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