COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 2 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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4655068010
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
July, 1986
"Dark Knight Triumphant"
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:
Batman battles Gotham’s vicious Mutant gang and their brutal leader, while Jim Gordon, nearing retirement, narrowly survives an attack by a teenage gunman. In saving a child, Batman uncovers that a desperate Army general has been supplying the Mutants with weapons to fund his wife’s medical care, leading to the general’s suicide when confronted. Meanwhile, Ellen Yindel is appointed as Gordon’s successor, admiring him but despising vigilantes, and a young girl, Carrie Kelley, inspired by Batman saving her life, adopts the mantle of Robin. Batman tracks the Mutants to their lair, using his rebuilt Batmobile to subdue them before suffering a near-fatal defeat at the hands of their leader, only to be rescued by Carrie. While recovering, Batman learns the Mutant Leader has killed the Mayor in custody, prompting him and Gordon to stage a public rematch; this time, Batman cripples the Leader, breaking the gang’s spirit. Some Mutants are jailed, while others become the ruthless “Sons of Batman,” twisting his crusade into violent vigilantism. As Gordon retires, he reflects with unease on the fate awaiting Gotham and the aging Dark Knight, forever caught between criminals and the law.
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.
- This issue is reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: The Dark Knight Saga Deluxe Edition, Absolute Dark Knight, Robin, the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years, and in black and white in Batman Noir: The Dark Knight Returns.
Quotes:
"You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon." —Batman
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