Batman The Dark Knight Returns -

The year is 1986—then a near-future. The Cold War is boiling over. Mutually assured destruction looms via Soviet nuclear missiles. The streets of Gotham City are ruled by a gang called "The Mutants," a feral, nihilistic youth culture that has no respect for the old rules. The police are overwhelmed, the federal government is distracted, and Commissioner Gordon is on his last legs.

And then: "The suit... the car... the cave." POW. batman the dark knight returns

Miller leans into this ambiguity. The book asks: Is a society that allows children to become feral mutants worth saving by democratic means? Or does it require an authoritarian father figure? The year is 1986—then a near-future