Review of "DK III: The Master Race, Book One," by Frank Miller et. al.

 Review of

DK III: The Master Race, Book One, by Frank Miller et. al.

Five out of five stars

Batman returns, but in what form?

 This comic features a very dark form of Batman, he is now an enemy of entities on both sides of the law. The story opens when it appears that the police are about to gun down a black youth. Batman intervenes, beating up the police and immediately putting him on their significant enemies list. The event also ignites a fierce public debate on the television channels, some applaud his move to prevent an unnecessary death while others take the side of the police.

 The story then shifts to what appears to be a location in the Amazon rain forest, where a centaur-like creature is terrorizing the natives. While they are fighting back, their primitive weapons are nothing to the monster. At this point, Wonder Woman intervenes, destroying the monster.

 There is another dramatic shift of context, this time to the arctic Fortress of Solitude, where everything is frozen over, including Superman. The residents of the bottle city of Kandor have carved a message of “Help” into the bottle.

 There is yet another dramatic shift of context back to the Batman being pursued by a large number of police officers. There is a ferocious fight where both sides get beat up, ending with the police commissioner asking an important question.

 With so many different plotlines that are so deep in meaning, this opening comic of a series borders on the overwhelming. It is reasonable to conclude that they will somehow be tied together, which increases the level of anticipation for the following installments.