Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in this saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, 10 years after the Dark Knight’s retirement. Forced to take action, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence. He is soon joined by a new Robin—a girl named Carrie Kelley, who proves to be just as invaluable as her predecessors.

Can Batman and Robin deal with the threat posed by their deadliest enemies, after years of incarceration have turned them into perfect psychopaths? And more important, can anyone survive the coming fallout from an undeclared war between the superpowers—or the clash of what were once the world’s greatest heroes?

Hailed as a comics masterpiece, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS is Frank Miller’s (300 and Sin City) reinvention of Gotham’s legendary protector. It remains one of the most influential stories ever told in comics, with its echoes felt in all media forms of DC’s storytelling. Collects issues #1-4.

• Batman: Year One
• Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition
• Batman: The Long Halloween
• Batman: Hush
• Batman: Arkham Asylum 25th Anniversary
• Batman: Dark Victory (New Edition)
• Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
• Batman: The Man Who Laughs
• Watchmen
• Batman: A Death in the Family