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{{quote|''There are seven working defenses from this position. Three of them disarm with minimal contact. Three of them kill. The other - [KRAKK] - hurts.''}}
'''''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns''''' is a four-issue [[Batman]] comic book miniseries written and drawn by [[Frank Miller]] and published by [[DC Comics]] from February to June 1986.
In this storyline, Batman has been retired for ten years, alcoholic and consumed with grief after the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin<ref>a full ''two years'' before ''A Death in the Family'', mind you</ref>. [[Superman]], still as young and handsome as ever, has become little more than an icon, answering to the government and trying to stay as neutral as possible. Commissioner Gordon is weeks away from retirement, [[The Joker]] has been silently locked away in Arkham for years, and Two-Face is about to be released back into the world with a brand new skin. In Batman's absence, and in the midst of a killer heat wave, Gotham City is overrun with crime, plagued by a monstrously violent gang known as The Mutants. After encountering a Mutant gang in the alley where his parents were murdered, Bruce Wayne resurrects Batman, aided in his renewed crusade by Carrie Kelly, a 13-year-old girl who becomes the third Robin. Defeating the Mutants, though, turns out to be child's play compared to what Batman faces next...
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* In 2005 to 2008, Miller wrote a prequel, ''[[All-Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder]],'' which was even more controversially received than ''Strikes Again''. Though it's been on hiatus the series will return under the name ''Dark Knight: Boy Wonder''.
The series itself finally received a "proper" adaptation in the form of a [[DC Universe Original Animated Movies]]-line [[The Dark Knight Returns (film)|film adaptation]], the 15th in the series. ([[Movie Multipack|A two-parter, no less!) Part 1 was released September 25, 2012, and Part 2 was released January 29, 2013; a deluxe edition combining both films was released on October 8, 2013.
Not to be confused with ''[[Batman Returns]]''.▼
▲Not to be confused with ''[[Batman Returns]]'' or ''[[Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders]]''.
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* [[Strawman Political]]: Features vapidly meaningless strawmen for all parts of the political spectrum. Because, of course, [[Golden Mean Fallacy|that's how you make a valid point, right?]]
* [[Super Registration Act]]: Superman gets strong-armed into working for the government.
* [[Take That]]:
** A barely disguised version of [[Ronald Reagan]] is the president of a dystopic United States where vigilantism was repressed with extreme violence and crime has skyrocketed in its absence. Reagan is also well known for implementing heavy laws on gun control on California as governor, an pretty obvious parallel to vigilantes who try to resolve what the police can't or will not. One may say it's not even dystopic: Miller was just displaying what he thought of eighties' America where homicide rates were breaking records and Reagan had imposed laws that made people unprotected against violence.
** The Mutants can be seen as a [[Take That]] to "angsty", rebellious teen superheroes made popular by [[Marvel Comics]]. They're named the Mutants ([[Stan Lee]]'s working title for ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''), they wear red shades that look a lot like [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Cyclops']] visor, and they despise adult authority figures. They form a perfect contrast to Batman, who's the epitome of the "traditional" DC superhero—an adult superhero who's driven and fearless, and has zero tolerance for crime.
* [[Tank Goodness]]: This version of the Batmobile, which would go on to be an inspiration for the Tumbler in [[The Dark Knight Trilogy]]. It's got treads. It's got armor strong enough that "the only thing I know of that can cut through its hide isn't from this planet." <ref>He's referring to Superman, who proves the point in short order in the fourth issue</ref>. It's got machine guns. {{spoiler|"Rubber bullets. Honest."}} It's got at least two decent-sized artillery pieces. It takes up three lanes on the highway. It even has a gyro-stabilized medical bed and can be piloted home by Alfred. It's a god-damned Bat-Tank.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Batman will beat nine kinds of hell out of you, <s>drop you off a building</s> ''threaten'' to drop you off the ''tallest'' building in Gotham, and break every bone in your body... but he won't ''kill'' you.
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