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Summary
WhenBatmanis confronted with benighted mirror of his head from across the multiverse , one figment — the Batman from Frank Miller’sTheDark Knight Returns — stands out from the residuum . The Dark Knight ’s purpose as the unofficial leader of the Zur - infected transcript of Batman paint him as the ultimate embodiment of Batman ’s bad , darkest aspects .
When the Zur - En - Arrh programming inside his nous necessitate over Batman ’s body inBatman#140 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez , Bruce ’s mental struggle for control condition is depicted as him confront anarmy of Zur - En - Arrh clones from across the multiverse , each one from a dissimilar Batman franchise . While all of them parrot Zur ’s dogma of closing off and remorseless extermination of criminals , Frank Miller ’s Batman quickly lay down himself as their drawing card , command the attack on Bruce ’s mind .
After fight back off the swarm of Zur - Batmen , the Dark Knight Zur proves to be the concluding obstruction Bruce must defeat to take ascendency of his mind once more , cement his position as the Zur in charge .
Frank Miller ’s lightning bolt binding for The Dark Knight Returns is iconic , but what is Batman actually doing in the celebrated silhouette ?
Batman Faces Off Against a Dark Knight of Zur-En-Arrh
free as a four - part miniseries in 1986 , Frank Miller’sBatman : The Dark Knight Returns(with Klaus Janson , Lynn Varley , and John Costanza ) is famous for ushering in the " grim and mealy " era of ' 90s comics . This Batman inhabits a evenhandedly black - and - livid Earth : crook are portrayed as unreformable monsters ( such as the insensate Mutants mob ) , with beau monde separate into the pseudo - intellectual vindicator who enable them and the guiltless , frustrated people they prey upon . As the hero , Miller ’s Batman is the one with the toolsand military force to face these monsters , going beyond the law to mete out a viciously violent form of justness .
With this in psyche , it induce perfect sense that Miller ’s Batman would be Zur ’s ultimate embodiment in Bruce ’s psyche . Both Zur and Miller ’s Batman live in a world of extremes with no room for nuance : there is only the cause against law-breaking and the vicious monster who need to be put down . Instead of nurturing a loving found category , both Zur and Miller ’s Batman advocate for building an ground forces : Zur with his multiversal copies , and Miller ’s Batman with his Robin and the Sons of Batman gang . While not intentionally written as such at the time , The Dark Knight Returnsshows a Batman that has wholeheartedly embraced the Zur mentality .
The Dark Knight Returns’Batman Is the Precursor to Zur-En-Arrh
Zdarsky and Jiménez ’s " Mindbomb " arc largely moil down to a battle for Batman ’s soul : the tale is demand readers to consider if he is a human race who seeks to heal his metropolis or a destroyer of those whom he deems unfit to live on in his world . While Zur ’s position as an adversary strongly implies the former , The Dark Knight Returns’version of Batman has firmly embraced the latter . With his violent method and punitory mindset , thisBatmanis functionally selfsame to the Batman Zur wish Bruce Wayne to become , and that name him the colored incarnation of the Dark Knight yet .
Batman#140is available now from DC Comics .
BATMAN # 140 ( 2016 )
