I rated this years again, settled on a 2 out of 5. Re-reading it now my review score obviously has changed but it doesn't reach the heights I think it could have went.

This is the comic that changed things back in the 80's. Giving us a even darker Batman than before, filled with angst and frustration to what happen to his city, this is a older Bruce who's tired and sick of the corrupt city but also still having the vengeance and angry of his younger self. It's a stark difference from this Bruce to the current Batman we read, and maybe I enjoyed this more now reading it because of how wildly different it was and thinking of it as it's own version of Bruce/Batman.

While the story starts interesting, Bruce heading back into the world to do some crime fighting, the story jumps around between that, political talk shows trying to speak about Batman and if he's the right man for the job of cleaning up the city, and also the villains slowly showing themselves like Two Face and Joker.

The best part for me is Superman in this seeing as he still as the hopefulness of it all but also follows America, and the president, almost to a tee. While I don't think Superman would always blindly follow the US, I think the fact he is the opposite of Bruce opposing himself is a great idea. There's emotional moments that work very well here.

The Joker segment is also a highlight. This is Joker being a vicious and cunning asshole, and I love that. His ultimate end is truly horrifying and fits the character.

I will say I wasn't a huge fan the Two Face part. I get where they were going with it but it didn't appeal to me. I also thinking the talking head segments are a bit much, and overly long, but that is kind of Frank Miller's style.

Overall not a 5/5 like some believe for me, but a very solid 3.5 on re-read.