The Dark Knight Strikes Again

The Dark Knight Strikes Again, also known simply advertised as The Dark Knight Strikes Again DK2, is a three issue comic miniseries written and drawn by Frank Miller. It is a sequel to his critically acclaimed 1986 storyline Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Unlike the aforementioned series, however, The Dark Knight Strikes Again is considered largely inferior.

Why It Doesn't Strike Again

 * 1) It doesn't feel like a sequel to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns at all, as while that series managed to be dark but not overly so, this one tries WAY too hard to be dark and edgy at the expense of storytelling.
 * 2) The characters from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns are sadly flanderized:
 * 3) Batman is utterly flanderized to just plain unlikeable now, having now converted into a full blown sociopath who kills a lot of his enemies. You know, the one thing he's not supposed to do. He attempts to start a revolution regarding superheroes and teenage rebellion.
 * 4) *He is also revealed to have fired Dick Grayson, the first Robin, who became the new Joker.
 * 5) Superman is now a weakling, tyrant, and is working for his archnemesis, Lex Luthor, enough said.
 * 6) A poorly-executed plot revolving around Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and the rest of the Justice League facing Superman villains, Lex Luthor and Brainiac controlling America, while former Robin, Dick Grayson, becomes the Joker as revenge on Batman for firing him while he underwent radical gene therapy so he cannot die.
 * 7) The character designs look too cartoonish and uncanny to look at, even the costume designs look lazily cheap:
 * 8) Lex Luthor, speaking of him, is now fat and looks too similar to Marvel's the Kingpin. Likely owing to Frank Miller writing Daredevil stories in the 80s.
 * 9) Brainiac's appearance is just some colored dots covered in his body.
 * 10) Flash's costume is just a black suit with tie shoes, and shorts to arms and legs.
 * 11) Wonder Woman's outfit has Star-like shorts.
 * 12) Martian Manhunter doesn't have his costume, and is now wearing casual clothes and smokes cigarettes.
 * 13) Saturn Girl is now like a small little girl with a big uncanny head and eyes.
 * 14) Dick Grayson's costumes as the Joker consists of his Robin suit with shorts, Cosmic Boy's costume, an "E" costume, and Mr's Mxyzptlk's costume.
 * 15) Carrie Kelly, who was an decent replacement for Robin in DK1, is now changed to Catgirl, which makes no sense and is pretty much a cheap knockoff of Catwoman and Wonder Woman villain Cheetah (with the cheetah-like stripes), which is a somewhat uncomfortable thought.
 * 16) The artwork is terrible. While the artwork in wasn't very spectacular, it was still pretty well done and nice to look at, whereas this one makes a comic from 1986 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns look great by comparison. It's clearly rushed and lazy.
 * 17) The pacing is atrocious and lazy.
 * 18) They had Jimmy Olsen, A Superman supporting character, being killed off.
 * 19) Batman is pretty much validated as the good guy despite all the horrible things he does, with Superman and Wonder Woman converting to his ways, which makes no sense all of their characters.
 * 20) Carrie Kelly, who was an decent replacement for Robin in DK1, is now changed to Catgirl, which makes no sense and is pretty much a cheap knockoff of Catwoman and Wonder Woman villain Cheetah, which is a somewhat uncomfortable thought.
 * 21) Being that The Joker died in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, now he's replaced with a very half-assed impersonator in the form of Dick Grayson, the first Robin, which makes no sense considering the canon of it's predecessor and the backstory in this series there in.
 * 22) * Dick Grayson only became the Joker just because Batman fired him and treated very poorly (which was alluded in All Star Batman And Robin, The Boy Wonder).
 * 23) The government in the series is now run by a bunch of full-blown psychopaths who use blackmail to get the heroes on their side. This also makes no sense as Superman specifically said they were all retired in DK1. It also utterly ruins the point of the government in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, who were not fully corrupt.
 * 24) A weird "Super Manga Giant Big News" tv show cameo which is probably parodying anime and manga.
 * 25) COMMISSIONER JIM GORDON NEVER SHOWS UP!
 * 26) Terrible Ending: This ties up no loose ends at all. Literally, the ending to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns didn't leave enough loose ends for this series to exist in the first place.
 * 27) This would unfortunately lead to a trend with comic book writer Frank Miller, especially with his comic series All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder and 2011's Holy Terror by Legendary Comics.

Redeeming qualities

 * 1) It was followed by The Dark Knight III: The Master Race, which is a huge improvement.
 * 2) there are a few good moments such as captain marvel`s death scene.
 * 3) some of the ideas were actually good and could have worked if they were executed a bit better.

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