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Dark Knight Strikes Again

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0bsessions:
I think it stands up quite closely, personally. Not quite as good, but in terms of Spider-Man, I think it worked perfectly.

HPPH:
Well, there was nothing gorey in the Ray Palmer issue. Let me rephrase that:

I would have thought the bit with the Robin's(Dick Grayson) revelation of love would have been a bit more offensive. But then again, I'm only saying this to those who actually read the book and aren't just jumping on the anti Miller bandwagon.

SeanBateman:

--- Quote from: Jab on 06 Jul 2007, 12:23 ---The last issue of Dark Knight Strikes Again has gotta go down as one of the worst comics ever written. To end with THAT as your surprise villain, after a pretty good first couple issues (Supergirl frying Brainiac was awesome- "I'm not from Kansas you son of a bitch, I'm an AMAZON"), just reeked of "I'm not trying, so I'm just gonna do something super offensive and stupid as my big finale".

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You mean the secret evil reanimated Joker thing? That was great. That was simultaneously a reference to a defining aspect of Batman's character, but also one of the creepiest, most dangerous villains I had ever seen. Watching him take everyone down the whole series, and then just going fuckin all out on bats at the end was great.

Reign wasn't even trying to be it's own thing. Didn't touch DKR

Jab:

--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 09 Jul 2007, 11:54 ---He didn't mean offensive in terms of like gore or grossness. I figure he meant offensive more in terms of offensively stupid and nonsensical and pretty much just a deliberate slap in the face to fans just to get a reaction and come off as shocking.

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Yeah, that's pretty much what I mean. I guess Miller dislikes the character or something, but to make him the big secret villain and to basically call him a shit character from the beginning was just going a bit too far.

Pegasus King:
I never read DKSA after reading Dark Knight Returns due to a lot of backlash about it over the internet. I plan on checking it out for myself eventually, but for now, I'll invest my time in other avenues of reading.

And Batman: Year One is one of the best interpretations of Batman, in any context, I've ever read. I think Miller signs best when he's just the writer, because his artwork lately has been kind of jarring and ugly. Not bad, just ugly. David Mazzucchelli is such a talented storyteller between Year One and Daredevil: Born Again.

I've only read one of the Sin City graphic novels. It was good, but didn't blow me off my feet. What I do realize is that a lot of Miller's work translates well to film.

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