In 2015 to 2017, a third book titled Dark Knight III: The Master Race ran, co-written by Miller alongside Brian Azzarello with art by Miller and Andy Kubert.It eventually went on hiatus, and was meant to return as Dark Knight: Boy Wonder. In 2005 to 2008, Miller wrote a prequel, All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder.It was more set around Batman than about Batman, being closer to a Justice League or even Superman story than a Batman story. In 20, Miller produced a sequel, The Dark Knight Strikes Again.It was a crossover between the Spawn Universe and the Dark Knight Universe and canon to both, whose only tie to TDKR was that it showed where Batman got the technology that he would use to build his power suit. ![]() In 1994 Spawn/Batman came out, written by Miller and drawn by Todd McFarlane.Though it was supposed to be the origin of New Earth's Batman, it also is meant to serve as a prequel to Dark Knight Returns. In 1987 Miller did Batman: Year One with David Mazzucchelli during his one-arc-long run in the main Batman book.Since its release, a number of Miller's Batman-related works have tied into TDKR in one way or another: It was also highly influential in the DCU's recasting of Batman and Superman's relationship: no longer are they perfect friends, The World's Finest, but rather somewhat distant and distrusting (if respectful) of each other. It is often considered as influential as Watchmen in demonstrating the possible " maturity" of the comic book medium, and, for good or bad, together with Watchmen it ushered in The Dark Age of Comic Books. ![]() The art itself is moody and atmospheric, black and grey dominate every page and the use of red and yellow are eyesores. News broadcasts shed light on the political debates surrounding Batman's influence, positive and negative, on the criminal underworld. Batman is a bitter, angry figure who narrates much of the story with philosophical musings and breaking down his methods. TDKR is a seminal comic book work, with a gritty, unique style that's draped in the best of Film Noir techniques. Defeating the Mutants, though, turns out to be child's play compared to what Batman faces next. After encountering a Mutant gang in the alley where his parents were murdered, Bruce Wayne resurrects Batman, aided in his renewed crusade by Carrie Kelley, a 13-year-old girl who becomes the third Robin. In Batman's absence, and in the midst of a killer heat wave, Gotham City is overrun with crime, plagued by a monstrously violent gang known as The Mutants. Commissioner Gordon is weeks away from retirement, The Joker has been silently locked away in Arkham for years, and Two-Face is about to be released back into the world with a brand new skin. Superman, still as young and handsome as ever, has become little more than an icon, answering to the government and trying to stay as neutral as possible. In this storyline, Batman has been retired for ten years, alcoholic and consumed with grief after the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin note a full two years before A Death in the Family canonized this, mind you. ![]() Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a four-issue Batman comic book miniseries written and drawn by Frank Miller and published by DC Comics from February to June 1986.
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