The Dark Knight Returns - Quiz
  • 1. How old is Bruce Wayne at the beginning of the story?
A) 50 years old
B) 55 years old
C) 60 years old
D) 45 years old
  • 2. How long has Bruce Wayne been retired from his Batman persona?
A) 5 years
B) A decade
C) 20 years
D) 15 years
  • 3. What is Alfred Pennyworth's age range in the story?
A) In his 70s
B) Over 100
C) In his 80s
D) In his 90s
  • 4. What is the name of the 13-year-old girl who becomes Batman's sidekick?
A) Lana Lang
B) Selina Kyle
C) Carrie Kelley
D) Ellen Yindel
  • 5. What former moniker is Carrie Kelley frequently mistaken for throughout the story?
A) The Clown Prince
B) The Boy Wonder
C) The Dark Knight
D) The Man of Steel
  • 6. At what age does Jim Gordon retire from the Gotham City Police Department?
A) 65th birthday
B) 68th birthday
C) 70th birthday
D) 75th birthday
  • 7. Who treats Harvey Dent in Arkham Asylum for three years?
A) Dave Endochrine
B) Doctor Wolper
C) Lola Chong
D) Clark Kent
  • 8. How long was Harvey Dent in Arkham Asylum before his release?
A) 10 years
B) 5 years
C) 12 years
D) 15 years
  • 9. What state is the Joker in at Arkham Asylum prior to his re-emergence?
A) A coma caused by Batman
B) A catatonic state
C) An induced sleep
D) Solitary confinement
  • 10. What is the Mutant Leader's physical description?
A) Slender, masked, and ruthless
B) Tall, scarred, and quiet
C) Short, muscular, and bald
D) Ambitious, brutal, and albino
  • 11. Who is Two-Face and Joker's psychiatrist?
A) Dr. Bartholomew Wolper
B) Dave Endochrine
C) Alfred Pennyworth
D) Clark Kent
  • 12. How does Dr. Wolper die?
A) Killed by Batman in self-defense
B) Killed by the Joker's robot doll
C) Shot by the Mutant Leader
D) Poisoned by Two-Face
  • 13. Who succeeds James Gordon as the Police Commissioner?
A) Selina Kyle
B) Ellen Yindel
C) Lola Chong
D) Lana Lang
  • 14. What happened to the unnamed mayor of Gotham City?
A) He is killed by the Mutant Leader
B) He resigns and moves away
C) He joins Batman's crusade
D) He is arrested for corruption
  • 15. Who becomes the new mayor after the former mayor is killed?
A) James Gordon
B) Doctor Wolper
C) Deputy Mayor Stevenson
D) Dave Endochrine
  • 16. Which U.S. President instructs Superman to deal with Batman?
A) Gerald Ford
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Richard Nixon
D) Jimmy Carter
  • 17. What body part did Oliver Queen lose after an encounter with Superman?
A) His left leg
B) His right arm
C) His right eye
D) His left arm
  • 18. What weapon does Oliver Queen use to weaken Superman in the final climax?
A) A sonic blaster
B) A nuclear warhead
C) A laser rifle
D) A Kryptonite arrow
  • 19. What does Selina Kyle do for a living now that she is no longer Catwoman?
A) Manages a fashion boutique
B) Runs a luxury hotel
C) Works as a private investigator
D) Runs an escort business
  • 20. Who is Lana Lang?
A) A leader of the Mutant gang
B) The managing editor of the Daily Planet
C) A Gotham City news anchor
D) A psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum
  • 21. Who is Dave Endochrine modeled after?
A) Jay Leno
B) David Letterman
C) Johnny Carson
D) Conan O'Brien
  • 22. What is Lola Chong's role in the story?
A) The deputy mayor of Gotham City
B) A Gotham City news anchor providing exposition and narration
C) A late-night talk show host
D) A psychiatrist treating Two-Face
  • 23. Who is Bruno?
A) The Joker's hulking henchman
B) The leader of the Mutants
C) The leader of a group of neo-Nazi criminals
D) A corrupt police captain
  • 24. What is Fat Abner's role under the Joker?
A) He is a talk show guest
B) He is a hulking henchman who builds bombs and robotic dolls
C) He is the leader of the neo-Nazi criminals
D) He is a corrupt politician
  • 25. How does Fat Abner die?
