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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	comment	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a four-issue Batman comic book miniseries written and drawn by Frank Miller and published by DC Comics from February to June 1986.In this storyline, Batman has been retired for ten years, alcoholic and consumed with grief after the death of Jason Todd, the second Robinnote a full two years before A Death in the Family canonized this, mind you. Superman, still as young and handsome as ever, has become little more than an icon, answering to the government and trying to stay as neutral as possible. Commissioner Gordon is weeks away from retirement, The Joker has been silently locked away in Arkham for years, and Two-Face is about to be released back into the world with a brand new skin. In Batman's absence, and in the midst of a killer heat wave, Gotham City is overrun with crime, plagued by a monstrously violent gang known as The Mutants. After encountering a Mutant gang in the alley where his parents were murdered, Bruce Wayne resurrects Batman, aided in his renewed crusade by Carrie Kelley, a 13-year-old girl who becomes the third Robin. Defeating the Mutants, though, turns out to be child's play compared to what Batman faces next...TDKR is a seminal comic book work, with a gritty, unique style that's draped in the best of Film Noir techniques. Batman is a bitter, angry figure who narrates much of the story with philosophical musings and breaking down his methods. News broadcasts shed light on the political debates surrounding Batman's influence, positive and negative, on the criminal underworld. The art itself is moody and atmospheric, black and grey dominate every page and the use of red and yellow are eyesores. It is often considered as influential as Watchmen in demonstrating the possible "maturity" of the comic book medium, and, for good or bad, together with Watchmen it ushered in The Dark Age of Comic Books. It was also highly influential in the DCU's recasting of Batman and Superman's relationship: no longer are they perfect friends, The World's Finest, but rather somewhat distant and distrusting (if respectful) of each other.Since its release, a number of Miller's Batman-related works have tied into TDKR in one way or another: In 1987 Miller did Batman: Year One with David Mazzucchelli during his one-arc-long run in the main Batman book. Though it was supposed to be the origin of New Earth's Batman, it also is meant to serve as a prequel to Dark Knight Returns. In 1994 Spawn/Batman came out, written by Miller and drawn by Todd McFarlane. It was a crossover between the Spawn Universe and the Dark Knight Universe and Canon to both, whose only tie to TDKR was that it showed where Batman got the technology that he would use to build his power suit. In 2001 and 2002, Miller produced a sequel, The Dark Knight Strikes Again. It was more set around Batman than about Batman, being closer to a Justice League or even Superman story than a Batman story. In 2005 to 2008, Miller wrote a prequel, All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder. It eventually went on hiatus, and was meant to return as Dark Knight: Boy Wonder. In 2015 to 2017, a third book titled Dark Knight III: The Master Race ran, co-written by Miller alongside Brian Azzarello with art by Miller and Andy Kubert. In 2016, Miller and Azzarello wrote a prequel book, The Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade, with art by John Romita Jr., detailing Jason Todd's stint as Robin and how he was killed by the Joker. In 2019, a book titled The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child, written by Miller once again and drawn by Rafael GrampÃ¡, was published under the rated-R imprint DC Black Label. Also in 2019 and published under the DC Black Label imprint was Superman: Year One, a three issue prequel focusing on Superman which was written by Miller and the art was provided by John Romita Jr. Despite the name it has nothing in common with Batman: Year One, with each issue instead focusing on major events throughout Superman's life such as his childhood in Smallville to meeting Batman and Wonder Woman.There have been a handful of animated references to TDKR as well. The first is a ten-minute segment in the DCAU, considered to be among the best adaptations of a Frank Miller work. Damian Wayne's child, who resembles Carrie Kelley, also makes a very brief cameo as a future Robin in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, fighting mutants in a "what-if" story. One episode of Darkwing Duck featured a future version of Darkwing that was heavily influenced by TDKR's depiction of Batman in the later issues.In 2012 and 2013, DC Universe Animated Original Movies released an animated film adaptation, told over two parts.Cryptozoic Entertainment held a Kickstarter campaign to fund Batman: The Dark Knight Returns — The Game.A couple of elements from this story were borrowed by several Batman adaptations: The Dark Knight Trilogy, especially with The Dark Knight Rises. The DC Extended Universe's second film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, serves as a partial adaptation in addition to telling an original story. The Bruce Wayne played by Kevin Conroy in Crisis on Infinite Earths borrows a lot from TDKR Batman as well.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_11b937fe	comment	Never-Forgotten Skill: The story starts off with Bruce Wayne retired for ten years and an alcoholic. However, once he puts the Batsuit back on, he demonstrates that ten years of retirement and alcohol have not caused him to forget his skills at all. Even more impressive, the Joker has been straitjacketed in a padded cell for over a decade when he learns of Batman's return and can barely speak, "b...b...b...b...BATMAN! ... Darling!", but returns to the world ready for action.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_126ce03c	comment	I Was Quite a Looker: Selina Kyle didn't age well. The Joker notices. Lana Lang has gained some weight in the last ten years.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Miller later said that he based the Mutant Leader's speech patterns on Mr. T. Two of the Joker's victims were David Endochrine and Ruth Weisenheimer, who were clearly based on David Letterman and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. The President is unnamed but obviously Ronald Reagan. The Joker has a passing resemblance and aura similar to David Bowie, especially his Thin White Duke phase.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_132d93f1	comment	Human Shield: As Batman's chasing the Joker through the fair, the Joker tries this with one of Carrie's friends. Batman promptly tags him with a handful of batarangs.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: In the first issue, Bruce, lost in thought, wanders to the spot where his parents were killed and is confronted by Mutants. Their dialogue (casually talking about killing Bruce and having a quota for murders, and then dismissing Bruce as their target just as casually because he's "into it") shakes Bruce to his core, as he started the confrontation equating them to his parents' killer in his head.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Robin kills. Batman mutilates. The Joker's massacres are graphically portrayed. Superman openly kills Soviet troops in faraway lands. Frank Miller lays out his grim feelings of America for all to see.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_14fe0d94	comment	Older Hero vs. Younger Villain: The mid-50s Batman vs. the Mutant leader, who is "young [...] in his physical prime."
