Is DK2 as good as The Dark Knight Returns Books

I think Frank Miller tried too hard to replicate The Dark Knight Returns, but what do I know. I guess some of it's good, but not really to my taste.

You have to keep in mind it was published more than a decade ago. Many have speculated that even The Dark Knight Returns doesn't stand up today (I am of that opinion, mostly). Still, I also think you can't criticize something that's older because it doesn't translate well in the future. If you read it for what it is, rather than try to make it something it's not, you'll enjoy it! I think.

No.. not really...

But I would say it has been given more negative reviews than it should because TDKR was so good! I would look at it like this. The Dark Night Rises is not as good as The Dark Night but it is still good!

@redhoodnet said:

No.. not really...

But I would say it has been given more negative reviews than it should because TDKR was so good! I would look at it like this. The Dark Night Rises is not as good as The Dark Night but it is still good!

TDKRises was decent to good

TDKSA is pure crap!

@gotwillpower said:

I think Frank Miller tried too hard to replicate The Dark Knight Returns, but what do I know. I guess some of it's good, but not really to my taste.

You have to keep in mind it was published more than a decade ago. Many have speculated that even The Dark Knight Returns doesn't stand up today (I am of that opinion, mostly). Still, I also think you can't criticize something that's older because it doesn't translate well in the future. If you read it for what it is, rather than try to make it something it's not, you'll enjoy it! I think.

I disagree: you can definitely criticize something because it does not hold up well. I'm a Batman fan, but honestly, I don't think The Dark Knight Returns is that good. It's good, but I see people ranking in the best Batman story ever. I totally disagree with that.

DK2 is awfull, imo. Don't touch the stuff.

I've read it and I gotta say you're going to be really disappointed. It doesn't stand well on its own and it suffers a heavy case of sequelitis and completely trashes what was good about the first book. The book is mainly made up of the following; news debates like the previous book but its about freedom vs oppression which sounds good but here's the problems; the debates happen between news anchors and hookers who happen to be DC characters like black canary who are doing sex poses( which also isn't as good as that sounded since the art sucks and looks ugly) and giving the cheesiest dialogue I've seen since batman and robin, Random stuff and characters that come out of nowhere and leave while the act of of character and give no solid reason for why they act that way, the fact that batman is barely in this thing and more attention is spent on superman humping Wonder Woman ( which is also not as good as it sounds since it comes out of nowhere and at the worst possible time) while creating havoc than what really matters like the villain plot or how they are defeated which ends up coming out of nowhere, the bill just keeps finding an excuse to keep going. This is just the tip of the iceberg and I recommend you avoid it.

@Zyrok said:

@gotwillpower said:

I think Frank Miller tried too hard to replicate The Dark Knight Returns, but what do I know. I guess some of it's good, but not really to my taste.

You have to keep in mind it was published more than a decade ago. Many have speculated that even The Dark Knight Returns doesn't stand up today (I am of that opinion, mostly). Still, I also think you can't criticize something that's older because it doesn't translate well in the future. If you read it for what it is, rather than try to make it something it's not, you'll enjoy it! I think.

I disagree: you can definitely criticize something because it does not hold up well. I'm a Batman fan, but honestly, I don't think The Dark Knight Returns is that good. It's good, but I see people ranking in the best Batman story ever. I totally disagree with that.

DK2 is awfull, imo. Don't touch the stuff.

I partially agree with you. Being timeless is a quality every comic should strive for. But I think if you are reviewing something from the past, you should consider its effect when it was first published.

Guys, Miller revived Batman, so we should respect the writer that gave us a chance to enjoy an incredible comic character. That being said, it doesn't mean we can't criticize him. Why am I saying this? Cause I see that some fans tend to "crapify" his work. Well, I guess they should read the bara bara pow stories. Anyway, DK2 is not his best work, nevertheless, can't say I didn't have fun reading it, but that's just me.

It had some very cool ideas unlike All-Star(which was garbage) but at the end of the day I'm not exactly sure what exactly it was supposed to accomplish,it felt redundant and unnecessary,characters were also depicted as being juvenile,Lex and Batman were talking like teen gangster wannabes.

Had it's good points, and I even bought it, but it always feels like it was just made for money to me, because the original was fine on its own.

Two thing or the guys is making fun of how dark comic bookr could get or he just lost his touch.

