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So even though Snyder specifics tells The Hollywood Reporter that the previous chapter of his life with DC and whatnot is closed, he gave a wishlist of what comic book movie (CBM) he would like to work on, should someone really try to convince him that it was a good idea. "If his buddy Gunn called[...]

The cover to The Dark Knight Returns is a minimalistic classic, an outline by Frank Miller, with a lightning strike and colour from Lynne Varley The original cover artwork sold for $2,400,000 But have we been looking at it wrong all these years? Because, obviously, that is Batan jumping away from us, towards the lightning strike[...]

This past week, Heritage Auctions sold the original artwork for the Frank Miller Dark Knight Returns promotional cover to David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview magazine from 1986 You can watch the auction play out as live here, from $80,000 to $210,000, including buyer's fee. The Dark Knight original artwork sales of late have broken many records,[...]

Comic book creator Phil Hester posted two original artwork pages from The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, which are currently being auctioned by Heritage, saying, "Someone's about to turn two pieces of paper into a Tuscan villa." After all, certain pages and covers have gone for seven figures of late[...]

This figure comes to us from Frank Miller's legendary DC Comics story Dark Knight Returns Armored Batman is back and ready to take down Superman, a couple of pegs standing at 8" tall and featuring 20 points of articulation Beast Kingdom loaded out this figure with plenty of detail, swappable parts, and accessories to please[...]

Today, as part of Heritage Auctions' Platinum Session, the original artwork for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Book Three: Hunt The Dark Knight, by Frank Miller, is up for auction It currently has bids of $138,000 and goes under the hammer today It could well go a lot higher Even previous to the recent boom[...]

That the DC Comics perennial Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, ahead of big Christmas sales, is out of stock and can't be ordered in time DC Comics sold out some time ago and seem to have no intention, right now, of bringing it back into print This is usually[...]

Coming out of the hit 1986 miniseries Batman: The Dark Knight Returns comes to the Caped Crusader himself Bruce Wayne is back and is not ready to retire just yet, even at his old age Batman is ready to put Superman in his place with his new Armored Batsuit that Medicom brings to life Standing[...]

Almost a year ago now, Barnes & Noble was getting several exclusive DC hardcovers, at least one a month, if not more, as the 2019 Christmas season was coming.  Then the pandemic shut that all down, as DC has put out one exclusive Hardcover through Barnes & Noble, Batman: Last Knight on Earth.  Now timed[...]

Back in December, Bleeding Cool reported that DC Comics had withdrawn a tweet using the Rafael Grampa upcoming cover of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child. This came after criticism from Chinese critics that it made reference to then-current Hong Kong protests, featuring Batwoman dressed in black throwing a molotov cocktail and that the use of the[...]

The Dark Knight Returns is one of the seminal comics in the medium, whose importance cannot be overstated So naturally, it is a highly collectible mini-series Every now and then though, a really special copy of one of these books pop up, like this one on auction right now at Heritage Auctions There is currently[...]

#climatestrike https://t.co/2t2JyA6AnM pic.twitter.com/u4JUD4cgCz — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) 11 December 2019 But what may be an equal or greater honour is that Greta also appears in The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child by Frank Miller and Rafael Grampa, published by DC Comics today A comic that already has The Joker and Darkseid funding and supporting Donald Trump[...]

The Dark Knight Returns, arguably the best Batman story of all time — if not the best superhero comic of all time — is getting a gorgeous new statue from Iron Studios Scheduled for release in the Summer of 2018, the statue features an iconic pose of Bruce and Carrie mid-jump into the fight somewhere[...]

Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello participated in an extremely engaging and unmoderated C2E2 panel earlier today, and amidst the humorous barbs flying back

I'm an original art fan and collector, and one of my fondest memories of working on this site came in 2011 with the auction of an iconic splash page from Dark Knight Returns #3 by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson for a then-record $448,125  I had that post meticulously written out beforehand — or so I[...]