A) He is poisoned by the Joker's gas
B) He is shot by Commissioner Yindel
C) He is killed by Batman's Batarang
D) He is accidentally killed in a fight with Robin on roller coaster tracks
  • 26. Who are Rob and Don?
A) Two talk show producers
B) Two police officers working for Gordon
C) Founders of the Sons of Batman
D) Two Mutants tricked by Robin who later join Bruno
  • 27. What group are the Sons of Batman (S.O.B.) formed from?
A) Disgraced police officers
B) Former Arkham guards
C) Teenagers who were formerly Mutants
D) Neo-Nazi criminals
  • 28. Why is Superman's aging process slower than his former allies?
A) Because of his Kryptonian physique
B) Because of radiation exposure
C) Because of a government serum
D) Because he lives in space
  • 29. What does Harvey Dent perceive when he looks in the mirror after his surgery?
A) His face as glowing green
B) Both sides of his face as scarred
C) His face as completely healed and normal
D) One side as completely invisible
  • 30. What prompts Bruce Wayne to return as Batman?
A) An order from the President of the United States
B) The death of Jim Gordon
C) Seeing violence becoming more common in Gotham and the world
D) The escape of the Joker from Arkham
  • 31. Who tends to Batman's wounds after his defeat by the Mutant Leader?
A) Oliver Queen
B) Clark Kent
C) Alfred Pennyworth
D) Carrie Kelley
  • 32. What do the Mutants do after their leader is defeated a second time?
A) Leave Gotham entirely
B) Splinter into smaller gangs
C) Join the police force
D) Surrender to Superman
  • 33. Where is Clark Kent deployed by Washington?
A) Washington D.C.
B) Crime Alley
C) Gotham City
D) Corto Maltese
  • 34. What does Superman divert that nearly kills him?
A) A police pursuit vehicle
B) A Soviet nuclear warhead
C) An electromagnetic pulse
D) A kryptonite-tipped arrow
  • 35. Where do Superman and Batman agree to meet for their confrontation?
A) The White House
B) The city dump
C) The county fair
D) Crime Alley
  • 36. Who shoots Superman with a kryptonite-tipped arrow?
A) Bruce Wayne
B) Alfred Pennyworth
C) Oliver Queen
D) Carrie Kelley
  • 37. Who hears Bruce Wayne's heartbeat at the funeral and winks at Carrie?
A) Alfred Pennyworth
B) Oliver Queen
C) Ellen Yindel
D) Clark Kent
  • 38. Where does Bruce Wayne lead his followers at the end of the story?
A) Into Crime Alley
B) To the White House
C) Into the caverns beyond the Batcave
D) To Corto Maltese
  • 39. In what year was The Dark Knight Returns published?
A) 1986
B) 1980
C) 1987
D) 1985
  • 40. How many issues made up the original comic book miniseries?
A) Three
B) Six
C) Five
D) Four
  • 41. Who wrote The Dark Knight Returns?
A) Frank Miller
B) Bob Kane
C) Grant Morrison
D) Alan Moore
  • 42. Who illustrated The Dark Knight Returns alongside Frank Miller?
A) Klaus Janson
B) Jim Lee
C) Lynn Varley
D) Todd McFarlane
  • 43. Who provided the colors for the miniseries?
A) Alex Ross
B) Frank Miller
C) Klaus Janson
D) Lynn Varley
  • 44. Which company published The Dark Knight Returns?
A) Image Comics
B) Marvel Comics
C) Dark Horse Comics
D) DC Comics
  • 45. What was the title of the first issue, which was later applied to the entire collected volume?
A) The Dark Knight Triumphant
B) Hunt the Dark Knight
C) The Dark Knight Returns
D) The Dark Knight Falls
  • 46. In the Pre-Flashpoint DC Multiverse, the events of The Dark Knight Returns occur on which Earth?
A) Earth-52
B) Earth-31
C) Earth-2
D) Earth-1
  • 47. What is the title of the sequel following The Dark Knight Returns?
A) The Dark Knight Strikes Again
B) Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade
C) Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child
D) The Dark Knight III: The Master Race
  • 48. Which sequel is subtitled 'The Master Race'?
A) The Dark Knight Strikes Again
B) Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade
C) The Dark Knight III
D) Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child
  • 49. What is the title of the one-shot prequel that takes place ten years before the original series?
A) Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade
B) All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder
C) Superman: Year One
D) The Dark Knight Strikes Again
  • 50. Which Superman story takes place in the Dark Knight universe according to the text?
A) The Death of Superman
B) Superman: Red Son
C) Superman: Year One
D) Superman: For All Seasons
  • 51. Who outlawed superheroes over a decade before the story begins?
A) The President
B) The United States Government
C) The United Nations
D) The Gotham City Police
  • 52. Who murdered Batman's protégé, Robin (Jason Todd)?
A) The Mutant Leader
B) Harvey Dent
C) The Joker
D) Two-Face
  • 53. What substance does a 55-year-old Bruce Wayne battle at the start of the story?
A) Alcoholism
B) Fear toxin
C) Venom
D) Painkillers
  • 54. Which predecessor of Jason Todd remains deeply estranged from Bruce Wayne?
A) Barbara Gordon
B) Carrie Kelley
C) Dick Grayson
D) Tim Drake
  • 55. What action does the Mutant leader take after Batman targets the gang?
A) Takes hostages at City Hall
B) Surrenders to the police
C) Publicly vows to kill him personally
D) Flees Gotham City
  • 56. Whose criminals does Batman foil at the beginning of the plot?
A) The Mutant Leader
B) Dick Grayson
C) The Joker
D) Harvey Dent
  • 57. Who is close-to-retirement when Batman warns him about Harvey Dent?
A) Commissioner James 'Jim' Gordon
B) The Mayor of Gotham
C) The Chief of Police
D) Arkham Asylum's Director
  • 58. What does Harvey Dent announce his intention to hold Gotham ransom with?
A) A biological weapon
B) Poison gas
C) A bomb
D) The city's water supply
  • 59. What decade was the Comics Code Authority established?
A) 1940s
B) 1970s
C) 1950s
D) 1960s
  • 60. Which decade did Batman start featuring in darker stories again?
A) 1970s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1980s
  • 61. Roughly which draft was the final version of the story according to Giordano?
A) The fourth or fifth draft
B) The first draft
C) The second draft
D) The tenth draft
  • 62. In what year was Batman originally created?
A) 1940
B) 1938
C) 1950
D) 1939
  • 63. Who told Frank Miller that Robin must be a girl?
A) Dick Giordano
B) Les Daniels
C) Lynn Varley
D) John Byrne
  • 64. Which film inspired the plot of The Dark Knight Returns?
A) The Enforcer
B) Sudden Impact
C) Magnum Force
D) Dirty Harry
  • 65. What grid structure was employed for the pages of the series?
A) A 12-panel grid
B) A 4-panel grid
C) A 9-panel grid
D) A 16-panel grid
  • 66. Why did Dick Giordano leave the project halfway through?
A) Disagreements over production deadlines
B) Creative differences regarding Robin's gender
C) Disputes over royalty payments
D) Health issues related to overwork
  • 67. Who wrote that Miller's idea of ignoring deadlines was the culmination of the quest towards artistic independence?
A) John Byrne
B) Dick Giordano
C) Frank Miller
D) Les Daniels
  • 68. Where did Frank Miller reveal his original ending for the comic?
A) San Diego Comic-Con 2016
B) Emerald City Comic Con 2017
C) MCM London Comic Con 2018
D) New York Comic Con 2019
  • 69. What type of binding was used for the packaging of the issues?
A) Square binding
B) Spiral binding
C) Hardcover binding
D) Saddle-stitch binding
  • 70. What kind of paper was used to highlight the watercolor paintings?
A) Matte paper
B) Glossy paper
C) Newsprint paper
D) Recycled paper
  • 71. What type of covers were included in the packaging of the issues?
A) Card-stock covers
B) Cloth covers
C) Plastic covers
D) Leather covers
  • 72. What is the ISBN of the 1986 Warner Books trade paperback?
A) 0907610900
B) 0930289137
C) 0446385050
D) 1563893428
  • 73. Which publisher released a trade paperback in 1986 with the ISBN 0907610900?
A) Warner Books
B) DC Comics
C) Titan Books
D) Image Comics
  • 74. What format is the 10th Anniversary Edition released by DC Comics in 1996 with ISBN 156389341X?
A) mass market
B) softcover
C) hardcover
D) trade paperback
  • 75. Which year was the Titan Books 10th Anniversary Edition hardcover (ISBN 1852867884) published?