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1592e954	comment	The Mayor meets with the Mutant Leader alone, with no guards or security. It doesn't end well for him. Gordon lampshades how dumb it is.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1675f03d	comment	Macho Masochism: During the first fight between Batman and the Mutant leader, Batman shatters the Mutant leader's nose with a punch. However, despite blood pouring out of where his nose used to be, he starts laughing. Batman realizes that he let himself get punched just to show Batman that he could take it, and this angers Batman so much that he starts pounding the Mutant leader to see how much punishment he can take. However, this is when the Mutant leader decides to stop toying with Batman and delivers a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Alfred is so up in years, yet is still serving and snarky. Peppi, a middle aged restaurant owner in Gotham, beats away a mugger with his rolling pin.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_184e7708	comment	Hands-Off Parenting: Carrie's parents seem to have trouble remembering that she even exists.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_19851b86	comment	The... ill-tempered (to put it mildly) Byron Brassballs, who both encounters Superman (who saved the handicapped man Byron had knocked onto the train tracks) and later plays a role in the Gotham riots... and in a nice bit of karmic retribution, gets his ass profoundly kicked by Batman.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_19d336a4	comment	Human Weapon: Superman here is nothing but an icon who reports directly to the President, who gives him orders that include waging a one-man war in a Banana Republic, stopping the nuclear strike that follows (he doesn't completely succeed), and assassinating Batman, all of which he does without question.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1ad4727a	comment	Theory Tunnelvision: Doctor Wolper is so fixated on the idea that Batman is the problem that he even argues that the Joker is a "victim" of Batman's psychosis.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: Harlan Ellison of all people appears on a newscast to speculate on how badly the nuclear war with the Soviets will end. He's never actually depicted on-panel, but the dialogue is pretty spot-on:
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: Dick Grayson is mentioned sporadically throughout the book, but he never appears. A cryptic bit of conversation between Bruce and Gordon reveals that he and Dick haven't spoken in many years, which Gordon laments, especially given Jason Todd's death.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1c5d0ed0	type	Redemption in the Rain
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1c5d0ed0	comment	Redemption in the Rain: The shot of fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne appearing as Batman for the first time in ten years, during a thunderstorm.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: As Batman guns down the Mutants in the city dump from the Batmobile, he swears in his inner monologue that he's firing rubber bullets. There's seriously no way he's not trying to directly convince the reader he's telling the truth.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_1fe4ca78	comment	Appropriated Title: The Dark Knight Returns was originally released as Batman: The Dark Knight, with "The Dark Knight Returns" being the first issue's title.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_204340fc	type	Vomiting Cop
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_204340fc	comment	Vomiting Cop: Alluded to. After The Joker kills everyone at the TV studio, somebody tells the commissioner that one of the rookies got sick and had to go home.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_20860a0e	type	Punch-Clock Villain
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_20860a0e	comment	Punch-Clock Villain: The President notes he really doesn't want to bring the Batman down, saying he'd have given him a medal in younger days, but all the chaos and public outrage over his one man war on crime is forcing his hand. Likewise, Superman is not happy about much of what he has to do but does the job nonetheless.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_20d2c649	type	Spiteful Suicide
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_20d2c649	comment	Spiteful Suicide: After Batman nearly breaks Joker's neck, Joker finishes the job himself after the only witnesses have fled, leaving Batman to be accused of murder.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_20fd3270	type	Cape Wings
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_20fd3270	comment	Cape Wings: The imagery is invoked when Batman uses his cape to appear to break his fall when confronting the police during the Joker's attack on The David Endochrine Show and the Joker later on at the fair. The cover art used as the page image above also invokes this imagery.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_21d70919	comment	Batman's tactics spur debates on toughness on crime. The story also deconstructs many elements of Batman's mythos, particularly his potential insanity, as well as showing what kind of world would make Batman not only possible, but necessary.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_22071825	type	I'm a Humanitarian
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian: One of the Mutant leader's Catchphrases is his boasts that he will eat Batman's heart. He also rips out the mayor's throat with his teeth while in captivity.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_22ecc839	type	Kryptonite Factor
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_22ecc839	comment	Kryptonite Factor: Weaponized by Batman in the climactic fight against Superman—part of his plan for the fight is for Green Arrow to shoot Superman with an arrow tipped with an ampule of synthesized kryptonite. Superman catches the arrow, but it explodes and releases the kryptonite as an aerosolized powder that significantly weakens Superman, enough for Batman's attacks to actually draw blood.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_251bbe0e	type	Genre Blindness
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_251bbe0e	comment	Dr. Wolper, and the entire studio audience/host for the talk show which the Joker attends. At one point, Joker even announces that he's going to kill everyone in the room, but Wolper dismisses it as a simple joke. A few minutes later, the villain's robots fly in, filling the entire studio with deadly toxins.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_25524784	comment	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Once the Mutant leader decides he's had enough of Batman in their first fight, he gives Batman a few really hard punches, breaks his right arm, and then starts beating him with a crowbar. Robin's intervention is the only thing that saves him from getting killed. Fortunately, Batman learns his lesson, and their second fight ends with the tables completely turned.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_29c480a3	type	Good News, Bad News
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_29c480a3	comment	Good News, Bad News: The President has a very cheerful way of telling the American people about the dangers of nuclear fallout.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2c628d38	type	Worf Had the Flu
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2c628d38	comment	Worf Had the Flu: Despite having been catatonic for a decade and his injuries, Joker has a distinct edge over Batman. The same Batman that fought his way through a police SWAT team and stopped at the Batcave only to get supplies to investigate Joker's plan for the county fair before finally catching up to Joker in one night. Not only is Bats on his second wind for their final battle, but he's making the same mistake he did with the Mutant Leader: he's letting his feelings cloud his judgement against a much calmer opponent. This also applies to Superman when he fights Batman. He's not at 100% after the nuclear missile, as Batman notes the missiles he shoots at Superman wouldn't have been able to hit him otherwise.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2c628d38
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy: The Mutants kill indiscriminately and with an almost childish glee; one even mentions that they have a quota for murders. Their leader is just as deadly, openly proclaiming that he'll kill Batman and Gordon and eat their hearts. The Sons of the Batman don't lose any of their viciousness once they break away from the Mutants, they just start targeting criminals. The Joker is depicted as having a love/hate fixation on Batman that he feeds with his indiscriminate killing.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2d4fa515	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2d4fa515	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2d4fa515
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2de7bbf1	type	Nominal Hero
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2de7bbf1	comment	The Sons Of Batman are more or less Nominal Heroes, as their "crime-fighting" is just as violent as their crimes when they were Mutants.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2de7bbf1	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2de7bbf1	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2de7bbf1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f30658a	type	Eyes Always Shut
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f30658a	comment	Eyes Always Shut: The reporter Lola Wong. Even when Two-Face shoots a missile into the skyscraper where their studio is located, she never opens her eyes.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f30658a	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f30658a	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f30658a
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f94135c	type	Thou Shalt Not Kill
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f94135c	comment	Thou Shalt Not Kill: Gruesomely played with when Batman has the perfect chance to kill the Joker but still refuses to. The Joker notices... and kills himself just to screw with Batman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f94135c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f94135c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2f94135c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2fc21a19	type	Distaff Counterpart
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2fc21a19	comment	Distaff Counterpart: Carrie to Robin, and hanging on Bruce's every word she becomes more and more like him.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2fc21a19	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2fc21a19	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_2fc21a19
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_31033156	type	Chest Insignia
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_31033156	comment	Chest Insignia: Turns out the bat symbol on Batman's chest serves an actual purpose, as it's bulletproof.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_31033156	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_31033156	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_31033156
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36705ae	type	You Are Already Checked In
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36705ae	comment	You Are Already Checked In: A detective shows up at a crime scene, talks to Police Chief Yindel, and walks away. He then shows up again, coming from the other direction. Yindel points at the departing cop and yells "Stop that man!". The next panel is him leaping onto the Batcycle.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36705ae	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36705ae	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36705ae
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36c94bed	type	Person of Mass Destruction
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36c94bed	comment	Person of Mass Destruction: Superman is treated as the best deterrent against nuclear warfare.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36c94bed	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36c94bed	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_36c94bed
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_38464861	type	Profanity Police
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_38464861	comment	Profanity Police: Batman cuts off a kid â€” whom he just rescued from gunpoint seconds ago â€” encouraging him to "kick [the Joker's] ass" with a "watch your language, son".