Billed as "the premier comic book and entertainment vacation cruise" to distinguish itself from all of those lesser comic book and entertainment vacation cruises, Fan2Sea is going all in on the Frank Miller, also offering a Dark Knight Returns and Dark Knight III panel featuring Miller, Klaus Janson, Brian Azzarello, and Andy Kubert[...]

DC All-Access asked a whole slew of creators how reading The Dark Knight Returns affected them Everyone from Dan Didio and Jim Lee to Scott Snyder and Seth Green tell of their first experience with the ground breaking series from Frank Miller. [youtube]https://youtu.be/unhgxn9dhGs[/youtube] DC All-Access asked a whole slew of creators how reading The Dark Knight[...]

We just got word from our reporter Joe Glass that the legendary comic writer and artist Frank Miller made a surprise visit to the Dark Knight Returns 30th Anniversary panel today as a surprise guest Miller arrived to rapturous standing ovation. With the new Dark Knight III: The Master Race coming soon and part of DC's[...]

For the fast approaching Batman Day, September 26th, DC has released these 8-bit gifs showcasing classic Batman Covers including Batman #1 by Bob Kane, he Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Batman #9 by Jack Bumley. For the fast approaching Batman Day, September 26th, DC has released these 8-bit gifs showcasing classic[...]

At C2E2, DC Comics used writer Brian Azzarello to confirm the Bleeding Cool scoop from last year, a threequel to The Dark Knight Returns, DK3: The Master Race. Which, as a few people commented, sounds a little fascistic, even for The Dark Knight. I understand that the original name for the project from Frank Miller was the longer Batman[...]

It was a story that Bleeding Cool broke last year. That Frank MiIler would be returning to the Dark Knight world for Dark Knight 3, with the likes of

That Frank Miller and Scott Snyder have been planning a threequel to The Dark Knight Returns, while DC Comics beancounters rub their hands ever so excitedly. So what did Scott Snyder have to say about this as the story hit? He told everyone he'd be off Twitter for quite some time. Twitter might be difficult to pull off[...]

The original version of The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson may end up inspiring the upcoming Batman/Superman movie from Warners. But today we have another version, a private commission from Frank Cho. I think FRank Cho prefers Batman… The original version of The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson may[...]

  On the left is the American edition of The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson On the right, is the Mexican edition, published by DC Comics Mexico and Editorial Televisa. This edition was censored mainly in the character of Bruno and her henchmen, covering with black squares the swastikas on Bruno's breasts,[...]

In today's Jupiter's Legacy, it's time for the Utopian to face up to the children. But is it Millar Time... or is it Miller Time? Well, first it's JMS

Up for Robin, a Superman/Batman script called Batman Vs Superman, and based on the The Dark Knight Falls chapter of The Dark Knight Returns, where Batman fights Superman, crediting Frank Miller and Klaus Janson… In which Robin was a young woman called Carrie Kelley Hmm. Unless of course, as he tweeted hours before… Off to do something funny[...]

In May 2011, market watchers were stunned when a Dark Knight Returns interior splash by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson sold for $448,125 Even in that new market reality, they were stunned again when Todd McFarlane's cover for Amazing Spider-Man #328 sold for $657,250 in July 2012. Which brings us to today's auction of the Dark[...]

My favorite part of this story is BC forumer Brandon ZK Olmstead predicting it exactly, two months ago in a popular forum thread in which BC forum artists

I wonder if we'll get a WAID YU INCREDIBLE teaser from somewhere? Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: Trailer For The Dark Knight Returns Movie Adaptation, Part One | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors Here's the first trailer for The Dark Knight Returns Like The Hobbit, this is going to be split into two movies[...]

The Elite will be released on Blu-Ray, DVD and digitally on June 12, 2012. The panelists indicated that there are definitely plans in the works for features centering around individual characters other than Batman and Superman.  The next feature, however, will be The Dark Knight Returns, which is set for release in the Fall.  At the[...]