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In 1985, dc comics sought to streamline a shared continuity which had become bogged down by over sixty years worth of stories. The dark knight returns is a 1986 fourissue comic book miniseries starring batman, written by frank miller, illustrated by miller and klaus janson, and published by dc comics. In the name of his murdered parents, bruce wayne wages eternal war on the criminals of gotham city. Read comics online free batman the dark knight returns. We hope you take this opportunity of reduced social contact to catch up on your comic reading, spend some quality time with your collection, and stay safe. The dark knight returns is set in a dystopian version of gotham city in 1986.
The joker is definitely one of hollywoods best villains on screen. The following comic titles debuted with a 1986 cover date. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous childrens cartoon character into a hero for our times. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early. Batman has been featured in many ongoing series, limited series and graphic novels published. But, instead of just a bunch of cool batman art, this show will be comprised of 18 memorable batman comic book covers from history, blown up and recreated as limitededition screen printed posters. The books were published by dc comics as a part of its elseworlds line of comics. The dark knight returns comic book by dc title details. Dc comic book lot batman superman green lantern wonder. Browse issues from the comic book series, shadow of the batman, from dc comics. Before crisis, dc was puttering along acceptably well, with books like. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in. The film stars jack nicholson as the joker and michael keaton as bruce wayne batman, alongside kim basinger, robert wuhl, pat hingle, billy dee williams. Batman comic book covers becoming limited edition posters.
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