Dark Knight Iii Better Than Strikes Again

2015–2017 comic book limited series co-written by Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello

The Nighttime Knight Three: The Master Race
Palatial edition cover. Art by Klaus Janson and Andy Kubert
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Bi-Monthly
Format	Limited serial
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	November 2022 – June 2017
No. of issues	ix
Main character(s)	Batman
Creative team
Written past	Frank Miller Brian Azzarello
Artist(s)	Frank Miller Andy Kubert Klaus Janson

The Dark Knight 3: The Master Race , also stylized as DK Three: The Master Race and later nerveless as Batman: The Night Knight Three - The Chief Race , is a 2015-2017 ix-event DC Comics limited serial co-written by Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Miller, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson.^{[1] [ii]}

The series is a sequel to Miller's 1986 Batman miniseries The Dark Knight Returns and the 2001 miniseries The Dark Knight Strikes Once again, continuing the story of an anile Bruce Wayne resuming his identity as a crimefighter, aided by his sidekick Carrie Kelley (Robin) and featuring an ensemble of DC Universe characters including Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman.^{[1] [3] [4]} In DK Three, Ray Palmer restores 1,000 of the inhabitants of Kandor to full-size, but they immediately begin to terrorize the Earth. Batman sets out to assemble his former allies against the invaders.

The series is accompanied past a serial of one-shots that fill in events betwixt issues. All simply the first are written and drawn by Frank Miller, which continues his experimentation with noir-style writing and fine art style.

Publication history [edit]

On Apr 24, 2015, DC Comics appear that Frank Miller was co-writing a sequel to The Dark Knight Strikes Again with Brian Azzarello titled The Dark Knight III: The Master Race and that it would be an 8-event limited series and would be the tertiary installment in a trilogy that began with The Night Knight Returns.^{[5] [six]} The series, however, ultimately had a ninth issue that was published on June seven, 2017.^[7]

Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson provide art for the chief story while the tie-in stories are illustrated by a rotating squad of artists including Frank Miller himself, John Romita Jr. and Eduardo Risso.^{[eight] [9]} Numerous guest artists have contributed variant covers for each effect including some limited print variants that were exclusive to specific book shops similar Ssalefish Comics.

Plot [edit]

Outcome #1 [edit]

3 years accept passed post-obit the deaths of Lex Luthor and Dick Grayson/The "Joker". Bruce Wayne has not been seen since. In the Batcave, someone unseen shatters a display case and removes the Batsuit from therein.

On the streets, a suspect is chased by Gotham City police officers but saved when Batman appears to set on their pursuit vehicles.

In a jungle setting, Wonder Woman battles a iv-legged minotaur while her infant super-son, Johnathan, rides in a papoose on her back. Upon returning to the Amazons' new urban center, she learns that her truant daughter Lara is visiting Superman, father to her and espoused to Diana.

Superman is at present mysteriously iced over, seated on a throne in his rebuilt Fortress of Solitude. Lara speaks to him absently well-nigh the Kryptonian relics on display, including the Bottle City of Kandor. Upon looking closely at it, she discovers a distress signal.

Dorsum in Gotham, Commissioner Ellen Yindel ponders the derelict bat signal. Her career is mired by the media frenzy surrounding the Batman sightings and a new mayoral spokesperson trying to put words in her mouth. She answers a phone call reporting Batman's imminent arrest.

The ensuing chase results in Batman surrounded and abandoning a motorbike. After considerable resistance, the cops manage to crush Batman down with night sticks. Disregarding the surprise of a female person Batman, Yindel joins the arrest, unmasks her, and demands the whereabouts of Bruce Wayne. Revealed, Carrie Kelley claims the original Batman is now dead.^[10]

First Necktie-in [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: The Atom #ane: Dr. Ray Palmer finishes a sparring session with a reptile specimen in his lab. He regrows to normal human size and reads news cards about the Kelly abort, worrying well-nigh the implications. The sounds of intruders prompt him to arm himself. 1, he finds, is a miniaturized man we volition come to know every bit Baal. The other is Lara who has come calling to see if Palmer can restore the inhabitants of Kandor to full size.^[11]

Upshot #2 [edit]

The browbeaten and bloodied Carrie Kelley is manhandled into a police vehicle. When prompted, she madly repeats her merits that "Bruce Wayne is dead" three times. She is incarcerated as a Jane Doe and Commissioner Yindel spends a month interrogating her, with mixed success. Carrie claims the aging Bruce Wayne finally succumbed to boxing injuries after years of belongings on. Only when asked about his final resting place, Carrie only makes a ill joke and chides Yindel about her anti-Batman behavior.

