The Dark Knight Returns #1

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A.V. CLUB: So you actually consciously set out to change things in the comics industry?

FRANK MILLER: Well, I set out to remark upon them. And seeing how all these heroes had been castrated since the 1950s, and just how pointless they seemed to be... In this perfect world of comic books, which was what it was back then, why would people dress up in tights to fight crime?

A.V. CLUB: Because there wasn't anything bad enough going on back then to justify that extremism?

FRANK MILLER: It was just a bunch of goofy villains. It was 1985 when I started working on this, and I thought, "What kind of world would be scary enough for Batman?" And I looked out my window.




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Comments

[walkingthroughforest]

An absolute masterpiece. Just as impactful 30 years later. We can debate all day about the legacy of this piece with the comic book industry, and even the DKR sequels. But taken on it's own? Easily one of the greatest pieces of graphic fiction ever to grace our pages.

[cyberghostface]

Yeah it's easily one of the best Batman stories ever.