A) 1996
B) 1986
C) 2002
D) 1997
  • 76. Which edition shares the exact same ISBN numbers as the 10th Anniversary Edition by DC Comics?
A) Absolute Edition
B) 30th Anniversary Edition
C) 2002 Edition
D) Noir Edition
  • 77. What is the ISBN for the Absolute Edition hardcover released by DC Comics in 2006?
A) 1401263119
B) 1401256910
C) 1401210791
D) 1401255140
  • 78. In what year was the Noir Edition hardcover published by DC Comics?
A) 2006
B) 2016
C) 2015
D) 1986
  • 79. Which edition was published by DC Comics in 2016 as a trade paperback with ISBN 1401263119?
A) Collector's Edition
B) 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
C) 10th Anniversary Edition
D) 30th Anniversary Edition
  • 80. What is the ISBN of the Gallery Edition hardcover published in 2016?
A) 1401264433
B) 1401264271
C) 1401270131
D) 1401263119
  • 81. What format is the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition trade paperback scheduled for 2026?
A) mass market
B) trade paperback
C) hardcover
D) absolute
  • 82. What is the ISBN of the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition hardcover from 2026?
A) 1401270131
B) 1799513106
C) 1799517586
D) 1401264433
  • 83. Which company published the trade paperback with ISBN 0446385050 in 1986?
A) DC Comics
B) Titan Books
C) Marvel
D) Warner Books
  • 84. What is the ISBN for the DC Comics hardcover published in 1986 alongside the trade paperback 0930289137?
A) 0907610900
B) 1563893428
C) 0446385050
D) 0930289153
  • 85. How did DC Comics promote The Dark Knight Returns?
A) A romantic comedy
B) A lighthearted children's adventure
C) A historical documentary
D) A thought-provoking action story
  • 86. Where did IGN Comics rank The Dark Knight Returns on their list of Batman graphic novels?
A) First
B) Second
C) Twenty-fifth
D) Tenth
  • 87. Who wrote the '1980s' chapter of DC Comics: Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle (2010)?
A) Nicolas Slayton
B) Frank Miller
C) Alan Moore
D) Matthew K. Manning
  • 88. Who conducted the poll where the series was placed second among comic book academics?
A) DC Comics
B) The Sequart Organization
C) Time
D) Forbidden Planet
  • 89. Who ranked The Dark Knight Returns second in his Tuesday Top Ten feature's Top 10 Overrated Comic Books?
A) Matthew K. Manning
B) Alan Moore
C) Frank Miller
D) Nicolas Slayton
  • 90. In what month and year did Nicolas Slayton rank the comic in Comics Bulletin?
A) April 2010
B) January 1986
C) December 2012
D) May 2005
  • 91. Which comic book was ranked first on Nicolas Slayton's overrated list?
A) The Dark Knight Returns
B) Batman: Year One
C) Watchmen
D) Superman
  • 92. What did Nicolas Slayton claim the comic lacked?
A) Good artwork
B) Color
C) A central plot
D) Dialogue
  • 93. Which 1960s Batman version was Batman's identity updated away from by the grim Gotham and Batman?
A) Christian Bale version
B) Adam West version
C) Michael Keaton version
D) Burt Ward version
  • 94. Who was the designer inspired by The Dark Knight Returns to create Comic Sans?
A) David Mazzucchelli
B) Frank Miller
C) Todd McFarlane
D) Vincent Connare
  • 95. Is Batman: Year One considered canon to the mainstream DC Universe?
A) It is unknown
B) Yes
C) No
D) Only partially
  • 96. Who was the artist for Spawn/Batman (1994)?
A) David Mazzucchelli
B) Frank Miller
C) Lynn Varley
D) Todd McFarlane
  • 97. Do the events of Spawn/Batman have relevance to other works in the series?
A) No
B) Only to The Dark Knight Strikes Again
C) Only to Year One
D) Yes
  • 98. When was The Dark Knight Strikes Again released?
A) 2001
B) 2022
C) 1987
D) 1994
  • 99. How many years was Bruce Wayne in hiding before returning in The Dark Knight Strikes Again?
A) Five
B) One
C) Ten
D) Three
  • 100. Whose dictatorial rule over the United States is opposed in The Dark Knight Strikes Again?
A) Adam West
B) Spawn
C) Lex Luthor
D) James Gordon
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