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_38464861	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_38464861	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_38464861
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b657394	type	Mistaken Death Confirmation
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b657394	comment	Mistaken Death Confirmation: During the climactic fight between Batman and Superman, Superman hears Batman's heart starting to become arrhythmic and slow down and thinks that Batman is deliberately fighting him to the death, and is completely convinced when Batman finally dies. However, at his funeral, Superman hears Batman's heart start back up and realizes that he faked his death, but decides to keep this a secret and leaves with a wink at Carrie Kelley.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b657394	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b657394	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b657394
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b789458	type	Recurring Extra
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b789458	comment	Recurring Extra: The... ill-tempered (to put it mildly) Byron Brassballs, who both encounters Superman (who saved the handicapped man Byron had knocked onto the train tracks) and later plays a role in the Gotham riots... and in a nice bit of karmic retribution, gets his ass profoundly kicked by Batman. Rob and Don keep running into Batman but hardly play a significant role in the story.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b789458	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b789458	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3b789458
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: A young boy running past reminds James Gordon of something really unpleasant.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3c0a4666
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d2d0d5c	type	Feeling Their Age
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d2d0d5c	comment	Feeling Their Age: Batman starts as a Retired Badass, but soon returns to crime-fighting. Throughout the story Batman keeps on lamenting how slow he's become, culminating in the fight between him and the Mutant leader, who is, as Batman himself states, "in his physical prime". Batman loses, but only because he "tried to fight like a young man". Later he beats the Mutant leader with some Combat Pragmatist moves. After his fight with the Joker (which included being gutshot and stabbed repeatedly) and subsequent escape from the GCPD, his age shows yet again to the point of losing consciousness.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d2d0d5c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d2d0d5c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d2d0d5c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0	type	Powered Armor
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0	comment	Powered Armor: Batman dons a highly advanced suit of armour (among other things) to fight Superman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d59c9a0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Batman's first fight with the Mutant Leader, a hulking, feral, bloodthirsty brute with filed teeth and claws in the prime of his life. Batman gets badly mauled and beaten and is only saved by Carrie Kelley's intervention. Turned around in Batman's second fight with the Mutant leader. He uses his brains instead of pure brawn, and while he doesn't come away unscathed, he does win decisively.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d699462	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d699462	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3d699462
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3edcbe47	type	Flatline Plotline
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3edcbe47	comment	Flatline Plotline: Batman's ultimate plot in the fourth issue is to remove himself from the public spotlight by faking his death. Being Batman, he kills himself for a while using a special drug, using the fight with Superman both as a cover and as an excuse to work out his anger and frustration with Superman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3edcbe47	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3edcbe47	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3edcbe47
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3f7b645d	type	The Insomniac
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3f7b645d	comment	The Insomniac: The Joker, the night before his appearance on The David Endochrine Show, is shown lying in bed unable to sleep and looking rather haggard.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3f7b645d	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3f7b645d	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_3f7b645d
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: Batman knows that it's best if he just shoots the Mutant leader in the dump, but he can't bring himself to cross that line... and it nearly gets him killed.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_44fc28e8	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_44fc28e8	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_44fc28e8
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: The Mutant leader puts his claw-like fingernails and filed teeth to good use in the first fight against Batman, and also gives him a devastating crotch kick and hits him with a crowbar. Batman becomes one in his second fight with the Mutant leader, since brute force failed spectacularly the first time. He takes advantage of how the mud hinders their movements, uses nerve strikes to cripple the Mutant leader's arms, and blinds him with both blood and mud.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_49fb5ccb	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_49fb5ccb	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_49fb5ccb
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a35344c	type	Media Watchdog
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a35344c	comment	Media Watchdog: The public broadcast of the Mutant Leader's video after his capture is cut off after a few sentences...with good reason.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a35344c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a35344c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a35344c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a3e547f	type	Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a3e547f	comment	Leaning on the Fourth Wall: During the first assault on the Mutant Leader, Batman sardonically assuages the concerns of Kelly and the reader that Batman Grabs a Gun is not at play here.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a3e547f	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a3e547f	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4a3e547f
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b1afa0d	type	Spiteful Spit
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b1afa0d	comment	Spiteful Spit: After the Joker's death, Batman pauses just long enough to spit in his corpse's face before making his getaway.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b1afa0d	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b1afa0d	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b1afa0d
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: This is essentially what happens when Carrie sees the bodies of the Cub Scouts who took the poisoned cotton candy from the Joker. Batman's internal dialogue lampshades it. Pushed along further with her fight with Abner when he ends up decapitating himself via a low hanging awning on the rolled coaster theyâ€™re on. When Batman radios her in the next issue, sheâ€™s still frozen in trauma over it.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b316d47	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b316d47	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4b316d47
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4c798fd5	type	Shock and Awe
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4c798fd5	comment	Shock and Awe: The third weapon Batman uses against Superman in their climactic fight, after the missiles and sonic gurn, is tapping into Gotham's power grid via connections between his armor and the light pole he's standing near, grabbing Superman's head, and hitting him with a massive electrical shock, essentially a taser on super-steroids.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4c798fd5	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4c798fd5	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4c798fd5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4cb0192	type	Utility Belt
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4cb0192	comment	Utility Belt: Prominently featured in the first issue. Batman uses items from it to defuse one of Two-Face's bombs, and does a mental run-through of its items in boredom while he's waiting for Two-Face to make his move on Gotham's Twin Towers.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4cb0192	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4cb0192	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4cb0192
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4e34d653	type	See You in Hell
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4e34d653	comment	See You in Hell: Joker says this to Batman before breaking his own neck.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4e34d653	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4e34d653	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4e34d653
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4f362a27	type	Implied Rape
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4f362a27	comment	Implied Rape: It's implied that the Joker assaulted Selina during his visit between her change of attire (a dress and later, a Wonder Woman costume), the fact that said costume is wrinkled, Selina's face being bruised, and the fact that the Joker used mind control lipstick on her. Her comment to Batman when he finds her is also very telling—"Bruce - he's worse than ever!"
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4f362a27	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4f362a27	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_4f362a27
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_508d91a2	type	Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_508d91a2	comment	Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Inverted, in that it's the winner of the climactic battle that delivers it just before he dies.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_508d91a2	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_508d91a2	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_508d91a2
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: Issue one: Batman brings a rifle with a grappling hook to his fight with Two-Face just in case he picked the wrong tower to perch on. He did. Issue two: Batman meticulously plans his second fight with the Mutant Leader. Issue three: Batman somehow has a perfect disguise of a known GCPD detective just in case he needs to pull info from Yindel. Issue four: Batman explicitly prepared for a Soviet EMP attack by maintaining horses and an emergency plan for a blackout. He also synthesized Kryptonite in case he ever had to fight Superman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_50f66629	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_50f66629	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_50f66629
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: Inverted
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5313c266	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5313c266	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5313c266
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_557838d1	type	Adaptational Attractiveness
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_557838d1	comment	Adaptational Attractiveness: While he still won't be winning any beauty contests, Joker is much more fit and muscular than the unhealthily lanky frame of most other incarnations and his face displays more conventionally handsome features.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_557838d1	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_557838d1	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_557838d1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_55a28534	type	Fearless Fool
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_55a28534	comment	Fearless Fool: Gets some deconstruction in Harvey Dent, who at the climax of their confrontation leans so far out of his helicopter to try to shoot Batman that he falls from it, with Batman (not knowing for sure that it's actually Dent) noting that whoever it is has Dent's lack of sense of self-preservation. The deconstruction comes from Dent being a Death Seeker who may have done that on purpose.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_55a28534	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_55a28534	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_55a28534
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_58970413	type	Coincidental Broadcast
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_58970413	comment	Coincidental Broadcast: News broadcasts provide exposition by describing the direct effects of the characters' actions or set up future plot developments. For example, Batman's return is followed by several panels where the reader is shown how certain citizens view him as a menace, while others praise his vigilante actions.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_58970413	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_58970413	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_58970413
