This week: The Dark Knight Returns , Frank Miller's groundbreaking 1986 miniseries that thrust Batman back in the spotlight and served as major inspiration for Zack Snyder's Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice . Advertisement The Dark Knight Returns plot summary: The time is the mid-'80s. Ronald Reagan is president of the United States, the Cold War is heating up, and the Batman hasn't been seen in 10 years. Bruce Wayne has aged in more-or-less real time since his debut in 1939, and now a gruff, weathered 55-year-old, he tries to live a life of wealthy leisure while still struggling with the gnawing guilt planted deep in his soul by his parents' murders. Bruce is compelled to return to action when a healed, seemingly rehabilitated Harvey "Two-Face" Dent returns to a life of crime, signaling the rebirth of Batman and reigniting the media discussion around his vigilantism and the way the government has addressed it. Batman gains a new female Robin in 13-year-old girl Carrie Kelly, and together they take on the mutant gang that terrorizes Gotham City, the police that want to arrest Batman, and the Joker and his goons. After the detonation of a Russian bomb that creates… Read full this story
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