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Genre/Form: | Comics (Graphic works) Fiction Juvenile works Bandes dessinées Comic books, strips, etc Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Frank Miller; Klaus Janson; Lynn Varley; John Costanza |
ISBN: | 9781401263119 1401263119 |
OCLC Number: | 995294404 |
Notes: | "Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger." "Superman created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, by special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family." Title from indicia. |
Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | The Dark Knight returns -- The Dark Knight triumphant -- Hunt the Dark Knight -- The Dark Knight falls. |
Other Titles: | Dark Knight returns |
Responsibility: | Frank Miller, writer & penciller ; Klaus Janson, inker ; Lynn Varley, colorist ; John Costanza, letterer. |
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"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." -USA Today "There's never been storytelling quite like this. It took someone who views comics as an art to create it." -Washington Post "Changed the course of comics." -Rolling Stone "It's film noir in cartoon panels." -Vanity Fair "His brutal yet elegant noir renderings, pulpy yet eloquent scripting, and thoroughly uncompromising attitude make him one of the most distinctive voices in comics." -Entertainment Weekly Read more...

