Frank Miller’s Back for More Batman with The Dark Knight III

<p>Hot of the heels of his first ever onscreen debut <a href&equals;"DC&percnt;20Entertainment announced today that bestselling&comma; iconic Batman writer and artist Frank Miller will write the epic conclusion of the celebrated THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS saga&period; The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;THE DARK KNIGHT III&colon; THE MASTER RACE” is the sequel to Miller’s 1986 classic THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS – heralded by TIME Magazine as one of the 10 greatest graphic novels of all time – and its 2001-2002 follow-up series BATMAN&colon; THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN&period; Miller will be joined by acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello &lpar;100 BULLETS&comma; JOKER&comma; and WONDER WOMAN&rpar; on the eight-issue comic book periodical&comma; to be published twice a month under the DC Comics imprint&period; Marking the 30th anniversary of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS original series&comma; this periodical is slated for publication beginning in late Fall 2015&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Batman remains my favorite comic book hero and a sequel to Dark Knight is going to be daunting&comma;&quot&semi; said Miller&comma; &quot&semi;but we’ll do our best&period;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are thrilled to have Frank back home at DC writing Batman&comma;” according to Dan DiDio and Jim Lee&comma; Co-Publishers for DC Entertainment&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The story he and Brian have crafted is an astounding and triumphant conclusion to this seminal body of work which influenced and shaped generations of readers and creators alike&period;” According to Azzarello&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It's been an amazing experience collaborating with Frank these past six months&period; I think we have an epic story that these characters truly deserve&period;” Artists for the project have yet to be announced&period;">with the Man of Steel<&sol;a>&comma; DC Comics&&num;8217&semi;s Dark Knight is returning to his roots with the writer that&&num;8217&semi;s credited with putting &&num;8220&semi;dark&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;knight&&num;8221&semi; in the same sentence in a Batman story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The follow-up to 1986&&num;8217&semi;s cult-classic of <em>The Dark Knight Returns<&sol;em> and its sequel&comma; <em>The Dark Knight Strikes Again<&sol;em>&comma;<em> The Dark Knight III&colon; The Master Race<&sol;em> picks where comic legend Frank Miller left off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Due this fall&comma; the eight-issue comic will complete Miller&&num;8217&semi;s Dark Knight Trilogy that followed the adventures of an elderly Batman called back into action by the return of his old enemies in an America ruled by President Lex Luthor&period; Miller will be joined by <em>100 Bullets <&sol;em>and <em>Wonder Woman<&sol;em> scribe Brian Azzarello and no doubt have something to do with a certain Kryptonian by account of the ominous emblem in the teaser art below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05001713&sol;The-Dark-Knight-III-The-Master-Race-Cover-Art-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-82039 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05001713&sol;The-Dark-Knight-III-The-Master-Race-Cover-Art-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Dark Knight III&colon; The Master Race Cover Art BagoGames" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"500" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Batman remains my favorite comic book hero and a sequel to Dark Knight is going to be daunting&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Miller&comma; &&num;8220&semi;but we’ll do our best&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Originally&comma; <em>The Dark Knight<&sol;em> Returns featured a Superman blackmailed into serving as President Luthor&&num;8217&semi;s enforcer who&comma; like director Zack Snyder&&num;8217&semi;s upcoming film&comma; fought an armored Batman&period; When and where the comic takes place from that story is unknown&comma; but current Batman star Ben Affleck&&num;8217&semi;s said the film&&num;8217&semi;s definitely <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mtv&period;com&sol;news&sol;1947210&sol;ben-affleck-batman-v-superman-inspiration&sol;">&&num;8220&semi;inspired&&num;8221&semi; by Miller&&num;8217&semi;s work<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Azzarello&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It&&num;8217&semi;s been an amazing experience collaborating with Frank these past six months&period; I think we have an epic story that these characters truly deserve&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dccomics&period;com&sol;blog&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;24&sol;superstar-writerartist-frank-miller-returns-to-batman">DC Comics<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;