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5a59b3a1	type	Hulk Speak
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5a59b3a1	comment	Hulk Speak: The Mutant leader's dialogue is laced with this, but he can talk normally when he wants to, implying that it's done to play up his monstrous image.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5a59b3a1	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5a59b3a1	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5a59b3a1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5b19cc1b	type	Air-Vent Passageway
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5b19cc1b	comment	Air-Vent Passageway: The gigantic leader of the Mutant gang is behind bars awaiting trial. Batman knows that being in prison won't hurt his gang cred one bit (it helps that the Mutant leader spends his free time annoying the prison guards and bragging about what kind of havoc he will make when he gets out, instead of showing remorse... and he also assassinated the Mayor in horrific fashion) — to break the Mutant gang, you must break its leader. Thus, he and Gordon arrange for the leader to escape via the prison air vents and meet Batman for a mud pit duel.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5b19cc1b	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5b19cc1b	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5b19cc1b
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5eb2313a	type	Sonic Stunner
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5eb2313a	comment	Sonic Stunner: After hitting Superman with missiles, Batman uses a sonic gun on him. It shatters the light on the light pole he's standing beside, and his narration notes that the same happens to every window on the block; Superman actually gets a nosebleed from it, but he's able to quickly grab the gun and crush it.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5eb2313a	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5eb2313a	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_5eb2313a
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_60441d9	type	Future Slang
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_60441d9	comment	Future Slang: The Mutants are all over this one. "Balls nasty!"note a strong epithet, "spud" vs. "slicer-dicer"note rookie Mutant vs. long-timer, "chicken legs"note women, and many others.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_60441d9	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_60441d9	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_60441d9
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_63f9d3d2	type	Falsely Reformed Villain
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_63f9d3d2	comment	Falsely Reformed Villain: Happens twice, when the same psychiatrist declares Two-Face legally sane and recommends the Joker make a talk show appearance as part of his rehabilitation.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_63f9d3d2	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_63f9d3d2	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_63f9d3d2
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6627695f	type	Author Appeal
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6627695f	comment	Author Appeal: According to Frank Miller's intro to the graphic novel, the entire story grew from his refusal to accept that he could be older than Batman, who he saw as a perpetual father figure. Up until this point, Batman was always 29. The first comic book was released when Miller was also 29. Miller has stated Batmanâ€™s more brutal methods towards criminals in the book was a result of him being mugged in New York multiple times by 1986 and wishing someone could just stop the rising crime rate at the time by whatever means necessary.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6627695f	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6627695f	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6627695f
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6779fb0b	type	Shoot the Hostage Taker
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6779fb0b	comment	Shoot the Hostage Taker: Batman solves a hostage situation by doing this. It's not clear what happens to said hostage taker, but given that Batman used an M60 machine gun and was low on options, the odds aren't looking in their favor.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6779fb0b	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6779fb0b	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6779fb0b
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_67d722d8	type	A Storm Is Coming
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_67d722d8	comment	A Storm Is Coming: Invoked in the weatherman's report on the storm that accompanies Bruce's return as Batman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_67d722d8	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_67d722d8	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_67d722d8
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_697b5232	type	Those Wacky Nazis
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_697b5232	comment	Those Wacky Nazis: Bruno, a burly woman working for the Joker, has swastika pasties on her boobs and butt cheeks for no reason other than to hammer in that she's bad news.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_697b5232	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_697b5232	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_697b5232
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69c32c9e	type	Subordinate Excuse
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69c32c9e	comment	Subordinate Excuse: Carrie has a crush on Batman that would do Joker proud, and in the comics she dearly loves him. She dresses as Robin and fights crime, hears the Mutants are gathering at the dump and follows Batman there, because she loves him and wants to be close to him.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69c32c9e	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69c32c9e	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69c32c9e
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69fad334	type	You Are the New Trend
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69fad334	comment	You Are the New Trend: Rather than ignoring the Sons of the Batman, he recruits them as his own personal army after disarming them and all but calling them out for being fools in their old tactics. Admittedly, he had stopped them from following their previous leader who was proclaiming "This is our chance to raze Gotham... to purge Gotham."
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69fad334	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69fad334	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_69fad334
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6aa199f3	type	Old Superhero
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6aa199f3	comment	Old Superhero: One of the central themes of the overall plot is how age affects Batman in everything he does, from his tactics to combat to his overall state of mind.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6aa199f3	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6aa199f3	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6aa199f3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6c019508	type	Demanding Their Head
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6c019508	comment	Demanding Their Head: The Mutant leader demands to be brought the head of Commissioner Gordon so he can mount it on his torch and "carry it through the streets" like a trophy.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6c019508	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6c019508	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6c019508
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6ce88bee	type	Right Out of My Clothes
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6ce88bee	comment	Right Out of My Clothes: A serious version. When Superman hears the nuclear missile headed toward Corto Maltese, he takes to the air so fast that he leaves his civilian clothes and glasses hanging exactly where he left them—while sitting in a Jeep.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6ce88bee	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6ce88bee	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_6ce88bee
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_70506bc7	type	Going Cold Turkey
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_70506bc7	comment	Going Cold Turkey: When Bruce takes up the cowl again, he quits the sauce. He doesn't have any withdrawal issues, possibly because Batman is an even stronger addiction.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_70506bc7	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_70506bc7	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_70506bc7
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7188489c	type	Let the Past Burn
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7188489c	comment	Let the Past Burn: In the final issue, Alfred burns down Wayne Manor so that nobody can look through it for evidence or clues after Batman's identity as Bruce Wayne is revealed to the public while faking his death.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7188489c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7188489c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7188489c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_71bf37e3	type	Vigilante Militia
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_71bf37e3	comment	Vigilante Militia: Several members of the defeated Mutants gang become true believers and declare themselves the "Sons of the Batman." Unfortunately, they clean up the streets with the same viciousness that marked their prior affiliation, and Batman has to take them under his wing... if only to train them in a way that protects Gotham City from their idea of "crimefighting."
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_71bf37e3	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_71bf37e3	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_71bf37e3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7276d0de	type	Mugging the Monster
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7276d0de	comment	Mugging the Monster: Defied. The Mutants who are about to attack Bruce at the beginning realize that not only is Bruce really big and strong-looking, but he doesn't seem to be afraid of them, and even looks like he's "into it", and they decide to head to the arcade instead.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7276d0de	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7276d0de	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7276d0de
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_72856b70	type	Godzilla Threshold
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_72856b70	comment	Godzilla Threshold: Discussed at length. During Commissioner Gordon and his replacement Yindel's first conversation, she asks him why he's allowed a vigilante like Batman to operate in Gotham. Gordon talks about the first time he heard the Urban Legend that Franklin D. Roosevelt let Pearl Harbor happen in order to get the US into WWII and stop the greater evil of the Axis. He went back and forth on whether it was morally acceptable if true, until he realized the whole thing was "too big" for him to judge. Later, after Batman rallies the Sons of Batman and the Mutants to quell the mass riots, Yindel finally realizes the same. When asked by an officer if they should do something, she can only respond "No. No. He's too big." Later, a news blurb shows her dodging questions about the police being lax in enforcing her warrants against Batman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_72856b70	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_72856b70	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_72856b70
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73641290	type	The Strategist
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73641290	comment	The Strategist: Batman knows he cannot win a direct fight against Superman, so he comes up with an elaborate strategy to defeat him. After testing the limits of Superman's powers and tiring him out with a variety of weapons, Batman arranges for Green Arrow to shoot his opponent with a Kryptonite-tipped arrow, severely weakening him. The Man of Steel then suffers a tremendous beatdown that only ends when Bruce suddenly suffers a heart attack.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73641290	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73641290	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73641290
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73733868	type	Awesomeness by Analysis
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73733868	comment	Awesomeness by Analysis: Par for the course with Batman, right down to his fights. The page quote is one such example, as he takes down an armed criminal coming up behind him in a dark room by breaking his leg with a kick.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73733868	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73733868	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_73733868
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: For Batman: "Lucky" and "This would be a ___ death." For Gordon: "I think of Sarah. The rest is easy."
