The DCU Batman Needs Less Dark Knight And More Caped Crusader

Batman has been round for 85 years—longer than the microwave oven! In that point, the character has gone from a cold-blooded pulp hero to a swashbuckling adventurer, a campy crime-fighter, and past. But, for some cause, Hollywood is caught on the darkest, broodiest features of the character.

It began with 1986’s Frank Miller comedian ebook The Darkish Knight Returns. The four-issue miniseries noticed an older, bleaker tackle Batman than followers have been used to. The comedian has develop into such a dominant a part of the character’s mythos which you can see its affect in all the things from Batman (1989) to The Darkish Knight (2008) to The Batman (2022). Solely the DCU can break the darkish Batman cycle.