Frank Miller's Batman

I just figured that this place needed a thread for Frank Miller's batman. his continuity includes Batman:Year One (shared with standard), All-Star Batman and Robin, Holy Terror, Batman!!!, the Dark Knight Returns, and DK2/Dark Knight Strikes Again.
Thoughts? comments?

This is cool. Remember Batman Begins was based a little bit on Frank Miller's works.

More than just a little bit of the movie was based on his work. Miller is a genius not only for his work on Batman, but also Daredevil, Sin City, 300, ect. Sin City is just brilliant, and Daredevil wouldn't be nearly what it is without him. But yea, his work on Batman is awesome as well.

Is Holy Terror, Batman even out yet?

Miller used to be amazing. Before The Man Without Fear, which was really disappointing IMO... and then he ****ed up Batman in Allstar... he's not delivering it for me any more... 🙁

Frank miller is da bom. I love his work. He makes some good batman stories, but he's definately much better suited off for SIn City. Having said that though, who can forget 'the dark knight returns.' Miller resurrected batman from the stupid "biff, pow" outfit, to the original darkness that we all love. He snowballed the darkness of the bat, and we all owe him that much.

he's kinda pulling a kevin smith on all-star so the trade's of that and holy terror may not be out for like a couple of years, but i still have faith in him. I've liked everything he's done so far with the exception of a daredevil one shot from the 80's.

The one shot with Daredevil randomly turning up somewhere-or-other and fights some random family? That sucked... reprinted in Loves Labours Lost?

that's the one.

Damn, I hated that crap... you read Love & War? I hear that's great but it's damn hard to get hold of... the only Miller Daredevil I haven't read... 🙁

only one story in love and war is by miller, the rest is building up to born again. They should collect some of the stories between born again and typhoid or the rebirth of bullseye into a trade.

No... that's Love's Labours Lost, which genuinely sucks for the most part, though it gets better in the story where Heather hangs herself... Love & War is the thing about the Kingpin's wife...

i know, i get those two mixed up all the time despite owning them. love and war was awesome

Must get that... LOve & War and Born Again are f**king impossible to get hold of nowadays, despite (taking most peoples' word on Love & War, while Born Again is one of the greatest comics EVER) being fantastic... though I do hear there will be an accompaniment to the Miller Daredevil Omnibus with Born Again, Love & War and... something else... Elektra Lives Again maybe??

I dont really like frank Miller's Batman, but some of his other works are ok.

The Dark Knight Returns is definately one of my favorites of all time.

I like how in year one you get to see a little bit of the early golden age "brutal" batman. Not to the same extreme (rolling in a red sedan unafraid to viciously kill his enemies) but still a little less concerned for the well being of the people he's hunting than usual.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
i know, i get those two mixed up all the time despite owning them. love and war was awesome

Frank IMO is one of the best writers in comic book history. His Batman as far as character and personality is my favorite and it's how he always should have been portrayed, the way he illustrates him is my 3rd favorite. Mike Meltzer's being first and Jim Lee's being the greatest(good god Jim Lee just owns).

Frank miller made batman cool. Dark knight top comic stuff, and perhaps the only material worth reading in the batman universe

Tim Burton used FrankMiller asabase, especially DKR