Batman became a very popular character soon after his introduction and gained his own comic book title, Batman, in 1940. As the decades wore on, differing interpretations of the character emerged. The late 1960s Batman television series used a camp
aesthetic which continued to be associated with the character for years
after the show ended. Various creators worked to return the character
to his dark roots, with varying results. The comic books of this dark
stage culminated in the acclaimed 1986 miniseries The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, as well as Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Ark ham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, among others. The success of Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman,
the first big budget studio interpretation of Batman in over 20 years,
reignited interest in the character, followed by a thematically similar
sequel by Burton.
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