Back at his laboratory, Ray Palmer fills in Lara well-nigh the horrible consequences of his earlier attempts to resize Kandor. Baal joins the conversation through a wall-mounted speaker. Lara super-hears a summons from her mother and flies away in the blink of an eye. Baal and Ray continue talking, leaving off with Baal frowning when Ray makes a reference to God.

Following some media commentary, Yindel takes reports on the lack of protesters or resistance to Carrie's legal state of affairs, implying that the Mayor is manipulating opinions. Yindel remotely oversees Carrie's prison house send. At a strategic betoken en route, Carrie whistles to trigger a non-lethal missile strike on the transport. The Batmobile (all the same refit to tank form per Night Knight Returns) advances on the transport. A waiting force of team cars and drones scrambles to surround the Batmobile. Equally it continues to shoot police vehicles, Yindel orders a drawbridge raised to cut off its escape route. Police corner the Batmobile against the drawbridge, merely discover no one inside. Its afterburner fires, propelling it over the drawbridge. Carrie, who has wedged herself in the undercarriage, escapes when the Batmobile lands on the other side of the river.

In a desert, Ray attempts his Kandor restoration project involving cables connected to the canteen and a chest-mounted beam projector. After a blinding flash, the surface area is populated by total-sized Kandor citizens. All the same, Ray is shocked to see that some of their number are freshly dead and many more wear the raiments of a cult before long revealed to be twisted, fanatical, and polygamous. The regrown Baal introduces their leader equally Quar. Quar redirects the beam on Palmer. Palmer shrinks to a tiny height and Baal steps on him. Quar orates about their new home and power. He picks up the bottle urban center, whose inhabitants no longer include whatever of his followers, and obliterates it with estrus vision.

In the Batcave, Carrie disembarks from the Batmobile and approaches the Batcomputer terminal. Bruce Wayne stands there with a crutch and turns to await at her with an unreadable expression.

Second Tie-in [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: Wonder Adult female #1 : Super mother/girl friction occurs equally Lara returns to the new Amazon city, late for a sparring session with Wonder Woman. Lara laments her upbringing in secret virtually-isolation while Diana focuses on the upside of having a defiant daughter; she'll fight for her own in life. Lara complains that combat training is needless given her potentially unrivaled super powers. Diana attacks harder in an endeavor to enliven Lara'southward functioning. All the while, super baby Johnathan remains in the papoose, possibly not even awake. Diana speaks of her fighting Amazonian heritage and thrusts a sword at Lara. Lara allows the sword to pause on her chest, counters that she prefers her father's heritage, and flies away.

Result #3 [edit]

Now released from Kandor, the Kryptonians led by Quar make an announcement to the world, asking that they exist best-selling as gods or face up destruction. Faced with this ultimatum, but recognising that he is also weak to face such a threat himself, Bruce takes Carrie to the Fortress of Solitude to inspire Superman back into action, who since "The Dark Knight Strikes Over again" has left himself to freeze in the Fortress. When they reach the Fortress, Bruce strikes Clark with a sledgehammer to rouse him. Clark awakens to Carrie maxim that Kryptonians are involved. While Superman agrees to assist, Quar and his followers breach the Pentagon, enervating an answer to their ultimatum. The monitors around the room go black and Bruce (in his Batsuit) declares: "Go to Hell". At that moment, Superman arrives, but is shocked to see his daughter Lara now aiding Quar, declaring him a traitor to his ain race.

Third Tie-In [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: Green Lantern #1 Hal Jordan : Learning of the Kryptonians' arrival on Earth, Hal travels back to attempt to brand them stand downwardly. Encountering the 3 wives of Quar in Egypt, Hal is toyed with by the women as they appraise his Dark-green Lantern powers and, realising that without his Ring he is no threat, they sever his right hand (and the Band) with their heat-vision, casting it into the atmosphere, and leaving Hal wounded and in daze in the dirt by the shadow of the Sphinx.

Issue #4 [edit]

Superman stands his basis merely refuses to fight dorsum as Lara pummels him all beyond the world to the Fortress of Solitude. Quar cocoons Superman in blackness affair and orders his legion of Kryptonians to sink the Fortress into the ocean, and Superman with it. He then gives out an lodge to Gotham Metropolis demanding that they hand over the Batman or they will have it out on Gotham. As the city falls into chaos, Bruce orders Carrie on a special mission, giving her some sort of pill and her new Batgirl costume. Wonder Woman, meanwhile, stands lone on Themyscira in the rain, ignoring the telephone call to action from Bruce. As Ellen Yindel waxes on the worth of the people of Gotham and that of the GCPD, Bruce in his Batman garb appears backside her and tells her to stop trying to drown out the needs of her people.

