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So, I was sort of interested when the long-awaited sequel of DKR came: DK Strikes Back. It was really a piece of garbage.
Sorry, Miller, why don't you take more 'Shrooms. I wouldn't give the book to my pet rat for chewing fuel.
OKAY, I wasn't a big fan of the original 1986 "DK Returns": Miller's weirdo beardo, drug influenced art (enough vampired teeth already.)., a female Robin, Bats with a gun.Yet, I concur, that book changed comic books forever, even more that the brilliant Neil Adams in the 1970's. Miller went overboard on distoted art, confusing and convoluted story-telling.
I was told the original concluding book was delayed for 4 months due to poor orders on the first and second issues. But I still liked the detective solving of Batman, used his mind instead of his fists.
Whatta train wreck.
I'm an optimistic, forgiving person, but really there's almost no excusing such overindulgent, ill-advised trash as this.I'm a huge fan of the original, and even other work by Miller, but don't waste a nickel on this. Disappointing sequels are nothing new, but I have a hard time coming up with an example in any medium where the disparity between an original's quality and the follow-up's is so incredibly wide. Heck, if nothing else, Batman fans should stay away because he's hardly even a character in the book. His awful "All-Star Batman & Robin" run really shouldn't have been a surprise after this. Dark Knight Returns was Miller at his peak, Strikes Again is like a 13-year-old's idea of making fun of it. The dialogue is laughable, the drama is boring at best, the art gives no reason why it should stretch over expansive full pages the way it does.
Although he needs help from several others, Batman is presented as a self-proclaimed savior who takes himself and his job too seriously. The Batman in this novel is a bad reworking of a noble character into an immoral rogue cop (Plastic-Man is also rewritten as such). When an icon such as Batman is reinterpreted in the manner in which he has been in this graphic novel, it is contrary to what is his true character.
This character is born from crime and seeks to stop it to restore a balance (in his life. The art work needed a lot to be desired. in the world).
In our culture, icons of all kinds are revered, celebrated, loved, and hated; they are enlivened by ourselves. He is characterized a lot like "All-Star Batman", cruel and vain. At times it looked rushed or poorly planned out.
Batman must save Gotham and the world from the duo of Luthor and Brainiac so he reveals his existence after years in hiding. He belittles others whom he feels are inferior (Superman,.)., abuses others, and crosses the line that the true Batman would never cross.
Yes. Let me preface this by saying that I am a relative newcomer to DC comics. But the story itself is worth buying this book. It looks like Frank got tired of drawing it halfway through. The story here is excellent in my opinion, and it made me want to buy more titles involving JLA and the characters included here. Is the art subpar, especially in the end.
I wouldn't ever strongly recommend this to anyone. I wasn't expecting a carbon copy of the same thing, but this was just out there. It did have some value, and I don't feel like my time was completely wasted, but if I had to do it over again, I woul probably bought a different book. You know, I had very hgh expectations, having thoroughly enjoyed the first book. This book was weird, and very different from The Dark Knight Returns.
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