Hello everyone, today I would like to spit on the comic book "The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Boy".
Frank Miller is a well-known god-level figure throughout the American comic book industry, and his work Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is considered the best Batman comic and the only story that can compete with Watchmen. And the nearly seventy-year-old man is still insisting on creating his own "Black Return Universe", and in the first half of the year, he was still serializing his own "Superman: The First Year" to tell the origin story of Superman, and this time he brought us the fourth comic in the "The Dark Knight Returns" series, "The Golden Child".
But "The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Boy" is not "The Dark Knight 4", but a short story that continues the ending of "The Dark Knight Returns 3: The Supreme Race", and the three on the cover are the new generation of superheroes.
1. Lara, Superman's Daughter:
The blue-haired maiden in Superman's suit, the eldest daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman, was raised by the Amazons but has serious personality problems. Her way of thinking is closer to that of the gods, unable to understand why her father was so kind to humanity, because from her point of view, almost all human beings are wasting their time and lives, and their existence has no meaning.
However, in the finale of the Supreme Race, Lara decides to learn from her father and further experience human life, which also makes her personality better.
2. Batwoman Kelly:
The secondary girl who actively dressed up as Robin in "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" was seriously injured while Batman was fighting with the Mutant Gang, and Kelly's timely appearance brought Batman back to the Batcash, thus becoming the new Robin.
In the finale of "The Supreme Race", Kelly decides to be alone, she puts on Batman's armor and becomes the new Batwoman. Batman here was resurrected by Superman, and the power of the Pool of Lhasa Road brought him back to his youthful state, but after the battle of the Supreme Race, the superheroes did not give up fighting, but they also gave up many tasks to the new generation of superheroes.
3. Joe Jr., Son of Superman (Jonathan Kent):
The son of Superman and Wonder Woman, a genius teenager with explosive abilities and superior intelligence. His power was even more terrifying than that of his sister Lara, and the perfect combination of the body of the gods and the blood of Krypton created the most powerful child on earth. In the story of the main universe, Batman calculates to the terrible conclusion that Superman and Louise's son, Little Joe, have talents that surpass his father, and if he grows up indefinitely, he will become a "super Kryptonian" who is more powerful than his father.
But in contrast to his grumpy sister, Little Joe is only a little reticent, and Wonder Woman once fought with Krypton's army in her swaddling, and the isolationist Amazons successfully defeated the Kryptonian Legion under Wonder Woman, which was a bloody battle he had experienced.
The story of the Golden Boy begins with a collaboration between Darkseid and the Joker, where the most powerful Dark Gods want to control the elections on Earth with the Joker, which throws Gotham City into complete chaos, and Carrie has to take the Batman supporters and the Joker Gang to fight.
Of course, the real Joker is dead, and all that appears here is the latest leader of the Joker Gang, who and Darkseid are earning votes for their own forces, with the aim of allowing Darkseid to control the world behind the scenes. Of course, this is not the essence of Darkseid, he often comes to Earth to do things, because he can use the anti-life equation to dominate the will of others, so it is very easy to control elections.
Joe and Lara watch Kelly and the Joker gang fight in mid-air, and while Batman's faction is victorious, joker and Darkseid use public opinion online to attack Batman's supporters. And there is only one way to really solve this crisis: "Defeat Darkseid!" ”
Kelly tells the siblings that the Justice League is resolving the dispute elsewhere in the world, and that they need to fight the chaos in Gotham City on their own. They can't let Darkseid find this place, or he will dominate the will of all. Although Lara does not want to be under the command of Batboy, they decide to raid Darkseid's secret location on Earth.
Lara and Kelly get their hiding place in the mouth of a clown gang. The Joker initially thought the victory was only a matter of time, but now they have to face an uphill battle – Darkseid vs. Son of Superman.
Lara's fighting style is very direct, she destroys the entire building with her hot eyes, and Little Joe rescues the children who are controlled by the clowns. Although she shares Kryptonian and Divine bloodlines like her brother, Lara is clearly not Darkseid's rival, as her hot gaze has no effect.