Meanwhile, Ray Palmer, revealed to still be alive, is sinking into a subatomic universe when he of a sudden grabs hold of an atom, realizing that he might be able to gear up his mistake.

Fourth Tie-In [edit]

Nighttime Knight Universe Presents: Batgirl #1 : In the middle of the riots in Gotham City, Carrie Kelly fights her way to the Gotham piers wearing her new Batgirl costume. She casts a pill given to her by Bruce into the bay as she is about to be overtaken. At that moment Aquaman reaches out from the water and grabs the item she had thrown in, riding on the back of a whale. Carrie jumps on top adjacent to Aquaman and he tells her to agree her breath as he holds her close.

Upshot #five [edit]

With Gotham Urban center under set on, Batman's followers bring Flash to the Batcave, but Batman is worried he can't gear up Flash's broken legs. Meanwhile, Carrie Kelly, Aquaman and his army have found Superman in the Arctic. Aquaman gives Carrie Kelly a golden needle, saying it'due south the but affair that will gratis Superman from the matter he'south trapped in, which she does. Back in Gotham, Batman prepares to fight Quar and his legions. Superman brings Carrie back to the Batcave, where Wink is now attached to a estimator to interfere with the weather condition. Using power from the Bat-Signal, Wink makes information technology rain constructed kryptonite, weakening the Kryptonians and causing them to autumn from the heaven by the hundreds. Batman, Superman (clad in a kryptonite-resistant suit of armor), and the people of Gotham bring the fight to them.

Fifth Tie In [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: Lara #1 : Lara begins to connect with Baal, who tries to impress her past having his version of "fun" and impressing upon her that it is not wrong to take a lot of information technology. Baal picks upwardly a car and uses information technology to brand sexual advances towards her. Nigh the stop, they engage in a buss and Lara begins her journey of love.

Issue #6 [edit]

Thank you to the constructed kryptonite, Batman, Superman, the GCPD and the citizens of Gotham are able to hold off the Kryptonians. The weakened Quar is held off by the Sons of Batman, who hit him with a barrage of bullets and an RPG. Lara and Baal render from their outing around the earth later on the kryptonite rain has fallen and are surprised to see the situation with the downed Kryptonians. Baal begins to kill the citizens and burns a squadron of Batboys to death with his heat vision. Carrie attacks Baal with the Batmobile, which he destroys. Baal grabs Carrie past the cape and hurls her through the air. Miraculously, she is able to country unharmed. When she is cornered by Baal, Carrie uses her slingshot and shoots him with a kryptonite pebble directly in the eye. Baal retreats, screaming in pain. Every bit the Kryptonians retreat, Superman suggests pursuing them to destroy them once and for all, but Batman persuades him to let them go and and then they tin "lick their wounds". Quar uses his heat vision and hits Batman in the back, burning a hole through his chest. After he collapses, Superman removes Batman'south helmet. Bruce makes Clark promise not to take him to a hospital and seemingly dies.

Sixth Tie In [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: Globe's Finest #1 : Carrie Kelly and two members of the Sons of Batman lookout man over Gotham City. Lara Kent appears and confronts them. Lara asks Carrie if she was the Batman'southward "Chosen One". Carrie responded with a punch but fractures her right hand. Wonder Adult female arrives to confront Lara and the ii fight until she subdues Lara. Realizing that her girl is injured, she offers her mitt and tries to persuade Lara that she is still her daughter afterwards all, but an emotional Lara declines and leaves the scene.

Issue #7 [edit]

The story continues with the GCPD led past Commissioner Ellen Yindel and Carrie Kelly cleaning up the city. Yindel asks Carrie if what they fought for was worth it since a lot of people died during the battle. Carrie responded by telling Yindel to fix the Bat-indicate so they tin can keep in bear upon. Meanwhile, the kryptonians were able to regain their strength and Quar persuaded Lara Kent to capture her brother, Jonathan Kent as their hostage. At Themyscira, Wonder Woman was able to sense the planned siege when she confronted Lara while attempting to kidnap Jonathan Kent and the Kryptonians realized that the Amazonians were just waiting on them and were gear up to attack. Meanwhile, the unknown location Superman went into is revealed to exist the Lazarus Pit. Superman plunges Batman's body into the pit and Bruce Wayne comes out alive, physically younger, and in his prime one time again. Bruce attacks Superman due to the effects of the pit but Superman calms him down at the terminate.

