As with any artistic medium, graphic novels provide a lens through which the reader can view the world. That graphic novels incorporate both text and image enhances the ability of the creator to impose his or her ideas upon the reader, whether or not intentional. In Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the correlation between the role women play and their physical appearance is striking. To clarify, though Miller does place females in important roles, such as Robin and Commissioner Yindel, he gives them characteristics which separate them from the ‘average woman’ of the time. As aforementioned, both Carrie Kelly and Ellen Yindel occupy crucial roles in the telling of Batman’s story, yet exhibit traits which distinguish them as
