{"id":4707,"date":"2021-09-13T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2021-09-13T20:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T00:21:16","slug":"episode-180-the-dark-knight-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-180-the-dark-knight-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 180 – The Dark Knight Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve read a lot of popular books over the years, but this episode might be the one most likely to make men on the internet yell at us. Oh well! We’ve already read The Dark Knight Returns<\/em> by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley<\/a> and there’s no turning back now. Phillip Mottaz<\/a>, author of The Murderous Haircut of the Mayor of Bel Air<\/em><\/a>,<\/a> joined us at the local dump to discuss this extremely influential–perhaps\u00a0too<\/em> influential–Batman graphic novel.<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong>Squirrel Girl on Dump Teens<\/a><\/p>\n

Bruno on the Batman Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n

“What was the conflict between Green Arrow and Superman that lead him to lose his hand?” on Quora<\/a><\/p>\n

“Frank Miller: ‘I wasn’t thinking clearly when I said those things'” by <\/span>Sam Thielman<\/a><\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner<\/em> by Stephenie Meyer.<\/a><\/p>\n

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(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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