The book brought Batman back to his roots, and it paved the way for for Tim Burton's darker treatment of the Caped Crusader in 1989's Batman. Readers were treated to a vision of Batman like no other - angry, tortured and almost pathologically violent. Inspired by the 1983 film Sudden Impact and his own advancing age, Miller conceived of an alternate DC Universe where an older Bruce Wayne was compelled to don the costume once again and singlehandedly save a decaying Gotham City. Though DC's comics had long since shifted away from the campy version of Batman seen on that show, it wasn't until The Dark Knight Returns hit stores that fans were reminded of just how dark and brutal the hero could be. He Put the By the mid-'80s, most people still thought of Batman as that cheerful smiling fellow who danced the Batusi on national TV. In honor of The Dark Knight III, we're looking back at seven ways in which Miller changed the Caped Crusader forever. Miller has had a profound effect on the Batman franchise, not just with The Dark Knight Returns, but later stories like Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Strikes Again.
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