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''Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' was a three issue [[Batman]] mini-series written and illustrated by [[Frank Miller]] with Lynn Varley in 2001-2002, the sequel to 1986's ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''.

 

Overall it goes further off the deep end than ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', almost to the point of being a Deconstruction of the [[Darker and Edgier]] nature of the first story though, naturally, [[Your Mileage May Vary|not everyone thinks that makes it any good.]] The color palette is much more varied than ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''' muted colorization, taking it to an almost garish degree, that takes a little getting used to (many reviewers termed it ugly).

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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: {{spoiler|Dick Grayson of the [[Depraved Homosexual]] variety}}

* [[Too Soon]]: Yeah, having half a major city reduced to a smoky ruin not even a year after 9/11? This was unintentional though. The comic was written and drawn before 9/11 but it wasn't published until very little afterwards.

** Frank mentioned in documentary on comics that aired on the History Channel that Superman {{spoiler|finding that Lois died in Luthor's [[Kill Sat]] attack}} was his way of coping with 9/11.

* [[Villain Decay]]: Brainiac and Lex Luthor aren't nearly as smart in TDKSA as they are in other stories. In fact, some of the decisions they make are downright moronic.

* [[We ARE Struggling Together!]]: [[Green Arrow]] and [[The Question]], in that one wants Marxist Socialism, and the other Randian Objectivism.

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