- For the issues of subsequent Batman: The Dark Knight comic series, see: Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2) Issue 1 and Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 3) Issue 1
Batman: The Dark Knight #1, more commonly referred to as "The Dark Knight Returns", is the first issue of Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight comic miniseries. The issue follows Batman's return after ten years retirement.
"The Dark Knight Returns"[]
Synopsis[]
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Appearances[]
Individuals[]
- Bruce Wayne / Batman
- Commissioner Gordon
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Carrie Kelley (First Appearance)
- The Joker
- Harvey Dent / Two-Face
- Mutant Leader
- Abner
- Bartholomew Wolper
- Stanley Merkel (First Appearance)
- Thomas Wayne (Flashback Only)
- Martha Wayne (Flashback Only)
- Joe Chill (Flashback Only) (Unnamed)
- Dick Grayson (Mentioned only)
Objects[]
- Blue & Yellow Batsuit
- Utility Belt
- Bat-Shuriken (First Appearance)
- Hallucinogenic Gas Capsules
- Harpoon Rifle
- Utility Belt
- Joe Chill's Gun (Flashback Only)
- Martha Wayne's Pearls (First Appearance) (Flashback Only)
- Two-Face's Coin
- Bat-Signal
Locations[]
- Gotham City
- Crime Alley
- Arkham Home for the Emotionally Troubled
- Gotham City Police Headquarters
- Gotham's Twin Towers
- Wayne Manor
- Batcave
Notes[]
- The issue's story title, The Dark Knight Returns, has often been used as the comic series' title in subsequent reprints. The series has often been referred to as this title.
- The story notably features the importance of Martha Wayne's pearl necklace, with prolonged imagery of it being damged in slow-motion with the pearls cattering about the bodies of the Waynes. This would become prominent in later retellings of Batman's origin in both comics and other media. Miller is also the first writer to identify the movie the Wayne family walks out of as The Mark of Zorro.