Writer-artist Frank Miller was recruited to create The Dark Knight Returns.

Despite the cost of the single-issue packaging, The Dark Knight Returns sold well.

The series is a sequel to Miller's 1986 miniseries The Dark Knight Returns.

For inspiration, Elfman was given The Dark Knight Returns.

The Dark Knight Returns was a financial success and has since become one of the medium's most noted touchstones.

This is in continuity; not too dissimilar to how Dark Knight Returns became continuity through sheer force of will.

The Dark Knight Returns influenced the comic-book industry by heralding a new wave of darker characters.

Moore previously penned a flattering introduction to an early collected edition of The Dark Knight Returns.

The Dark Knight Returns depicts him as having the usual super speed, heat vision, flight, and strength.

He is also a friend of Batman, rather than his foe as he is in Dark Knight Returns.

Writer-artist Frank Miller was recruited to create The Dark Knight Returns.

Despite the cost of the single-issue packaging, The Dark Knight Returns sold well.

The series is a sequel to Miller's 1986 miniseries The Dark Knight Returns.

For inspiration, Elfman was given The Dark Knight Returns.

The Dark Knight Returns was a financial success and has since become one of the medium's most noted touchstones.

This is in continuity; not too dissimilar to how Dark Knight Returns became continuity through sheer force of will.

The Dark Knight Returns influenced the comic-book industry by heralding a new wave of darker characters.

Moore previously penned a flattering introduction to an early collected edition of The Dark Knight Returns.

The Dark Knight Returns depicts him as having the usual super speed, heat vision, flight, and strength.

He is also a friend of Batman, rather than his foe as he is in Dark Knight Returns.