Batman Returns

The graphic novel "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" was published in Febuary, 1986. It is a story of a man's journey to discover his true self , accepting it and finding comfort within it. He is known to live a conflicting life. Without any volition, Bruce Wayne is tempted go back to who he was a decade ago. He cared less whether it was his conscious mind or an act of redemption, Bruce forced himself to do what is must in order to make things right within himself and within the city of Gotham. The other character in the story has their own issue but ultimately, only one identity can exist at one time, which is what Batman learned at the end of the story. In this version of the Batman, Bruce Wayne is 55 years old and he was retired from…

In To Kill a Mockingbird and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, both Atticus and Batman are viewed as villians in the beginning of their stories but that eventually changes as their story continues throughout both books. Towards the end people begin to see both Atticus and Batman as people who were only trying to do their best job to stand up for the people who had no one else to stand up for them. Both characters share a lot of similarities between each other and the towns reaction for each book…

But it goes deeper than that. When one abstracts the two characters to their core differences, the key item is hope. Moore’s classic, The Killing Joke, explores the dichotomy between him and the Batman. In The Killing Joke, the story begins with Batman visiting Arkham Asylum, intending to work out his differences with the Joker. Unfortunately, he discovers to his dismay that the Joker had already escaped and had kidnapped Police Commissioner Gordon, tormenting him with the goal of breaking his…

Battle Batman vs. Superman. Could You Guess Who is Winning? When the movie “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” was announced, being the casual superhero fan, I had just one question in mind: What the hell is going on here? How could Batman, an ordinary superhero who possesses no superhuman abilities, possibly battle Superman, a superhero whose powers include superhuman strength, vision, speed, and flight? That’s highly unlikely to happen! Looking from the other side how come Batman still…

truly be considered a hero. In the book Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, I will be using the hero 's myth to breakdown, whether Batman is fit to be the hero category. I do believe the Batman is a hero and should fit well with the hero 's myth, because of what it took him to get there. I will start with the first step of the hero myth, which is the introduction of a character being in an ordinary setting…

Batman Mortality Throughout The Dark Knight Returns, Batman faces not only the current batch of Gotham's criminals, but criminals from his past, the Gotham Police, and eventually Superman. On top of all of these outward enemies, time is certainly not on Batman's side. Batman has to consider and confront his own mortality while he tries to clean up Gotham City's unending criminal element. Frank Miller does this to show to the reader that while Batman has done and continues to do impressive feats…

of Batman Batman is a fictional, crime-fighting superhero staring in American comic books published by DC Comics, as well as many television shows, movies, and is widely ranged from places all over the world as the savior of Gotham. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and first appeared in Detective Comic, where his character was originally named "the Bat-Man," the character is also referred to by such epithets as the "Caped Crusader", the "Dark Knight", and…

high regard. The belief was that comics were adolescent, unchallenging, and not real works of literature. After The Dark Knight Returns, the outlook on comics and their literary worth was viewed under an entirely different lense. Scholar Yildirim says it best when he writes, “Once regarded as only a means of amusement lacking literary insight and merit, graphic novels have evolved into a respected and well-regarded genre of literature which deserves a permanent place in the literary world” (2).…

How did Batman get so popular? It all started in 1939. “In 1939, National Comics (later to become DC Comics), was looking for a new super hero—a character who could build on the success of Superman” (Batman at 75: Highlights in the Life of the Caped Crusader). Editor Vin Sullivan asked Bob Kane to create a hero. Batman first started as an idea from writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane. Batman wasn’t always a superhero dressed in dark colors. Bob Kane originally drew Batman in brighter colors…

Die; Jorge Luis Borges’, The Origins of Half-Human, Half-Animal Creatures; and Frank Miller’s, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. While reviewing these stories it was apparent that there could be connections made between Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and the other three stories we read previously. It appears that Batman’s two personalities can possibly relate to a few key points in the other stories such as the horror aspect of the Batman comic, the rebirth of the Batman Legend, and many other…