared in a few animated adaptations of the comic.
The dark knight returns. If you enjoyed this video please hit that like and subscribe button for more. The dark knight returns is a seminal contribution to graphic novel fiction and was hugely influential both within the comic book industry generally and upon the characterisation of batman in particular. In four groundbreaking issues in late 1986 miller s dark knight returns delighted and enraged comic book classicists by turning batman a beloved but gimmicky hero who seemed to have the keys of life forever tucked into his utility belt into a brooding vigilante bleak grim and full of rooftop psychosis. It is ten years after an aging batman has retired and gotham city has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness.
Alternate versions a version was released on october 8 2013 entitled batman. Now when his city needs him most the dark knight returns in a blaze of glory. The dark knight returns deluxe edition. It is a limited series set in a possible future portrayed as batman s last adventure.
The dark knight returns is a batman story written by frank miller with illustrations by miller klaus janson and lynn varley in 1986. The dark knight returns alternatively titled batman. This version combines both parts into a single 148 minute movie. The mutant leader is the main antagonist of the first half of the dark knight returns by frank miller serving as the main antagonist of the 2012 animated film the dark knight returns.
Joined by carrie kelly a teenage female robin batman takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city. The dark knight returns is a 1986 four issue comic book miniseries starring batman written by frank miller illustrated by miller and klaus janson and published by dc comics. The story depicts bruce wayne as an old man coming out of retirement to be batman again. It consists of a four issue mini series first published in 1986.
This is perhaps frank miller s most famous and important work. The animated series episode legends of the dark knight. Animation moi animation distributed bywarner home video release date september 25 2012 january 29 2013 october 8. He was voiced by gary anthony williams.