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Scott Snyder On The First Panel Of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynne Varley recreated superhero comics with Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, for DC Comics back in 1986, and it is still teaching lessons Former Batman writer Scott Snyder who is teaching his own comic book lessons on Substack, writes on Twitter, "On Dark Knight Returns: I once had a writing[...]
Frank Miller Dark Knight Art Sells For $210,000 As Legal Suit Settled
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,[...]
Joker Fight in Batman #139 Does Dark Knight & Killing Joke (Spoilers)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynne Varley and Batman the Killing Joke by Alan Moore, Brian Bolland and John Higgins may be the two most influential Batman comic books of all time, ahead of Year One, Long Halloween and Hush And even more than Batman: The Knight by Chip[...]
Tom King Wants Wonder Woman To Get Her Own Dark Knight Returns
When DC Comics published Batman: Dark Knight Returns and, to a lesser extent, Batman: Year One, they created a new thing for the publisher: a perennial graphic novel, something that encapsulated all the character was and could be, presented for brand new readers and old hands without compromise And every year, DC Comics has kept[...]
What You Should Read Before Batman #900
Remember this dream of Batman's recently? Maybe, like in the MCU, when he dreams, he dreams of parallel universes… because from Batman #900 courtesy of pre-sale-date bought copies… Batman #900 But there are other universes to ponder. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Such[...]
Frank MIlelr Sues Over Ownership Of Dark Knight & Robin Original Art
The cover artwork was to promote The Dark Knight Returns, and Ronin, both being published by DC Comics at the time. Frank Miller's lawsuit claims states that "In each instance, Miller and Kraft agreed – consistent with the custom and usage in the trade at the time – that (a) Kraft could retain the Works for[...]
The Most Expensive Batman Piece Of Artwork Ever Sells For $2.4 Million
One month ago, Bleeding Cool asked if the cover of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Book One by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley and used for the main cover of the best-selling collection would crack a million dollars when it went to auction for the first time Today it went far, far beyond that, selling as part of a massive[...]
More Frank Miller Art Auction Dark Knight, Daredevil, Darth Vader, Ronin
Bleeding Cool just pointed out that the original cover artwork of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Book One by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley and used for the main cover of the best-selling collection, is about to crack two million dollars today, as part of a massive auction of premium comic books and original artwork at Heritage[...]
Frank Miller Dark Knight Cover Artwork About To Sell For Two Million
One month ago, Bleeding Cool asked if the cover of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Book One by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley and used for the main cover of the best-selling collection, would crack a million dollars when it went to auction for the first time[...]
Hardly Any Aquaman in Andromeda Book One - Just Like Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller is considered a true classic Batman comic – or comic book full stop But Bruce Wayne only turns up as Batman at the very end of Book One While in Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley, Peter Parker is only in costume at the end of[...]
Aquaman Andromeda Will Get Multiple Eisner Nominations Next Year
People who have read previews have been describing it to me as Aquaman's Dark Knight or All-Star Superman. DC Editor Chris Conroy tweeted "The good news is, AQUAMAN: ANDROMEDA #1 is very, very worth an "at the office until 8pm doing lettering notes" night I hope you all take a chance on this one, because you[...]
Ram V, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart On A Batbook
Much excite." adding today "New Book! Announcement goes live tomorrow!" And that Jess Chen would be the book's editor. Twitter screencap from Ram V Twitter screencap from Ram V The logo in question is the one used in the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Twitter screencap from Ram V Recently, DC[...]
Frank Miller Dark Knight Cover
Frank Miller and Lynne Varley's cover art for Book Three The Dark Knight Returns When we noted its presence in Heritage's April 7-10 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction it had high bids of $138,000 But after heavy bidding, it instead sold for $264,000. It is not a record for a Dark Knight original art page that[...]
DC Changes Name Of Batman: The Dark Knight to Batman: The Detective
The new Batman series launching from DC Comics by Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert was intending to be called Batman: The Dark Knight. Batman: The Detective #1 cover But someone somewhere thought that might be a little confusing What with DC Comics also launching a digital-first Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight in April and going to[...]
Batman: The Dark Knight #1 With Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert in April
Batman: The Dark Knight #1 from Tom Taylor, Andy Kubert and Brad Anderson, out in April And, it seems, set in London – at least initially Which means we will get to see whether or not the London police have guns or not this time And all part of the new DC Omniverse… Batman: The Dark[...]
The Evolution of Batman | DC Animated History
In honor of Batman Day, fans of the Caped Crusader are letting their freak cowls fly in celebration- and they have a ton of ways to celebrate considering how prevalent the Dark Knight's been for generations From comic books and television series to adventures on the big screen and pretty much every other medium you[...]
Why is HBO Max Hiding Its  Criterion Movie Selection?
Articles are complaining about The Dark Knight not being on the service at launch as initially announced Why is that a big issue? The Criterion movies being on the service is surely bigger news Am I the only correspondent who actually looked at the International section? Why has nobody else written about this? First, it[...]
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Joining their current catalogue are two beauties from the eighties, when everything changed, Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen. How much money will these original art pages of Dark Knight and Watchmen sell for? So we have Batman: The Dark Knight Falls page 24 by Frank Miller[...]
Demonetized: In Which Google's Wertham Machine was Shocked by the Dark Knight
Far from it.  I took plenty of AI and Machine Learning classes at the same place Robert Mercer went to school, along with the founders of many of your favorite… or most hated… internet companies.  All of which explains some things I suppose, but still… the future is not set, as the saying goes. Returning to[...]
"The Future Is Young" Batman Dark Knight Message Now Part Of Hong Kong Protests
Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported that DC Comics has 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 Hong Kong protests, featuring Batwoman dressed in black throwing a molotov cocktail and that the use[...]
Beast Kingdom Resurrects Batman The Animated Series With New Figure
The release date is May 2020 but preorders are available now and located here. Check out the action and accessories below! #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ "I am the Night" "I am BATMAN" Based on the celebrated Batman: The Animated Series comes this[...]
Dark Knight Baddie Two-Face Gets an Updated Hot Toys Release
Dark Knight fans have a new reason to believe in Harvey Dent As a convention exclusive this year, Hot Toys have produced a new version of their Harvey Dent/Two-Face 1/6th scale figure from Christopher Nolan's popular Batman film This is an update of a previously released figure, with more detail in the new head sculpt,[...]
'Gotham' Season 5 Episode 3 "Penguin, Our Hero" Preview: Selina Wants in on the Joke
Alvarez, Hunter Jones as Will Thomas, Jamie Murray as Walker With this being Gotham's fifth and final season, the series is delving deep into the events that forged Bruce Wayne into Gotham City's Dark Knight–the vigilante crime fighter known as the Batman With most of the Caped Crusader's rogue's gallery already in place–and Selina's transformation into Catwoman well[...]