In Comic Book Questions Answered, I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at don't need me to tell you that the comic book work of Frank Miller from The Dark Knight Returns and Year One (the former working with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley and the latter working with penciler/inker David Mazzucchelli and colorist Richmond Lewis, who was mainly a painter but was convinced by Mazzucchelli to color a few of his projects from the era and she was magnificent) were highly influential. This news comes to us from Zack Snyder's Vero.Today, we look at when Frank Miller's Batman work first became a distinct influence on other Batman comic books. So why not have another director come in and tackle Frank Miller's iconic story as a standalone movie? Your move, Warner Bros. With last year's Joker, DC Films established the ability to tell one-off stories not connected to the DCEU. After battling the likes of Joker and Two-Face one last time, Batman finds himself in a deadly fight with his former ally, Superman.Īn animated adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns was released in 2012. The hero is joined by Carrie Kelly, a teenage female Robin, and takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have taken over the city. When the city needs him most, Batman returns in a blaze of glory. In that time, Gotham City has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness.

The Dark Knight Returns takes place ten years after an aging Batman has retired. It's easy to see where Zack Snyder is coming from here. Be that as it may, Batman v Superman was, at best, a very loose adaptation of the story Miller put on the page. Most importantly, it did give us the legendary fight between the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel. Released in 1986, the tale completely reinvented the idea of Batman and who the character could be. But I think it would be great, and it's certainly still to be done.'įrank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns is one of the most seminal pieces of comic book storytelling ever produced. It's just amazing to me, and I think that, by all means, that movie can still be made. That and Watchmen, for me, some of the greatest work, graphic fiction, ever written. I don't think this movie negates a Dark Knight Returns movie because I think Dark Knight Returns probably, in my opinion, is like, the greatest comic book ever written. 'I still think you could make a Dark Knight Returns movie.

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