Understanding THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN: Frank Miller's Self-Destructive Magnum Opus

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  @MattDraper · 4 years ago · pinned

  Read the complete DK2 essay on Comic Book Herald! <a href="https://www.comicbookherald.com/understanding-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-frank-millers-self-destructive-magnum-opus/">https://www.comicbookherald.com/understanding-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-frank-millers-self-destructive-magnum-opus/</a>

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  @Mediabroe405 · 4 years ago

  Despite faltering as a writer in recent years I still have huge respect for what Frank Miller did do during his golden years.

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  @scoobers90 · 4 years ago

  At this point I don&apos;t think anything can tear down DKR. It&apos;s a monolith. It looms so large over the Batman mythos, over Frank&apos;s career, and comics at large.

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  @wdcain1 · 4 years ago

  The idea of Batman trying to take down an authoritarian US gov&apos;t that the citizens have sadly largely accepted could be a good story in the right hands. &nbsp;Frank just wasn&apos;t that person.

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  @themilkman5004 · 4 years ago

  I asked for this and Returns together for Christmas back in high school and completely had no idea about how crazy Strikes back is and always had a hard time reading it. Either the nonsensical story, how ugly it is and the Superman Wonder woman relationship.

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  @electricfire621 · 4 years ago

  To be honest The Dark Knight Returns never needed a sequel. DK 3 is way better than DK2 at least, but the way The Dark Knight Returns ended was perfect for me, just have Bruce retire and carry on his legacy through Carrie and the Sons of Batman, perfect ending that doesn&apos;t need a sequel.

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  @BoyNamedSue4 · 4 years ago

  DKR: A talented writer at the top of his game making a story no one was expecting and he had freedom to play with characters. <br><br>DK2: A writer trying to recapture lighting in the bottle, who’s writing has become very tropey in the decade and a half since. Also felt like he kept attempting to go bigger to live up with expectations.

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  @dr.s8972 · 4 years ago

  To read The Dark Knight Strikes Again is to watch a man&apos;s writing ability collapse like a dying star.

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  @potatohat3994 · 4 years ago

  Damn Frank miller’s hate for Robin is so big it can fill the whole planet.

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  @exquisitecorpse__ · 4 years ago

  I actually love Millars blocky and Manic art in this book, in a sort of surreal Ralph Steadman way. I dont want to read a whole book of it though.

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  @SaundersBro1 · 4 years ago

  There&apos;s one Frank Miller project you haven&apos;t mentioned that would be a fascinating video. The one no one in a million years could ever have expected. The time Frank&apos;s descent into madness was complete, and he thought it would be fun to write and direct his own comic book movie. The one where superfans and casuals alike threw their hands up and asked, &quot;WHY?!&quot;<br><br>Of course, I&apos;m referring to 2008&apos;s classic in badness: THE SPIRIT

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  @greenlong1987 · 4 years ago

  I was a young teenager when this came out. My comic store had them at the counter so of course I grabbed a copy. Except it was issue 2 and the only place it said it was on the spine, which I overlooked. If you think the story is jumbled and confusing, try starting on issue 2 lol

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