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US Mall 1 - Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $10.15
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Manufacturer: DC Comics
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781563899294
ISBN: 1563899299
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: 2004-01-01
Studio: DC Comics
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Beyond a disappointment
Comment: OKAY,
I wasn't a big fan of the original 1986 "DK Returns": Miller's weirdo beardo, drug influenced art (enough vampired teeth already!!), a female Robin, Bats with a gun.Yet, I concur, that book changed comic books forever, even more that the brilliant Neil Adams in the 1970's. But I still liked the detective solving of Batman, used his mind instead of his fists.
So, I was sort of interested when the long-awaited sequel of DKR came: DK Strikes Back. Whatta train wreck. Miller went overboard on distoted art, confusing and convoluted story-telling. It was really a piece of garbage. I wouldn't give the book to my pet rat for chewing fuel. Sorry, Miller, why don't you take more 'Shrooms!!!
I was told the original concluding book was delayed for 4 months due to poor orders on the first and second issues.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Couldn't leave well enough alone.
Comment: Disappointing sequels are nothing new, but I have a hard time coming up with an example in any medium where the disparity between an original's quality and the follow-up's is so incredibly wide. Dark Knight Returns was Miller at his peak, Strikes Again is like a 13-year-old's idea of making fun of it. The dialogue is laughable, the drama is boring at best, the art gives no reason why it should stretch over expansive full pages the way it does. I'm an optimistic, forgiving person, but really there's almost no excusing such overindulgent, ill-advised trash as this.
I'm a huge fan of the original, and even other work by Miller, but don't waste a nickel on this. His awful "All-Star Batman & Robin" run really shouldn't have been a surprise after this. Heck, if nothing else, Batman fans should stay away because he's hardly even a character in the book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Batman Strikes Out
Comment: In our culture, icons of all kinds are revered, celebrated, loved, and hated; they are enlivened by ourselves. When an icon such as Batman is reinterpreted in the manner in which he has been in this graphic novel, it is contrary to what is his true character. Batman must save Gotham and the world from the duo of Luthor and Brainiac so he reveals his existence after years in hiding. Although he needs help from several others, Batman is presented as a self-proclaimed savior who takes himself and his job too seriously. He belittles others whom he feels are inferior (Superman,...), abuses others, and crosses the line that the true Batman would never cross. He is characterized a lot like "All-Star Batman", cruel and vain. This character is born from crime and seeks to stop it to restore a balance (in his life? in the world?) The Batman in this novel is a bad reworking of a noble character into an immoral rogue cop (Plastic-Man is also rewritten as such). The art work needed a lot to be desired. At times it looked rushed or poorly planned out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not THAT bad!
Comment: Let me preface this by saying that I am a relative newcomer to DC comics. The story here is excellent in my opinion, and it made me want to buy more titles involving JLA and the characters included here. Is the art subpar, especially in the end? Yes. It looks like Frank got tired of drawing it halfway through. But the story itself is worth buying this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointed
Comment: You know, I had very hgh expectations, having thoroughly enjoyed the first book. This book was weird, and very different from The Dark Knight Returns. I wasn't expecting a carbon copy of the same thing, but this was just out there. I wouldn't ever strongly recommend this to anyone. It did have some value, and I don't feel like my time was completely wasted, but if I had to do it over again, I woul probably bought a different book.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Beyond a disappointment
Comment: OKAY,
I wasn't a big fan of the original 1986 "DK Returns": Miller's weirdo beardo, drug influenced art (enough vampired teeth already!!), a female Robin, Bats with a gun.Yet, I concur, that book changed comic books forever, even more that the brilliant Neil Adams in the 1970's. But I still liked the detective solving of Batman, used his mind instead of his fists.
So, I was sort of interested when the long-awaited sequel of DKR came: DK Strikes Back. Whatta train wreck. Miller went overboard on distoted art, confusing and convoluted story-telling. It was really a piece of garbage. I wouldn't give the book to my pet rat for chewing fuel. Sorry, Miller, why don't you take more 'Shrooms!!!
I was told the original concluding book was delayed for 4 months due to poor orders on the first and second issues.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Couldn't leave well enough alone.
Comment: Disappointing sequels are nothing new, but I have a hard time coming up with an example in any medium where the disparity between an original's quality and the follow-up's is so incredibly wide. Dark Knight Returns was Miller at his peak, Strikes Again is like a 13-year-old's idea of making fun of it. The dialogue is laughable, the drama is boring at best, the art gives no reason why it should stretch over expansive full pages the way it does. I'm an optimistic, forgiving person, but really there's almost no excusing such overindulgent, ill-advised trash as this.
I'm a huge fan of the original, and even other work by Miller, but don't waste a nickel on this. His awful "All-Star Batman & Robin" run really shouldn't have been a surprise after this. Heck, if nothing else, Batman fans should stay away because he's hardly even a character in the book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Batman Strikes Out
Comment: In our culture, icons of all kinds are revered, celebrated, loved, and hated; they are enlivened by ourselves. When an icon such as Batman is reinterpreted in the manner in which he has been in this graphic novel, it is contrary to what is his true character. Batman must save Gotham and the world from the duo of Luthor and Brainiac so he reveals his existence after years in hiding. Although he needs help from several others, Batman is presented as a self-proclaimed savior who takes himself and his job too seriously. He belittles others whom he feels are inferior (Superman,...), abuses others, and crosses the line that the true Batman would never cross. He is characterized a lot like "All-Star Batman", cruel and vain. This character is born from crime and seeks to stop it to restore a balance (in his life? in the world?) The Batman in this novel is a bad reworking of a noble character into an immoral rogue cop (Plastic-Man is also rewritten as such). The art work needed a lot to be desired. At times it looked rushed or poorly planned out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not THAT bad!
Comment: Let me preface this by saying that I am a relative newcomer to DC comics. The story here is excellent in my opinion, and it made me want to buy more titles involving JLA and the characters included here. Is the art subpar, especially in the end? Yes. It looks like Frank got tired of drawing it halfway through. But the story itself is worth buying this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointed
Comment: You know, I had very hgh expectations, having thoroughly enjoyed the first book. This book was weird, and very different from The Dark Knight Returns. I wasn't expecting a carbon copy of the same thing, but this was just out there. I wouldn't ever strongly recommend this to anyone. It did have some value, and I don't feel like my time was completely wasted, but if I had to do it over again, I woul probably bought a different book.
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