Batman - Limited Edition Statue

Vowing upon his parent's death to rid the city of the criminal element, the Batman has, over the
years, fought crime in its many macabre forms...

For the last ten years no one has seen or heard from him...

that is, until now...

Personal Insights: This is a wonderful statue of Batman and a female Robin from the book "The Dark Knight Returns", which is probably the best Batman story ever written.

General Information: features Miller's distinctive interpretation of Batman and Robin in a cold-cast porcelain statue sculpted by William Paquet. A limited edition 5500 of this one number 4817.

Book Plot: Bruce Wayne has retired, Batman is no more, and assumed to be an old folk legend by the new generation growing up. A new gang called "The Mutants" has been harassing Gotham, Bruce Wayne has once again worn the cape to protect his city. This time with public opinion, politicians, and even Superman (who has given his allegiance to the government) are against him. His only friend his James Gordon, still commissioner, but about to retire. With the aid of Carrie Kelly, the new Robin, Batman somehow manages to take the The Mutants down by beating their leader. But now a famous psychologist has released Two-Face, and the Joker has escaped after he heard Batman was back. And that's just the beginning ...

A Brief Biography of Frank Miller: Writer/cartoonist best known for the ultra violent revisionism of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) which inspired the moody hues of Tim Burton's two Batman films. Miller came to mainstream comics in 1979, fashioning film noir-inspired scenarios for Marvel's Daredevil series, where he focused the storylines on the blind superhero's intensely ambivalent relationship with the sensual Elektra (collected as The Elektra Saga; and later revived in 1985's Elektra: Assassin and 1990's Elektra Lives Again). In 1987 Miller transported a thirteenth-century ninja to the distant future for his most innovative work to date, Ronin. In the multicultural '90s--as though to atone for his vigilante Batman--Miller and artist Dave Gibbons created a heroic black vigilante named Martha Washington (1992's Give Me Liberty and 1994's Washington Goes to War). Miller's cross-over into film has produced critically derided scripts for the second and third RoboCop flicks. In 1992 Miller began the blunt, violent, noir-ish Sin City series.