![]() There are The Dark Knight Returns and “Batman: Year One,” both of which are from Miller. So often, the canonical superhero comic book stories have been limited to Watchmen and Batman tales over at the Distinguished Competition. There is, however, a more overlooked work of Miller’s from that year in “Daredevil: Born Again” with artist David Mazzucchelli at Marvel. ![]() Moore, whose Watchmen series at DC Comics remains quite possibly the most famous comic book storyline ever, and Miller, who was also revolutionizing capes and cowls at DC, were flipping the conventional wisdom applied to superheroes. Grit, dark shadows, and subverting the norms of the genre became, well, the new norm. Gone were any traces of the slapstick humor that still permeated from the wacky days of the Silver Age. Alan Moore and Frank Miller ushered the comic book world into a new age in 1986. ![]()
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