The Dark Knight Returns is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential Batman stories ever made, as well as one of the greatest works of comic art in general, and has been noted for helping reintroduce a darker and more mature-oriented version of the character (and superheroes in general) to pop culture during the 1980s. Various elements of the series have since been incorporated into depictions of Batman in other media, while a direct animated adaptation of the story, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, was released as a two-part film across 2012 and 2013.
In this future Gotham is a darker more frightful place. A gang calling them selves The Mutants has a personal vendetta against Jim Gordon(who is near retiring). Batman comes out of retirement to take down Harvey Dent who despite years of rehabilitation therapy and plastic surgery returns to a life of crime. He then turns his attention to the Mutants. and along the way inspires Carrie Kelley(a teenage girl) to become Robin.
The delivery of his lines, particularly his dark humor, was expressed in properly blood-curdling fashion. As necessary with portraying Joker, he nails his maniacal, psychopathic laughter in his own way. DiMaggio does all this well while giving the character a deeper, more gruff voice.
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