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7464705c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7464705c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7464705c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7506ec90	type	Fashionable Asymmetry
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7506ec90	comment	Fashionable Asymmetry: The newscaster Lola Wong always wears asymmetrical earrings, and has a triangular hairstyle that is much higher on one side than the other.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7506ec90	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7506ec90	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7506ec90
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7642d227	type	Adaptational Curves
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7642d227	comment	Adaptational Curves: Joker is usually depicted as being very lanky and gaunt. Here, however, he looks like he could bench-press a truck. It's all the more shocking once you realize he's been catatonic in Arkham for a decade. He is also depicted as vaguely handsome looking in comparison to other depictions.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7642d227	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7642d227	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7642d227
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_777c0033	type	Technical Pacifist
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_777c0033	comment	Technical Pacifist: Batman will beat you, threaten to drop you off the tallest building in Gotham, and break every bone in your body... but he won't kill you.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_777c0033	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_777c0033	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_777c0033
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7870e183	type	Nixon Mask
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7870e183	comment	Nixon Mask: Used by a group of convenience store robbers who are slaughtered by one of the Sons of the Batman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7870e183	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7870e183	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7870e183
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_799d05eb	type	Not Listening to Me, Are You?
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_799d05eb	comment	Not Listening to Me, Are You?: Alfred persuades Bruce to donate to:
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_799d05eb	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_799d05eb	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_799d05eb
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7c5960bf	type	Hall of Mirrors
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7c5960bf	comment	Hall of Mirrors: Batman chases the Joker into a house of mirrors at the fair. The Joker gut-shoots him after he gives himself away trying to come through a mirror.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7c5960bf	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7c5960bf	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7c5960bf
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7d163c9c	type	Dating Catwoman
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7d163c9c	comment	Dating Catwoman: Literally; it's never said outright, but Selena's voicemail to Bruce is a huge hint, they kiss before Batman and Robin go after the Joker, and Gordon has to restrain her from physically attacking Superman after Bruce Wayne's funeral concludes.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7d163c9c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7d163c9c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7d163c9c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Dialogue from Gordon and Alfred at the start of the series suggests that Bruce is dangerously close to becoming one, if he's not there already. Once he resumes the mission, it's never mentioned again.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7eebe99c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7eebe99c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7eebe99c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7efd2e30	type	Expository Hairstyle Change
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7efd2e30	comment	Expository Hairstyle Change: Of a sort. At the start of the story, Bruce has a mustache, but after a sleepwalk (or psychosis-driven fugue; it's not made clear which) into the Batcave, Alfred notices that he's shaved it off...and he didn't realize he'd done it.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7efd2e30	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7efd2e30	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7efd2e30
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: While Batman's return helps save Gotham from the Crapsack World it has become in his absence, it also causes the Joker to snap out of his 10 years of catatonia and gives him a motive to return to crime.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_81bdc398	type	He's Back!
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_81bdc398	comment	He's Back!: Batman returns to superheroics after 10 years in retirement. The Joker was stuck in a catatonic state since Batman's last appearance. The hero's return prompts him to regain his mobility and bloodlust. The media, police and the public in general collectively freak out when Two-Face returns.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_81bdc398	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_81bdc398	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_81bdc398
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8344209e	type	BFG
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8344209e	comment	That being said, he will use them when they're necessary. In the first issue, he uses a rifle to shoot a grappling line between the Gotham Towers to confront Two-Face and his henchmen. In the fourth issue, he uses Commissioner Yindel's gun to shoot some plastic explosive. He also gets pushed into using one when taking on three Mutant kidnappers who have a toddler as a hostage. The confrontation culminates with Batman pointing one of the Mutant's guns (a frigging M60 GPMG) at the last kidnapper, who is holding the hostage at gunpoint.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8344209e	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8344209e	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8344209e
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_85debad9	type	Plucky Girl
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_85debad9	comment	Plucky Girl: Carrie, who at the age of 13 gets herself a Robin costume and goes out to fight crime armed only with a slingshot and a few firecrackers, and who earns Batman's respect by attacking the goddamn Mutant Leader when he's just about to defeat Batman. She downplays the perky associations of this trope, tending to be more sarcastic than outright cheerful, but she's spirited as hell and, apart from the occasional BSOD, never gives up.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_85debad9	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_85debad9	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_85debad9
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: The Mutant leader and Batman exchange them in the mud pit.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_86b21114	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_86b21114	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_86b21114
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: At the beginning, two Mutants try and mug Bruce Wayne. They turn out to be Dirty Cowards when he sees them, they take into account his size, and run off when he stands his ground and is prepared to fight. It's common in Real Life for thugs like the Mutants to only target those who cannot defend themselves, and want nothing to do with those who can.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_875615dd	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_875615dd	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_875615dd
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_88088476	type	Cheap Costume
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_88088476	comment	Cheap Costume: Carrie Kelly's Robin suit is an off-the-rack costume. She even appears to paint the frames of her glasses black to better emulate his mask for her first patrol.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_88088476	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_88088476	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_88088476
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_884df77f	type	Instant Waking Skills
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_884df77f	comment	Even more impressive, the Joker has been straitjacketed in a padded cell for over a decade when he learns of Batman's return and can barely speak, "b...b...b...b...BATMAN! ... Darling!", but returns to the world ready for action.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_884df77f	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_884df77f	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_884df77f
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8ae880f7	comment	Deconstruction: Batman's tactics spur debates on toughness on crime. The story also deconstructs many elements of Batman's mythos, particularly his potential insanity, as well as showing what kind of world would make Batman not only possible, but necessary. Superman is heavily deconstructed, especially the characterizations from the 1950s onward where he was written as a model citizen and patriot. The character's morals are portrayed as being too rigid and simple to stand up to the messy complications of reality, such as what a law-abiding patriot is supposed to do when given orders from a senile and self-centered president. The numerous covers depicting Superman fighting in World War II are also reexamined by showing the consequences of Superman going to war and just how ugly that would be. The concept of Robin is examined on how practical or healthy having a Kid Sidekick actually is. Batman notes that Two-Face used to refer to Dick Grayson as "the boy hostage." Batman's retirement is at least partially based on the death of Jason Toddnote who was the official Robin at this time in the main comics, and who would not experience his actual death story for a couple more years. Carrie, despite being seen as The Ace in the mind of Bruce, is consistently put in situations where she almost dies. The entire scenario with the Joker obviously traumatizes her. The concept itself is pointed out to be illegal when Yindel, upon seeing Robin with Batman, adds child endangerment to the list of charges against Batman. The Joker's conflict with Batman reveals just how much death and destruction is left in their wake because Batman lets the Joker live. Much of Batman's internal monologue in the third issue is devoted to him seriously examining whether upholding his no-kill rule is really worth it in regards to the Joker. Also, the operatic nature of their conflict has the Joker all but confirming he treats their "relationship" as a twisted kind of romance.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8ae880f7	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8ae880f7	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8ae880f7
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8b606a51	type	There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8b606a51	comment	There Is No Kill Like Overkill: The Sons of the Batman, who have turned their over-the-top violence as former Mutants to fighting crime instead of creating it. At one point, it's mentioned that they used napalm to break up a three card monte game. One SOB, after killing the aforementioned Nixon mask robbers, took a pair of wire cutters and sliced off the store owner's fingers on one hand because, as he put it, "you did nothing to stop them." The nuke that nearly killed Superman was designed to create a "nuclear winter" scenario.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8b606a51	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8b606a51	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8b606a51
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8cf6aa	type	Literal Metaphor
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8cf6aa	comment	Literal Metaphor: The governor is almost strangled by actual red tape.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8dca2ee5	type	Insane No More
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8dca2ee5	comment	Insane No More: Bart Wolper is the psychiatrist for both the Joker and Harvey Dent while they're in Arkham, and declares both to be sane since the Joker is basically catatonic prior to Batman reappearing and seems calm and collected after, and Harvey's split personality appears to be gone after his new face is revealed to the public. The real result is that Dent becomes a Death Seeker who believes his face is completely destroyed, and the Joker kills hundreds in a poison gas attack on live TV, with Wolper being killed by the robot that delivered the gas.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe	type	Kid Sidekick
