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It consists of a fourissue miniseries, first published in 1986. 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. Frank miller began his career in comics in the late 1970s and rose to fame while first drawing. Set 20 years in the future, this story finds that in the absence of superheroes, criminals have run amok, and a gang called the mutants are terrorizing gotham city. The dark knight returns ebook written by frank miller. Frank miller began his career in comics in the late 1970s and rose to fame while first drawing, and then writing, daredevil for marvel comics. The dark knight returns hardcover november 1, 2002.
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The dark knight returns with a cover date of august, 1986. Frank miller completely reinvents the legend of batman in his saga of a nearfuture gotham city gone to. The dark knight saga by frank miller 5 primary works 6 total works collected editions of the entire saga of batman. We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. The dark knight returns motion comic chapter 1 w peter. This deluxe, leatherbound, silver leaf hardcover collects frank millers seminal works batman. Frank miller is an american writer, artist and film director best known for his film noirstyle comic book stories.
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