batman the dark knight returns frank miller

Other notable Batman art sold at the auction include Jim Lee’s triple-gatefold allies cover for the Hush finale in Batman #619 for $504,000 and Mike Mignola’s cover for Death in the Family Part 3 in Batman #428 for $228,000. We’re heading straight for a brick wall.’ ‘Don’t. I can’t think of a more important piece of comic art to have ever come to auction.” The Dark Knight Returns is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson. For the first time, DC Comics collects Frank Millers unforgettable Dark Knight epic in black and white It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired. 20 of the best book quotes from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 01 Share ‘Scuse me. “We’re thrilled to see Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s influential work reach a level often associated with classic American art,” says Heritage Auctions Vice President Todd Hignite. “It deserves that, as this is easily one of the most famous comic-book covers from any era, and it defined the superhero genre from the 1980s to this very moment. The highest priced DC Comics original art up until now was Neal Adams’ artwork for the classic cover of Batman #251, which sold for $600,000 in 2019. This is the most expensive Batman-related comic media ever sold to date, beating out the previous record holder of a copy of Batman #1, which sold for $2.22 million in 2021. Batman The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley Paperback, 198 pages purchase When I was a kid, my local comic book store was a seedy, subterranean hole.

As part of a recent auction for comic books and original artwork at Heritage Auctions, the cover of the first issue of The Dark Knight Returns, penciled by Frank Miller and colored by Lynn Varley, sold for $2.4 million.

Batman the dark knight returns frank miller