Il ritorno del cavaliere oscuro. Batman

Because the best kind of classic has pictures... So. I've actively ( and successfully ) avoided reading TDKR for many years now. Why, you ask? Well, to be honest, I was kinda scared . Now, if you aren't a comic book reader, then you might not understand how big of a deal this book is, but if you are ...? Y Leggi tutto

The bat is haunted by the shadows Of a past he can´t forget No matter how much free cosmetic surgery, the true, ugly face of reality will always stay burned inside the memory of the poor billionaire. Aging also doesn´t really help in a world that hasn´t become better since he began his crusade again Leggi tutto

I really enjoyed this comic; I keep wondering why it took me so long to read it. I finally got around to reading it after being blown away by Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (Region 2), and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Part 2 [DVD]. I thought it was finally time to get round to the sour Leggi tutto

It's one of the definitive Batman stories! It's brilliant! It helped comics become more serious! I hate it! Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of Tim has an unpopular opinion. Okay, so that last one is an exaggeration, I do not hate the Dark Knight Returns, but I do not like it, and I certainl Leggi tutto

More often than not Dark Knight Returns is considered one of the greatest graphic novels -- if not the greatest. I can't deny its importance to the form (and to the myth of Batman -- responsible as it is for Bruce Wayne's shift into the "Dark Knight" era), but having taught it a handful of times and Leggi tutto

When I was growing up, comic books (this was years before 'graphic novels') were frowned upon in my household, but I was addicted to them anyway. X-Men, to be precise, because, OMG, Jean Grey was smart and tough (at least until Dark Phoenix) AND had both Scott Summers and Wolverine in love with her. Leggi tutto