Batman: The Dark Knight Returns — DC Comics
Issue: #1
Last valuation update: 2026-05-11
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is set 20 years in the future. In the absence of superheroes, criminals run amok, and a gang called the Mutants terrorize Gotham City. Bruce Wayne has been retired from crime fighting for ten years following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin. Despite Wayne's funding of the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent (Two-Face), Dent returns to crime. Bruce, overcome with...
First appearances: Carrie Kelley, Abner, Stan Merkel, Lola Chong, Mutant Leader, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper
Creators: John Costanza, Klaus Janson, Frank Miller, Dennis O'Neil, Dick Giordano, Lynn Varley
Characters: Batman, Alfred Pennyworth, Joker, James Gordon, Two-Face, Joe Chill, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne, Carrie Kelley, Abner, Stan Merkel, Lola Chong, Mutant Leader, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper
Story arcs: The Dark Knight Returns