Seventh Tie In [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: Strange Adventures #i : Hal Jordan continues to search for his lost manus with the Green Lantern Power Ring attached to information technology. Meanwhile, Hawkman and Hawkgirl lookout man over him, deliberating over helping him. Hal reaches an unknown hamlet in the heart of the desert and found the Power Ring in possession of one of the men in the hamlet with the help of a ragamuffin to whom he gave his drinking water at the village's entrance. The man tries to sell the ring, but Hal without whatsoever money, steals the ring and runs. Pursued by armed goons, Hal is cornered and surrounded, but is saved by Hawkman and Hawkgirl. At the stories cease, Hal is reunited with his severed hand and becomes Green Lantern over again.

Outcome #eight [edit]

At the Batcave, Carrie and the Flash deal with Batman's death, with Carrie hopeful that Bruce is nevertheless live. Batman, now rejuvenated by the Lazarus Pit, appears with Superman. They receive a transmission from Wonder Adult female in Themyscira seeking assist, as the Kryptonians declared war against the Amazons. Superman arrives to check on Diana, but the Flash warns Wonder Woman and Superman that Quar and the remaining Kryptonians, who ingested nuclear bombs, are all in ane location and have started a inaugural.

8th Tie In [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: Detective Comics #i: GCPD Commissioner Ellen Yindel, together with two members of the GCPD SWAT squad, are investigating an area where they got a lead from a victim that claims to be still alive. They find mutilated body parts treated as a trophy and are attacked by erstwhile members of the mutants that are dressed upwardly like the Joker, calling themselves the Joker Boys. The SWAT squad members are killed and Yindel is browbeaten upwardly. It turns out that Bruno has taken over the group, and she called in the police to exist able to impale Yindel herself. The Joker Boys are most to slice Yindel on a table merely Batman and Batgirl arrived to save her. Bruno and Yindel are caught up in a struggle and both sustain gunshot wounds. With Yindel about to lose consciousness, it's fabricated clear that she is virtually to take that Batman will ever be there to protect Gotham no matter what.

Issue #9 [edit]

Batman and Carrie race to the Kryptonians, who continue the inaugural. During this, Batman manages to swarm them with bats, causing them to inadvertently attack one another. Discouraged, near of the Kryptonians attempt to leave Earth, merely to be killed by Quar. Batman and Carrie effort to attack, but are stopped by Superman, who goes in their stead. After being berated and assaulted by the remaining Kryptonians, Superman surprises them past systematically taking them out, revealing to Batman that Superman had been holding dorsum his true fighting power all this time. Defeated, the Kryptonians endeavor to go nuclear, revealing that they are planted on a fault line which will rip the planet apart. Nevertheless, Dr. Ray Palmer manages to ready and opposite the furnishings of his shrink ray, causing him to grow and most of the remaining Kryptonians to compress, negating their explosives' effects to naught more than mere firecrackers. Quar, going nuclear also, attempts to run, but he is taken by Lara and sent to the lord's day where he detonates.

Two months later on, Superman seemingly has disappeared. Batman comes to grips with his extended life. Carrie has altered her batsuit to mimic Batman'southward and rechristens herself "Batwoman". Batman grows to accept her as an equal as opposed to a sidekick. It is likewise revealed that Lara survived the come across with Quar.

Ninth Tie In [edit]

Dark Knight Universe Presents: Action Comics #1: While Batman, Batwoman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Flash, and the Atom all continue their duties to fight criminal offense and protect humanity, Superman, nether his guise as Clark Kent, begins to teach Lara what it ways to be human being.

Reception [edit]

The Night Knight 3: The Master Race received mixed to positive reviews. The first consequence of the miniseries was the bestselling comic in the calendar month of Nov, selling 440,234 copies.^{[12] [13]}

Sequel [edit]

DK Three was initially advertised as the decision to the Dark Knight serial that began with The Dark Knight Returns, but in November 2022 Frank Miller appear he planned to produce a fourth miniseries to conclude the story. "I thoroughly applaud what [Brian Azzarello] [is] doing," he said "But at present that he'due south doing [DK Iii], it's now a four-function serial. I'm doing the fourth."^[14]

Frank Miller released the name of the 4th affiliate of the series, a prestige format 1-shot entitled Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child, released under DC Black Label. The first event by Miller and Rafael Grampa was released December 2019.^{[fifteen] [16]}

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