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe	comment	The concept of Robin is examined on how practical or healthy having a Kid Sidekick actually is. Batman notes that Two-Face used to refer to Dick Grayson as "the boy hostage." Batman's retirement is at least partially based on the death of Jason Toddnote who was the official Robin at this time in the main comics, and who would not experience his actual death story for a couple more years. Carrie, despite being seen as The Ace in the mind of Bruce, is consistently put in situations where she almost dies. The entire scenario with the Joker obviously traumatizes her. The concept itself is pointed out to be illegal when Yindel, upon seeing Robin with Batman, adds child endangerment to the list of charges against Batman.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8e5f93b8	type	The Lopsided Arm of the Law
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_8e5f93b8	comment	The Lopsided Arm of the Law: Law enforcement puts way more effort into stopping Batman than the Mutants or the massive crime wave seizing Gotham.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_90328f91	type	Unscrupulous Hero
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_90328f91	comment	Batman is an Unscrupulous Hero or Pragmatic Hero, being more ruthless than his original DC counterpart.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_90a1fbd4	type	Split-Personality Takeover
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_90a1fbd4	comment	Split-Personality Takeover: Happens to Two-Face. The reconstructive surgery fixed his face, but seeing himself whole broke his mind and left his evil side in control.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_90c70630	type	Fatal Method Acting
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_90c70630	comment	Fatal Method Acting: In-Universe, The Joker makes his grand comeback by murdering everyone on The David Endochrine Show, including David himself and Ruth Weisenheimer.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_91a2039b	type	I Am the Noun
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_91a2039b	comment	I Am the Noun: This is the climax of the "breaking the shotgun" sequence.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_91b8be8a	type	Death by Disfigurement
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_91b8be8a	comment	Death by Disfigurement: Toyed with. Batman breaks the Joker's neck just enough to cause paralysis. The Joker finishes the job by himself, both to frame Batman for his death and to spite Batman.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_92474ca6	type	Resurrection Gambit
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_92474ca6	comment	Resurrection Gambit: Batman's ultimate plan in the last chapter is to take himself out of the public spotlight by faking his death. However, he knows that Superman will be the government's tool to stop him and actually faking death won't fool his super senses, so he takes a drug that actually does kill him by stopping his heart after a couple of hours, but restarts his heart later on. The problem is that Superman hears his heartbeat start back up while he's in his coffin. Fortunately, he simply winks at Carrie Kelly (the new Robin) and leaves, keeping Batman's secret.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_92965c87	type	Ostentatious Secret
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_92965c87	comment	Ostentatious Secret: As Ollie points out to Bruce.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_932da128	type	Monster Clown
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_932da128	comment	Monster Clown: The Joker returns, with Selina noting that the Clown Prince of Crime is worse than ever after he attacks her.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_94f41e7d	type	Mucking in the Mud
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_94f41e7d	comment	Mucking in the Mud: Batman sets up a rematch with the Mutant Leader in a mud pit, thereby slowing both of them and negating his opponent's speed and agility advantages.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_99e14f05	type	All-Loving Hero
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_99e14f05	comment	All-Loving Hero: Zig-zagged. Superman values all life on Earth. As he tries to recover from being caught in the Coldbringer's blast, his internal monologue admonishes Lola Wong for assuming that his attempt to let it detonate somewhere safe was anything remotely close to "harmless", citing all the small animals that live there that have now basically been atomized. However, during his time in the Corto Maltese, he can be seen clearly dealing with Communist forces with lethal measures.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_99ff79ee	type	Heat Wave
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_99ff79ee	comment	Heat Wave: Gotham has been stuck in one for a while at the start of the series.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Due to age and rust, Batman isn't as stealthy as he used to be. The thugs he's pursuing in the first chapter hear floorboards creaking under him and note that "[...] he never used to make noise before." This bites him hard in the third chapter when the Joker hears one of the funhouse mirrors creaking under his weight and shoots him as he breaks through it.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: Subverted. The aged Batman absorbs a lot of punishment throughout the series, and every injury clearly pushes his body to the breaking point. He's noticeably slower in each subsequent chapter, and Alfred laments that he won't be able to effectively patch him up much longer.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9e10b88d	type	Defeating the Undefeatable
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9e10b88d	comment	Defeating the Undefeatable: Batman beats Superman. Or at least got the better of him. Not without some trickery, and Superman holding WAY back, but still.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9eb11fac	type	Weak, but Skilled
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_9eb11fac	comment	Weak, but Skilled: Batman, as best shown in his fights with the Mutant Leader. The first time, Batman, insecure about his old age, takes on the Leader, who's in his physical prime, and gets his ass handed to him, only being saved by Carrie's intervention. In their second fight, Batman, realizing he lost the first time because he "tried to fight like a young man", goes about it intelligently by handicapping the fighting area, using a mudhole to limit his opponent's movements, and using his superior experience in fighting techniques to overcome the Leader's physical superiority.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a1fedb67	type	Parental Obliviousness
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a1fedb67	comment	Parental Obliviousness: Carrie Kelley's parents are shown taking drugs and not paying much attention to her. Taken to extremes when they occasionally forget Carrie exists.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a2b38d3b	comment	The Joker realizes Batman isn't screwing around this time when he gets a batarang in the eye.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: Batman tells Robin that if she disobeys, she'll be fired. She disobeys three times, but the third time, she saves his life.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a7b324e	type	Handicapped Badass
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a7b324e	comment	Handicapped Badass: At some point prior to the beginning of the comic, Superman caused Green Arrow to lose his left arm, which he is still bitter about. It hampers him but doesn't make him any less effective of an archer.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a8490b93	type	Junkie Parent
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_a8490b93	comment	Junkie Parent: Carrie Kelley's parents are so wasted that they don't even notice when she runs away until long after she's gone.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_aa42306e	type	Totally Radical
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_aa42306e	comment	Totally Radical: Along with the Mutants' Future Slang, it's played for laughs when Carrie reprograms the Bat-Copter to accept verbal commands from her. In slang.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_aaf19fae	type	Doesn't Like Guns
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_aaf19fae	comment	Doesn't Like Guns: Played straight at first in issue 4, as Batman invokes the trope in his speech to the Sons of the Batman: That being said, he will use them when they're necessary. In the first issue, he uses a rifle to shoot a grappling line between the Gotham Towers to confront Two-Face and his henchmen. In the fourth issue, he uses Commissioner Yindel's gun to shoot some plastic explosive. He also gets pushed into using one when taking on three Mutant kidnappers who have a toddler as a hostage. The confrontation culminates with Batman pointing one of the Mutant's guns (a frigging M60 GPMG) at the last kidnapper, who is holding the hostage at gunpoint.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The Joker realizes Batman isn't screwing around this time when he gets a batarang in the eye. When the Mayor tries to negotiate with the Mutant Leader, Gordon has one just before the Mutant tears out the Mayor's throat...with his teeth. A disguised Carrie has this reaction at Bruce Wayne's funeral, when she realizes that Superman has heard Batman's heartbeat restart, revealing that he faked his death. But Superman reassures Carrie with a wink that he'll keep the secret, as long as Batman lies low.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ad9559e6	type	Arc Villain
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ad9559e6	comment	Arc Villain: Each issue focuses on a different antagonist for Batman to fight, each highlighting a different kind of foil for Bruce. Issue 1 deals with Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face again, serving as a mirror to Bruce's internal conflict with the "Batman" persona who wants to live again. Dent's fall coincides with Bruce embracing the Batman once again. Issue 2 has the Mutants and specifically their young and fit leader, a counterpoint to the old and worn down Batman. Their struggle highlights the question of whether Bruce can truly still do this at his age. Issue 3 has the Joker, whose vicious rampage has Batman questioning how effective he really is without killing criminals while also operating as a example of how Batman, in the minds of people like Dr. Wolper and Commissioner Yindel, inspires the very maniacs he fights. Issue 4 finally has Superman, whose subservience to the government runs opposite to Batman's anti-authoritarian vigilante mindset.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: The Joker lays the snark on thick, but only truly descends into the cackling madman we're familiar with in his final moments as he twists his head around. Alfred is very weary of Bruce's resumed holy war against crime which he demonstrates by being as catty as possible.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_aed29b5c	type	Die Laughing
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_aed29b5c	comment	Die Laughing: Joker laughs the entire time he's twisting his head around to finish breaking his neck, leaving a grin on his face as he dies.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_af4d6174	type	Setting Update
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_af4d6174	comment	Setting Update: In the original stories the version of The Mark of Zorro that Bruce saw as a child was the 1920 version. Miller updated it to the 1940 version, putting Bruce's birth date in 1932 and making him a man in his mid-50s by the time of the story.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b18aeb20	type	Oddly Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b18aeb20	comment	Oddly Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: This one is followed by a sequel called The Dark Knight Strikes Again.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b53077b3	comment	The Mutants can be seen as a Take That! to "angsty", rebellious teen superheroes made popular by Marvel Comics. Fittingly, they're named "The Mutants" (Stan Lee's working title for X-Men), they wear red shades that look a lot like Cyclops' visor, and they despise adult authority figures. They form a perfect contrast to Batman, who's the epitome of the "traditional" DC superhero—an adult hero who's driven and fearless, and has zero tolerance for crime.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: Dr. Wolper, and the entire studio audience/host for the talk show which the Joker attends. At one point, Joker even announces that he's going to kill everyone in the room, but Wolper dismisses it as a simple joke. A few minutes later, the villain's robots fly in, filling the entire studio with deadly toxins. The Mayor meets with the Mutant Leader alone, with no guards or security. It doesn't end well for him. Gordon lampshades how dumb it is.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b7010108	type	Villain in a White Suit
