Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a four-issue comic series written and pencilled by Frank Miller, inked by Klaus Janson and coloured by Lynn Varley, published by DC Comics from February to June 1986. Titan Books issued the UK collection in 1986. An ageing Bruce Wayne returns as Batman.
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- 2
- First published
- DC Comics, United States, 1986
- First UK edition
- Titan Books, 1986
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- The Dark Knight Returns (Q810863), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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