Before this comic nuclear explosion dealt as much damage towards Superman as to be able a scar left by Kryptonite (as can be seen in Action Comics #239).

Also in the comic Superman flew away from the blast while in the film the rocket exploded in close proximity while Superman was only 'shielded' by Doomsday's body mass. Unlike the film where Kal-El is revived by direct and unfiltered by Earth's athmosphere sunlight from space, in the comic he is revived by all green in area 'giving him' sun energy. With notable differences being that in The Dark Knight Falls the rocket was specially designed to block the sun and to wipe out electronic, as well as to make area of damage inhabitable afterwards while sparing all industrial buildings. Iconic scene of Superman surviving nuclear blast becoming very thin and shriveled directly inspired similar scene in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.Design of Superman's S-shield during fight with Batman greatly resembles one of Earth-2 Superman (which can be see on Action Comics/cover gallery #52) directly inspired design of Superman (Henry Cavill)'s film series' S-shield.

The story now is very often referred to in the media as just The Dark Knight Returns or by its creators, simply Dark Knight.īatman using a power suit to fight Superman Trivia It has since been published in collected editions as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the title of the first issue. Batman: The Dark Knight was originally released as a four issue limited series in 1986.

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