I bought issue 2 of DK2 today. Thought Part 1 was mediocre but was prepared to give it a chance.
Gave up halfway through issue 2.
It's so awful, it's untrue!!!
Unstructured story (if you can call it a story), too many ideas going nowhere, terrible artwork (check out Miller's drawing of Wonder Woman!)...need I go on?
It's so sad that Miller has followed up the magnificent Dark Knight Returns with this absolute rubbish.
If I didn't know better, I would say he was taking the piss!
I'd give it 0 out of 10.
Frank Miller and DC, shame forever on you.
scojo
What made Dark Knight Returns so great and a success, was its dark introspection. It presented a Batman who was haunted by his demons. It showed a nightmare world out of control.
DK2 is just superheroes fighting each other. Boring. Batman isn't even the main character anymore.
Miller wasted a golden opportunity to continue Batman as a dark vigilante. He could have written a new classic tale which embraced the themes of the 21st century.
Instead we get a cynical hackneyed story. Shame really.
scojo
Hey I like the way he draws Wonder Woman. Those cycling shorts are pretty damn saucy.
AND I like Lynn Varley's computer colouring.
I did feel a bit sorry for Superman though, at least I did until Wonder Woman came along and cheered him up.
I don't really see it as a direct sequel to The Dark Knight Returns, it's more like Elektra lives Again was to Elektra:Assassin. I'm looking forward to part three, it's been fun and I'm glad Miller hasn't taken it too seriously.
N
Yeah, but surely it is a sequel?
That's why I bought it.
If I knew it was gonna be some superhero team up sort of thing, I wouldn't have bothered in the first place.
scojo feeling cheated
I liked it, the artwork was even more confused than the original dark knight comics, but you can't fault the story...as for it being a team up, its a strategy, they bring in characters that are experiencing some downturns in fortunes (sales wise), develop interest in them, and then re-launch them in their own titles...wait for new Atom, Question etc, and they have just relaunched Green Arrow !!!! I'm personally holding out for hard core wonderwoman !
Yeah but it's not the Dark Knight as shown in the original series, is it?
This could be any old Batman comic.
That's my point.
scojo