Batman was in a comic.
Batman . Various creators worked to return the character to his dark roots , culminating in 1986 with The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller . The Batman Family adversaries or the rogues gallery are a collective of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . The Dark Knight Returns ( alternatively titled Batman : The Dark Knight Returns ) is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman , written by Frank Miller , illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson , and published by DC Comics .