COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 1 Signature
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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4655068009
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
June, 1986
"The Dark Knight Returns"
Frank Miller - Writer
Frank Miller - Penciler
Klaus Janson - Inker
Frank Miller & Lynn Varley - Cover Artists
Lynn Varley - Colorist
John Costanza - Letterer
Dennis O'Neil - Editor
Dick Giordano - Executive Editor
Synopsis:
In a grim Gotham ruled by crime and the ruthless Mutant gang, a 55-year-old Bruce Wayne, long retired after Jason Todd’s death, drowns in guilt, alcoholism, and reckless behavior while funding Two-Face’s failed rehabilitation. On the eve of Commissioner Gordon’s forced retirement, a crime wave and Harvey Dent’s relapse compel Wayne to don the cape again, his return symbolized by a bat crashing into Wayne Manor. Now older and diminished, he faces a world where criminals are more savage, public opinion is divided, and the Joker stirs back to life after years of catatonia. As debate rages over Batman’s morality, he thwarts Dent’s attempt to destroy Gotham’s Twin Towers, discovering the once-scarred man outwardly healed but inwardly shattered. In Dent, Batman recognizes a reflection of himself: a man whose hidden persona has only grown stronger in the shadows of time.
Notes:
- Signed by Frank Miller on: 10/12/2025
- Signed by Klaus Janson on: 10/10/2025
- This series takes place in an alternate continuity from that of the mainstream DC Universe. It has been retroactively classified as an Elseworlds story. In the Post-52 Multiverse, this reality has been allocated as Earth-31. It shares continuity with Frank Miller's All-Star Batman and Robin, which is set many years in the past.
- This issue is reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: The Dark Knight Saga Deluxe Edition, Absolute Dark Knight, Millennium Edition: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Book One, Batman Essentials: The Dark Knight Returns Special Edition #1, and in black and white in Batman Noir: The Dark Knight Returns.
Trivia:
This issue establishes Batman's origin in which he falls to a dark cave filled with bats as a child.
Quotes:
"You've got rights. Lots of rights. Sometimes I count them just to make myself feel crazy." —Batman
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