The Dark Knight Returns

[Lantern7]

In my mind, the original story from Frank Miller kicked a lot of ass. It's the follow-ups -- The Dark knight Strikes Again and DKIII -- that are problematic. There's also All-Star Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder to take into account, but that's another topic altogether.

 

I picked up the first issue of DKIII today at a comic book sale (40 percent off). It felt muddled . . . but what really irritated me was the minicomic stuck in the middle of the issue. It sheds some light on what Atom has been doing since DKSA/DK2, but it also spoils the ending to the main issue. I would have preferred a polybag, as old-school as it might have been.

 

So . . . what are your fave moments from the saga? Or do you just prefer the original story? And what do you think of the two-DVD animated movie that came out a few years ago? I thought it got a lot of stuff right, and it was a nice touch to have Dave Endocrine be voiced by Conan O'Brien.