People who say The Dark Knight Returns is overrated weren't there to see just how dramatically it changed the comics industry. Chances are whatever book you're enjoying now was in someway shaped or influenced by TDKR.

On the other hand, DK2 was a cash grab. Nothing more. Still haven't read it and I'm not really eager to.

A lot of Frank Miller's stuff is overrated because he wrote Year One, which was admittedly fantastic, but he's got a ton of acclaim he didn't deserve because after Year One he was deemed "the Batman guy."

The Dark Knight Returns isn't nearly as good as it's praised to be, people talk about it like it's the Batman bible, but really it's just a decent story. Quite frankly, if it had ended after the first half (right after the Mutant fight), it'd be in higher regard for me. But yeah, it continued on from there and was pretty meh the rest of the way, causing it to average out. But because Miller did Year One, obviously that must mean he knows Batman better than everyone else and that makes Dark Knight Returns supposedly great.

Anyways, the point is that Strikes Again gets compared to the TDKR, which is unreasonably highly rated and the failure of Strikes Again in comparison makes it suck to people. Truth is that it's not the worst book ever written, it does have pretty bad spots just like TDKR, but it had it's moments.

I'd give TDKR like a 7 or 8, though the art makes me want to rate it lower. DK2 is like a 4 or 5.

@Reignmaker: Exactly. Great comment.

@Reignmaker said:

People who say The Dark Knight Returns is overrated weren't there to see just how dramatically it changed the comics industry. Chances are whatever book you're enjoying now was in someway shaped or influenced by TDKR. On the other hand, DK2 was a cash grab. Nothing more. Still haven't read it and I'm not really eager to.

Historical importance is different than quality, you know, I respect DKR, and am happy that it existed, but nonetheless, I don't like it very much.

@mpierce2690 said:

A lot of Frank Miller's stuff is overrated because he wrote Year One, which was admittedly fantastic, but he's got a ton of acclaim he didn't deserve because after Year One he was deemed "the Batman guy."

The Dark Knight Returns isn't nearly as good as it's praised to be, people talk about it like it's the Batman bible, but really it's just a decent story. Quite frankly, if it had ended after the first half (right after the Mutant fight), it'd be in higher regard for me. But yeah, it continued on from there and was pretty meh the rest of the way, causing it to average out. But because Miller did Year One, obviously that must mean he knows Batman better than everyone else and that makes Dark Knight Returns supposedly great.

Anyways, the point is that Strikes Again gets compared to the TDKR, which is unreasonably highly rated and the failure of Strikes Again in comparison makes it suck to people. Truth is that it's not the worst book ever written, it does have pretty bad spots just like TDKR, but it had it's moments.

I'd give TDKR like a 7 or 8, though the art makes me want to rate it lower. DK2 is like a 4 or 5.

I pretty much agree completely with you.

@redhoodnet said:

No.. not really...

But I would say it has been given more negative reviews than it should because TDKR was so good! I would look at it like this. The Dark Night Rises is not as good as The Dark Night but it is still good!

it's pretty decent then?..it's better then comics today right?

frank miller didnt revive the dark batman(i mean lets not forget dennis oneil,neal adams,,,,etc) but he did give you a picture of how dark batman can get,plus he also made WOLVERINE and DAREDEVİL just as cool,he gave wolverine his line"i am good at what i do,but what i do isnt very nice" at one point you could say he was gifted BUT now he is burnt out or something,the dark knight strikes back was TERRİBLE,i hate the way he keeps on tring to ruin dick grayson,now he just seems.... well, stupid!! and immature may be its his ego it is a terrible thing ego:(

@Sci_Fi_Rulez said:

@redhoodnet said:

No.. not really...

But I would say it has been given more negative reviews than it should because TDKR was so good! I would look at it like this. The Dark Night Rises is not as good as The Dark Night but it is still good!

it's pretty decent then?..it's better then comics today right?

No, its terrible

One of the worst comics that ive hard the displeasure to read, horrible writing, art and coloring (if you read it you know what i mean by this)

Avoid it like the fcking plague

I don't know why I'm saying this right now, because it doesn't exactly answers the question in the OP, but I find Miller's books highly overrated. I've never read TDKR, but Year One is really nothing special in my opinion.

@Phaedrusgr You seem like the right person to ask this question. Now I don't like frank millers work not cause I think his stuff is bad just that its not for me but I am thinking about getting all star batman and robin and was going to ask you if it was any good ?