Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1
| Writer | Frank Miller |
| Artist | Klaus Janson |
This masterpiece of comics storytelling brings to life a dark world...and an even darker man. 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.
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This is one of the most beautiful, well depicted Batman books. Miller is all over the place with his message and a lot of things are dated but this is still a quintessential Batman story.
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"While in my gut the creature writhes and snarls and tells me what I need..."
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