Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 Review

Writer: Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello / Artists: Miller, Kubert / DC Comics The Dark Knight Returns universe is still a rich and enjoyable world unique to any other “time jump” storylines that have been popular in comics. While DKII was largely forgettable, The Dark Knight Returns has probably become the most popular non-canonical Batman story out there. The tone that Miller set with an aged and retired Batman being provoked to patrol the streets of Gotham in the face of a new threat has left its influence on plenty of other media (take Dawn of Justice for instance). That has come with some heavy cost of course. Miller often lauded for his genius may just as polarizing as an individual. Problematic just begins to scratch the surface what he’s made himself most popular for over the last decade or so. The further complicate this, a presser alluded that Azzarello did most, if not all of the writing on this book with Miller in more of an advisor roll. Who knows what percentages that amounts too, but regardless, it hints a a slight shift from what we might expect.

[divider type=”space_thin”] And still, here we are with the supposed endcap on the The Dark Knight storyline. Because of the time that has passed and also, because of DKII, my expectations were pretty low for this third volume, even if I am a big fan of Azzarello. All in all, I was somewhat surprised how much I liked it, even though it didn’t move me to any real emotional investment in the project. It begins, as you wou…