Batman. The Dark Knight Returns
date: label: date made
content: 1986
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This bound compilation of the four issue Batman comic book series, <i>The Dark Knight Returns </i>(DC Comics, 1986) helped push the graphic novel into the mainstream of American literature. Frank Miller's gritty and violent storytelling, inked by Klaus Janson and colored by Lynn Varley, impacted future interpretations of the iconic caped crusader, influencing a generation of popular culture.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Batman is one of the most well known fictional characters in American History. Introduced by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger in Detective Comics #27 (1939) the Batman is a masked vigilante without superpowers who relies on exceptional intellect, physical strength, and an array of technologies to fight evil doers. The crimefighter, a mainstay in the DC Comics Universe, has been the subject of a live-action television program (1966-1968,) numerous animated series and video games, and the basis for a blockbuster film franchise, including director Tim Burton's "Batman" (1989.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Batman
label: Subject
content: Superman
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George R. Zug
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3039.434
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3039.434
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
label: Object Name
content: book
label: Object Name
content: graphic novel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 26.035 cm