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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:DK2.jpg\|~~frame~~thumb\|350px\|Beating up [[President Evil]]? Priceless.]] ''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 (Comic Book)\|~~The Dark Knight Returns]]''. Set three years after the events of ''[[~~The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)\|~~The Dark Knight Returns]]'', the world has managed to go downhill since then- the President is a fake, and the police state of a world is run by [[Lex Luthor]] and Brainiac, who has many a hero enslaved. Of course, Batman won't be having that, so he and his allies--Catgirl, the [[Green Arrow]], and his Batboys--set out to change the world by [[Violence Is the Only Option\|judicious application of violence]]. But first, they need allies--and they need to deal with [[Superman]], who is still in the thrall of the government... Overall it goes further off the deep end than ''[[~~The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)\|~~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). {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ ~~=== This miniseries contains examples of: ===~~ * [[Ambiguously Gay]]: {{spoiler\|Dick Grayson of the [[Depraved Homosexual]] variety}} * [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: At least [[Atop the Fourth Wall\|one commentator]] regarded ''News in the Nude'' with incredulity, apparently being unaware of ''[[wikipedia:Naked News\|Naked News.]]'' Line 61 ⟶ 59: * [[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. ~~<!-- %% -->~~ ~~<!-- %% WallBangers must be put on that page and not on the main one due to how subjective they are. -->~~ ~~<!-- %% -->~~ * [[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. Line 71 ⟶ 66: * [[Zeerust Canon]]: published 15 years later, but only takes place two years later. * [[Zorro Mark]]: Batman carves one onto Lex Luthor's face. {{quote\| '''Catgirl:''' "The Boss leaves his mark. ''[we see Batman use a batarang to make the three quick slices]'' It must mean something to him... "}} The film that young Bruce Wayne had just seen with his parents before their demise was "The Mark of Zorro" starring Tyrone Power. Also a [[Call Back]] to [[The Dark Knight Returns]] when the now retired Wayne breaks down in tears after seeing the movie on TV for the first time in fifty years. Depending on who you ask, much of Batman's mythology was either inspired by or shamelessly ripped-off from Zorro. Don Diego Rivera was rich and acted like an effete douchebag most of the time, but operated as a vigilante out of a cave beneath his mansion with the aid of his butler. Not exactly unfamiliar. Line 78 ⟶ 73: [[Category:DC Comics Series]] [[Category:The Dark Knight Strikes Again]] ~~[[Category:Pages with comment tags]]~~ [[Category:Batman]] [[Category:Comic Books of the 2000s]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dark Knight Strikes Again, The}} [[Category:Comic Books]]