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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781563899294
ISBN: 1563899299
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: January 01, 2004
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 01, 2004
Studio: DC Comics
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The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognized as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.Set three years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again follows a similar structure: once again, Batman hauls himself out of his self-imposed retirement in order to set things right. However, where DKR was about him cleaning up his home city, Gotham, DKSA has him casting his net much wider: he's out to save the world. The thing is, most of the world doesn't realize that it needs to be saved--least of all Superman and Wonder Woman, who have become little more than superpowered enforcers of the status quo. So, the notoriously solitary Batman is forced to recruit some different superpowered allies. He also has his ever-present trusty sidekick, Robin, except that he is a she, and she is calling herself Catwoman. Together, these super-friends uncover a vast and far-reaching conspiracy that leads to the President of the United States (Lex Luthor) and beyond.
The Dark Knight Strikes Again is largely an entertaining comic, but much of what made The Dark Knight Returns so good just doesn't work here. Miller's gritty, untidy artwork was perfect for DKR's grim depiction of the dark and seedy Gotham City, but it jars a bit for DKSA, which is meant to depict an ultra-glossy, futuristic technocracy. Lynn Varley's garish coloring attempts to add a slicker sheen, but the artwork is ultimately let down by that which worked so well for DKR--this time around, it just feels sloppy and rushed. The same is true of the book's denouement, which happens so quickly that it leaves the reader reeling and looking for more of an explanation. Moreover, DKSA is packed full of characters who will mean little to those unfamiliar with the DC Comics universe (e.g., the Atom, the Elongated Man, the Question). Perhaps the book's biggest failing is that where The Dark Knight Returns gave comic book fans a base from which to evangelize to theuninitiated, The Dark Knight Strikes Again is just preaching to the converted. Comic book superhero fans will find much to enjoy here, but others would be better off sticking with the original. --Robert Burrow
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The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognized as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.Set three years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again follows a similar structure: once again, Batman hauls himself out of his self-imposed retirement in order to set things right. However, where DKR was about him cleaning up his home city, Gotham, DKSA has him casting his net much wider: he's out to save the world.The thing is, most of the world doesn't realize that it needs to be saved--least of all Superman and Wonder Woman, who have become little more than superpowered enforcers of the status quo. So, the notoriously solitary Batman is forced to recruit some different superpowered allies. He also has his ever-present trusty sidekick, Robin, except that he is a she, and she is calling herself Catwoman. Together, these super-friends uncover a vast and far-reaching conspiracy that leads to the President of the United States (Lex Luthor) and beyond.The Dark Knight Strikes Again is largely an entertaining comic, but much of what made The Dark Knight Returns so good just doesn't work here. Miller's gritty, untidy artwork was perfect for DKR's grim depiction of the dark and seedy Gotham City, but it jars a bit for DKSA, which is meant to depict an ultra-glossy, futuristic technocracy. Lynn Varley's garish coloring attempts to add a slicker sheen, but the artwork is ultimately let down by that which worked so well for DKR--this time around, it just feels sloppy and rushed. The same is true of the book's denouement, which happens so quickly that it leaves the reader reeling and looking for more of an explanation. Moreover, DKSA is packed full of characters who will mean little to those unfamiliar with the DC Comics universe (e.g., the Atom, the Elongated Man, the Question).Perhaps the book's biggest failing is that where The Dark Knight Returns gave comic book fans a base from which to evangelize to theuninitiated, The Dark Knight Strikes Again is just preaching to the converted. Comic book superhero fans will find much to enjoy here, but others would be better off sticking with the original. --Robert Burrow
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I guess I didn't think I'd be given a BATMAN title written by FRANK MILLER one lousy star, but...it almost doesn't even deserve that. Good luck figuring out what is going on in this comic. Was Frank high on meth when he wrote this book? I like when people try new things and it actually kept my attention through the middle of the second issue but this thing totally falls apart. If trying something new means not trying then bravo. This feels like 20 other comics Frank was working on, cut up into ... Read More
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Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again is the sequel to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by famed comic writer Frank Miller (Batman: Year One, Sin City). Following what was a fake death at the hands of Superman in the prequel, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Carrie Kelly (Robin in TDKR, now Catgirl) and a band of former mutant gang-bangers now known as the 'Sons of Batman' have gone underground where they spend the next three years training for a climactic battle on the order of Crisis on Infinite Earths and Final ... Read More
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Seinfeld impersonation over. Good book, but very political, and almost avantgarde in it's approach to it's art style. If you don't like to be pushed outside of your comfort zone, AND if you don't like to think all that much about the sub-text, you probobly won't like this book. Not to use a trite expression, but this book takes you for a ride, and you're either on it, or you're not. I think this is a fitting conclusion to the 'dark knight returns' novel-and I liked it. It wasn't exceptional, but it's symbolic, ... Read More
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Been working in comics since 1978, and I was surprised to see this 2nd volume. I bought both 1 & 2 and started 2 with the anticipation of a good story, only to be disappointed with flashy pages, poor layouts, and a story that fails in it's attempt to reproduce the thrill and angst of volume 1. Maybe it's the lack of Klaus Janson, but the 'background' characters took over the book and Batman seemed to 'go along for the ride'. The art was even more uncharacteristically gritty than Miller turns out. I think the story ... Read More
Rating:  -
This book was painful. The art made me cringe on just about every page. There are some good panels, but some look like they were drawn by a 2nd grader. I know Frank Miller is capable of better.
The story was Ok. It wasn't anything earth shattering, and a lot of it was predictable. I know the characters in this story are supposed to be separate from the characters in regular DC continuity, but some of the characterizations were bad (Superman and "Joker" were the worst). I won't go too much into ... Read More
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