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Inspiring The Dark Knight - The Comics that inspired the movie

The Dark Knight is breaking all sorts of records and is being tipped to win Academy Awards, and rightly so!
But everything on the screen from the script to the set design and the performance of the actors was inspired by stories that first appeared in comic books.
Check out some of the stories that directly inspired Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Batman The Killing Joke

Written by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland; Art and cover by Brian Bolland

The classic Batman tale by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland returns in an all-new special edition! This edition - celebrating the 20th anniversary of the landmark work - features all-new coloring by Bolland, and includes the story "An Innocent Guy," previously featured in BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE!
64pg - Colour - Hardcover

Batman Year One

Written by Frank Miller; Art and Cover by David Mazucchelli

A new softcover edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever! In addition to telling the entire dramatic story of Batman's first year fighting crime, this collection includes loads of reproductions of original pencils, script pages, promotional art, unseen Mazzucchelli Batman art and more!
144pg. - Colour - Softcover

Batman The Long Halloween

Written by Jeph Loeb; Art by Tim Sale

Taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, this collection tells the story of a mysterious killer who murders his prey only on holidays. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman's deadly enemy, Two-Face.
368pg. - Colour - Softcover

Batman The Dark Knight Returns

Written by Frank Miller; Art and Cover by Miller and Klaus Janson

It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired and Gotham City has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. Now as his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory. Joined by Carrie Kelly, a teenage female Robin, Batman takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city. And after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the Joker and Two-Face for the final time, Batman finds himself in mortal combat with his former ally, Superman, in a battle that only one of them will survive. This collection is hailed as a comics masterpiece and was responsible for the launch of the Batman movies.
224pg. - Color - Softcover

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