CATALOG RECORD
Batman: The Dark Knight #1
first appearance of Carrie Kelley
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Carrie Kelley (DC) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- [June] 1986
- On sale
- February 25, 1986
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 07098939801601
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 4th printing
Fourth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
The Dark Knight Returns Book One (Facsimile Edition) (2026). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- The Dark Knight Returns · 46 pages
Bruce Wayne is no longer Batman after the tragic death of Jason Todd. Years have passed, and intent to make a normal life, but the increasing of crime in the streets of Gotham City caused the return of the Dark Knight.
Characters
Reprinted in
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), The Complete Frank Miller Batman (1989), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -- Tenth Anniversary Edition (1997), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -- Tenth Anniversary Edition (1997), Millennium Edition: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Book One (2000), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2002), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2002), The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes (2004), Absolute Dark Knight (2006), Batman Essentials - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Special Edition (2014), Batman: The Dark Knight Saga Deluxe Edition (2015), Batman Noir: The Dark Knight Returns (2015), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 30th Anniversary Edition (2016), DC Comics - The Legend of Batman (2017), DC Through the '80s: The Experiments (2021), The Dark Knight Returns Book One (Facsimile Edition) (2026)