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b7010108	comment	Villain in a White Suit: Traditionally the Joker is a Secondary Color Nemesis with green hair, a purple suit, and green/purple plaid accessories. After his release he dresses in a white suit, although he still has the green hair. Combined with the chalk white skin this gives him a ghostly, overexposed appearance.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b75b35ac	type	Forgiveness
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_b75b35ac	comment	Forgiveness: Bruce Wayne has forgiven Joe Chill for killing his parents, finally understanding that all he ever wanted was money before the situation escalated. In spite of this, his Batman mindset still wants to punish him for robbery and murder in general. This is in contrast to the newer generation of criminal whom Bruce thinks is more "pure" in savagery and evil than Joe Chill ever was.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bb44c8e1	type	Robot Kid
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bb44c8e1	comment	Robot Kid: Abner builds androids that resemble young kids. Joker uses them to spray poison gas everywhere, and they can also be remotely detonated.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bcd27e37	type	Improbable Aiming Skills
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bcd27e37	comment	Improbable Aiming Skills: The Green Arrow can precisely shoot an arrow at Superman despite only having one arm, being in the dark and under the rain, pulling the bowstring with his teeth, and all while hanging upside down.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bcd27e37	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bcd27e37	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bcd27e37
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Batman is an Unscrupulous Hero or Pragmatic Hero, being more ruthless than his original DC counterpart. The Sons Of Batman are more or less Nominal Heroes, as their "crime-fighting" is just as violent as their crimes when they were Mutants.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_beb9a361	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_beb9a361	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_beb9a361
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bf39b16c	type	Standing Between the Enemies
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bf39b16c	comment	Standing Between the Enemies: Batman does this with a Big "NO!" that occupies a panel, confronting the Sons of the Batman as they're preparing to go on a rampage after the power failure cripples the city.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bf39b16c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bf39b16c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_bf39b16c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c10da874	type	The '80s
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c10da874	comment	The '80s: A lot of the action and political commentary stems from real-world politics of the period, in particular the U.S. - Soviet arms race, which comes to a head in part four. Much of Gotham is heavily borrowed from New York in the 80s—rising crime stats, violent street gangs, and a general grimy aesthetic.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c10da874	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c10da874	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c10da874
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: BBC's Superman on Trial docudrama depicts this story as an In-Universe fictional story created after talks Frank Miller had with Batman. Batman notes it's not something that happened, but something he's afraid of happening.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2393191	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2393191	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2393191
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c253090a	type	Big Blackout
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c253090a	comment	Big Blackout: An electromagnetic pulse from a nuclear explosion causes electronics to stop working across the entire U.S.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c253090a	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c253090a	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c253090a
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c25c7890	type	Fun with Acronyms
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c25c7890	comment	Fun with Acronyms: Sons Of the Batman = SOBs
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c25c7890	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c25c7890	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c25c7890
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2fc1ae	type	Neck Snap
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2fc1ae	comment	Neck Snap: Batman snaps the Joker's neck, but it only paralyzes him. The Joker finishes the job for him. Bobbie kills Dr. Wolper at the TV studio by flying in and snapping his neck.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2fc1ae	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2fc1ae	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c2fc1ae
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c3448a6f	type	Informed Attribute
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c3448a6f	comment	Informed Attribute: Doctor Bartholomew Wolper is considered the psychological expert on the Batman, but when his arguments include the idea that Batman is responsible for his villains' actions, it's hard to treat the man as a qualified expert when he has made such a significant error.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c3448a6f	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c3448a6f	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c3448a6f
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c4c9bb40	type	Inner Monologue
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c4c9bb40	comment	Inner Monologue: Batman talks more to himself than any three other characters talk to anyone else put together.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c4c9bb40	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c4c9bb40	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c4c9bb40
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c59d7452	type	Unfulfilled Purpose Misery
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c59d7452	comment	Unfulfilled Purpose Misery: The Joker has been completely catatonic ever since Batman's retirement. But as soon as he hears that He's Back!, all his criminal instincts return to fight Batsy once again.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c59d7452	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c59d7452	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c59d7452
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c5f0119c	comment	Insane Troll Logic: The Joker's psychiatrist, Doctor Bartholomew Wolper, argues that the Joker himself didn't commit his crimes, Batman did, through the Joker.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c5f0119c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c5f0119c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c5f0119c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: Bruno is a muscular buxom lady wearing basically nothing... and she's wearing swastika pasties.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c660bc15	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c660bc15	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c660bc15
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: To an inept crook who was a running gag in Miller's Daredevil days: Batman narrates, word-for-word that "I'm born again." As Two-Face is lamenting how (in his mind) his face has been completely destroyed, says "I'm fixed, all right!" to Batman, lampshading Alex's similar comment about how his treatments to curb his violent tendencies ultimately failed. Corto Maltese is a shout-out to the famous Italian comic book by Hugo Pratt. Strangely, the name was used in the 1989 Batman movie as an apparent Shout-Out to The Dark Knight Returns without recognizing that it was already a Shout-Out. There is a reference to a porn star named "Hot Gates". In Greek, "Hot Gates" is translated "Thermopylae," the setting of another of Frank Miller's creations. However, since 300 wasn't released for another twelve years, the reference here is to both the literal translation of Thermopylae and William Golding's (now out of print) collection of essays 'The Hot Gates and other occasional places'. Batman's sarcastic internal monologue describing Superman quotes Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The scene with the pimp in the cab is basically right out of the Clint Eastwood film Magnum Force. One of the civilians watching the Soviets' missile strike on the TV news is dressed in a Marvelman costume (an especially deep cut, since this was before it got reprinted and continued by American publishers). There's a newsreader named Harlan Ellison.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: A psychiatrist blames Batman for making the Joker into a raving loon. He might have a point, but the Joker kills him.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c868a42a	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c868a42a	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c868a42a
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c8a8c595	type	Retirony
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c8a8c595	comment	Retirony: Inverted, Commissioner Gordon proves he is still a badass by living till his planned retirement.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c8a8c595	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c8a8c595	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_c8a8c595
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_cd809603	type	Tank Goodness
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_cd809603	comment	Tank Goodness: This version of the Batmobile is a tank that takes up three lanes on the highway, has got armor which Batman says can only be cut by something from another planetnote He's referring to Superman, who proves the point in short order in the fourth issue., and is equipped with machine guns and at least two decent-sized artillery pieces. It also has a gyro-stabilized medical bed and can be piloted home by Alfred. The tank would go on to be an inspiration for the Tumbler in The Dark Knight Trilogy and one of Batman's vehicles in Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_cd809603	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_cd809603	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_cd809603
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ce22183	type	Super Registration Act
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ce22183	comment	Super Registration Act: Superman gets strong-armed into working for the government.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ce22183	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ce22183	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ce22183
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: Superman is a Punch-Clock Villain overlapping with Hero Antagonist in this miniseries. He only reluctantly fights against Batman under orders from the US government.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d001c42c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d001c42c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d001c42c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: From Alfred after Bruce waxes on about Carrie's qualities as Robin:
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d39e327f	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d39e327f	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d39e327f
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7a5fa23	type	Symbolically Broken Object
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7a5fa23	comment	Symbolically Broken Object: The pearls of Martha Wayne's necklace fall and scatter after she is shot.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7a5fa23	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7a5fa23	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7a5fa23
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7fc9fd0	type	Vitriolic Best Buds
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7fc9fd0	comment	Vitriolic Best Buds: Frank Miller's interpretation of Batman and Superman's relationship is that 'these two people do not like each other'.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7fc9fd0	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7fc9fd0	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_d7fc9fd0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_db7c6092	type	I Fight for the Strongest Side!
