Is Batman Year One a prequel to The Dark Knight Returns?

Is Batman Year One a prequel to The Dark Knight Returns?

While only Year One was meant to be canon, Miller eventually revealed that he considered both stories as part of his Dark Knight Universe. With one being prequel to the other, fans can easily trace Batman's evolution between the two stories.

Is there a sequel to Batman the Dark Knight Returns?

DC Entertainment announced today that comics legend Frank Miller is returning to Batman to write the next installment of what can now be regarded as comics' Dark Knight trilogy, The Dark Knight III: The Master Race.

How old is Batman in The Dark Knight Returns?

55 The Dark Knight Returns is set in a dystopian version of Gotham City in 1986. Bruce Wayne, aged 55, has given up the mantle of Batman after the death of Jason Todd ten years prior.

Who wrote Batman Year 1?

Frank Miller Batman: Year One/Criadores Frank Miller began his career in comics in the late 1970s and rose to fame while first drawing, and then writing, Daredevil for Marvel Comics. He was also the creative force behind Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again.

Is the Dark Knight Returns a masterpiece?

• Hailed as a comics masterpiece , THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS is Frank Miller's (300 and SIN CITY) reinvention of the legend of Batman. It remains an undisputed classic, one of the most influential stories ever told in comics, and is a book cited by the filmmakers as an inspiration for the most recent Batman movies.

Is the Dark Knight Returns a graphic novel?

• The Dark Knight Returns was the first graphic novel I read and certainly will not be the last. The gripping story line along with the incredible illustrations really engage the reader and will experience a whole new style of reading.

When did Batman become dark?

• Batman was pretty dark to begin with when he began in 1939. When he added Robin as his sidekick (in 1940), he definitely lightened up for a while.

Was Robin in the Dark Knight?

• Caroline Keene "Carrie" Kelley is a fictional character from Frank Miller's graphic novels Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and its sequels Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001-2002) and The Dark Knight III: The Master Race (2015-2017). She becomes the new Robin in The Dark Knight Returns when she saves Batman's life.