But as Darkseid unleashes the power of the anti-life equation, all the humans present are completely dominated by their thinking, and even Carey, who is Batwoman, cannot resist the power of the gods. These people have been completely controlled by Darkseid, in other words they have stopped thinking and become darkseid slaves.
Darkseid used his favorite trick, the "Omega Effect", in which the Omega Ray looks a lot like the hot sight, but its power is even more counter-intuitive, because the Omega Ray can turn and automatically track enemies. And this ray will completely annihilate the target, even the physical quality of the Kryptonian can not completely resist, and the anti-monitor can not completely ignore.
Darkseid's first defeat stemmed from his contempt for Little Joe, who was not an ordinary Kryptonian, but a more powerful monster. Therefore, his hot vision was not something that Darkseid could easily resist, and Lara, who was entangled in omega rays, also took the opportunity to channel it back to Darkseid, and even the most powerful new god of darkness could not ignore the power of the Omega effect.
Darkseid's body instantly vanished into nothingness, and the humans he dominated regained consciousness, but Little Joe knew that the Dark Monarch was not dead, and that he would strike again, and this time his target was himself.
After the violent shockwave, a rain of blood began to fall in the sky, and Little Joe felt the dark, familiar smell in the universe, and Darkseid was coming back. The siblings go to fight Darkseid, while Batwoman needs to arrest the Joker.
In the midst of nothingness, Darkseid began to awaken, and with a roar of the dark gods, a nearby planet was completely shattered and the darkness appeared from nothingness, and the powerful Darkseid was perfectly reborn.
Transformed into a star, Darkseid landed on Earth, evaporating a large amount of seawater at the limit of speed, and in the smoke, Darkseid reappeared, this time firm in his thoughts.
"I'm going to adopt these two children and make them my messengers!"
The Dark Monarch roared again over Gotham, and the flames instantly enveloped the city, and when she emerged, the full-force "anti-life equation" controlled Lara, and she lost her will like the ordinary people.
"Perfect daughter, sharp weapon, and you will be the future Dark Lord!"
Darkseid takes control of Lara perfectly, and his next target is Little Joe, but he makes a huge mistake, that is, among the two brothers and sisters, Little Joe is the real genius, he is the golden son of Superman.
"Old thing, do you think your omega rays really work?"
Little Joe completely enraged Darkseid in an instant, but what happened next surprised everyone. Superman's abilities come from the Sun, and Kryptonian cells can store and convert solar energy like batteries, which is why Superman is so powerful, but Little Joe actually absorbed the omega rays this time.
Darkseid's power merges with that of Little Joe himself, the boy uses an even more powerful "neutron ray", Little Joe's anger changes the Omega effect and reverses it on Darkseid's body, the powerful Dark Monarch suffers under the ray, and finally he grabs Little Joe with severe pain.
"Do you want to fight Darkseid?" I have the power of the whole universe, and you are only part of it! ”
"Old thing, you can't catch me, and you can't see me!"
To Darkseid's horror, Little Joe exploded into energy in his hands, and he became an invisible being. Darkseid could hear his voice, but could not reach his body.
The angry Dark Monarch turned his gaze to the trapped Lara, but the problem was that she soon vanished, and it turned out that Little Joe's power could not only make him invisible, he could act on others.
"We'll be back, Darkseid, and we'll be dressed up for your funeral..."
Not only did Little Joe take away his sister Lara, the thing that terrified Darkseid was that the child had taken away all his strength.
Batwoman threw a stone at Darkseid, and now he is more like a mortal with no chicken power, a stone can hurt him, and he has completely lost the war.
"Darkseid, your fake campaign is over!"
Batman's supporters won the victory, and the mighty Dark Monarch lost all his power. It's not that Darkseid is too weak, it's that Little Joe's setting has a big problem. He had shown exactly the same abilities as Superman as he was a child, and when he got a little older, he was almost comparable to the gods of the Apocalypse Star, more terrifying than the powerful New Dark Gods, and Darkseid's Omega effect could be fully absorbed, which meant that almost all the rays and beams in the universe were ineffective against Little Joe.