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How long does it take to read The Dark Knight Returns?

Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, Lynn Varley

The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, Lynn Varley takes about 3 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 37 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1986. 197 pages, about 54,175 words. Written for children.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 1 minute
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 37 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 15 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight's retirement. This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence. He is soon joined by a new Robin--a girl named Carrie Kelley, who proves to be just as invaluable as her predecessors. But can Batman and Robin deal with the threat posed by their deadliest enemies, after years of incarceration have made them into perfect psychopaths? And more important, can anyone survive the coming fallout from an undeclared war between the superpowers -- or the clash of what were once the world's greatest heroes? Celebrate thirty years of one of the most influential stories ever told in the comics medium with the undisputed classic BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, now with a new cover and introduction"--

Subjects: Pictorial works, Fiction, Graphic novels, Comic books, strips, Good and evil, Heroes

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