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_db7c6092	comment	I Fight for the Strongest Side!: Once the Mutant leader is defeated, the gang disintegrates into a number of splinter groups that define themselves by whatever figurehead they're following; the only thing that remains consistent is their use of violence.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_db7c6092	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_db7c6092	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_db7c6092
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dc8ba6d5	type	The Scapegoat
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dc8ba6d5	comment	The Scapegoat: Batman is accused by the media of inspiring a number of incidents, from a mentally-ill mob enforcer putting on a Batman costume and turning on his boss, to a very disturbed man's religiously-motivated shooting up of a porn theater. Meanwhile, a shop owner who actually was inspired by Batman chases off a purse-snatcher attacking an old lady. No one is hurt enough for this to make the news.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dc8ba6d5	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dc8ba6d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dc8ba6d5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: Batman suspects that Harvey Dent has been pushed across this. In their final confrontation, it's confirmed by his dialogue and emotional breakdown.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dda99fa8	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dda99fa8	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_dda99fa8
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_deecec48	type	Brass Balls
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_deecec48	comment	Brass Balls: Subverted by Byron Brassballs. With that name, you'd think he'd be an exemplar of courage, but he's really a Dirty Coward and complete asshole who brazenly justifies his sociopathically self-centered behavior and actions in his interviews.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_deecec48	featureApplicability	-0.3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_deecec48	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_deecec48
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e154ff08	type	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e154ff08	comment	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Subverted. Batman doesn't have to actually get violent with perps to get info. Instead, he lets their fear of him do his work for him, although in some cases a bit of setup is needed. In one instance, Batman scares a perp (the one who had the page quote applied to him earlier on) into talking simply by walking toward him; the perp falls through a window trying to get away, injuring himself, and talks after Batman tells him that he's the only person who can save him from bleeding to death. In another instance, he hangs an unconscious Mutant upside-down from a gargoyle at the top of a skyscraper, puts a hand over the Mutant's face, and slowly moves his hand away when the Mutant wakes up and tries to cut a deal. What makes this even more effective is that the reader doesn't realize all this until it's all said and done; the sequence is drawn from the Mutant's perspective until the last panel.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e154ff08	featureApplicability	-0.3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e154ff08	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e154ff08
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e1fa333c	type	Hannibal Lecture
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e1fa333c	comment	Hannibal Lecture: The Joker, paralyzed from the neck down, hits Batman with one just before killing himself.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e1fa333c	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e1fa333c	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e1fa333c
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e43c66bd	type	Art Evolution
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e43c66bd	comment	Art Evolution: Miller's rendition of Batman starts off rather traditional if not bulkier. It's only as the book goes on that noticeable wrinkles start appearing on his face and his posture begins hunching over, a not-very-subtle visual tell to how injuries, stress, and general wear and tear of jumping back into being Batman after 10 years out of the cowl are wearing on him. Batman starts off more or less in the typical Neal Adams design with baby blue cowl and yellow oval around the symbol. After being beaten by the Mutant leader, he switches to a darker cowl and oval-less symbol, hearkening back to the darker, more vicious version of the character from his pre-Robin years in the Golden Age.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e43c66bd	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e43c66bd	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e43c66bd
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e4900915	type	Ridiculously Human Robots
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e4900915	comment	Ridiculously Human Robots: The little kid robots that the Joker uses to poison the talk-show audience and the amusement park attendees not only talk but all seem to have nasty little personalities of their own.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e4900915	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e4900915	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e4900915
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: Bruce/Batman. Despite being gutshot and stabbed multiple times by the Joker and shot at several times by the police, Batman still manages to elude them by getting to the Bat-Copter.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e567510d	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e567510d	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e567510d
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: Everything Byron Brassballs says and does is custom-made to make you want him to get his ass kicked...and he only appears twice.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e5fd8bc2	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e5fd8bc2	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e5fd8bc2
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e90f8e37	type	Lady Looks Like a Dude
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e90f8e37	comment	Lady Looks Like a Dude: The police mistake Carrie for a boy.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e90f8e37	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e90f8e37	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_e90f8e37
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: Happens to Batman at the foot of the Mutant leader during their first fight. He's able to fight through the pain, but it clearly messes him up and the Mutant leader is able to take advantage of his weakness later in the fight.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eaf5a1ac	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eaf5a1ac	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eaf5a1ac
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eb0d7317	type	Men of Sherwood
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eb0d7317	comment	Men of Sherwood: The Sons of Batman Vigilante Militia made up of ex-Mutants takes a while to become non-violent enough for Batman to trust them, but they help break up a riot after a blackout, and help stock his new Bat-cave after he fakes his death at the end.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eb0d7317	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eb0d7317	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eb0d7317
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eef35d8d	type	A Handful for an Eye
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eef35d8d	comment	A Handful for an Eye: During their second fight, Batman cuts the Mutant leader over the eyes to blind him with the blood, then compounds that by throwing mud in his face.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eef35d8d	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eef35d8d	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_eef35d8d
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ef20dac5	type	Servile Snarker
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ef20dac5	comment	Servile Snarker: Alfred has always been sarcastic, but in TDKR he really lays it on thick, as he is at first very unhappy with the way Bruce has let himself go in his retirement from the cowl, and is even more unhappy when he goes back to being Batman because it not only makes him seem like he's forgotten the lessons of the past, it means Alfred has to patch him up again when he's hurt.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ef20dac5	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ef20dac5	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_ef20dac5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_f32d85ab	type	20 Minutes into the Future
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_f32d85ab	comment	20 Minutes into the Future: The entirety of the comic is set 10 years into the future after Batman's last appearance and answers the question "What happened to Batman after he retired?"
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_f32d85ab	featureApplicability	1.0
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_f32d85ab	featureConfidence	1.0
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_f42f96fa	type	Would Hit a Girl
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Comic Book) / int_fff371b4	comment	Death Seeker: Bruce has become one by the start of the story, and after he becomes Batman again, he frequently remarks on how certain things would be good or bad deaths as the story progresses. Batman suspects that Harvey Dent has become one due to what's happened to him, and by the time his arc is complete, it's proven to be correct. After Batman paralyzes the Joker, the latter decides death (especially when he gets to frame Batman for it) is preferable to his current predicament and happily finishes breaking his neck.
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