Dark Right

Contents

1. Editors’ Introduction—Gregory Hood & Greg Johnson -- 1

The Dark Knight Trilogy

2. Batman Begins—Trevor Lynch -- 11

3. The Dark Knight—Trevor Lynch -- 15

4. The Dark Knight Rises—Trevor Lynch -- 27

5. The Order in Action: The Dark Knight Rises—Gregory Hood -- 39

6. Conservatism’s League of Stupidity: Christopher Nolan as Fascist Filmmaker?—Gregory Hood & Luke Gordon -- 50

7. Gotham Guardian: Will the Real Batman Please Stand Up?—Jason Reza Jorjani -- 67

8. Superheroes, Sovereignty, & the Deep State—Greg Johnson -- 83

9. Caesar Without Gods—Christopher Pankhurst -- 95

10. A Dark Knight without a King—Will Windsor -- 105

11. The Ponderous Weight of the Dark Knight—James J. O’Meara -- 116

Batman vs. Superman

12. Man of Steel—Trevor Lynch -- 126

13. Superman & the White Christ: Man of Steel—Gregory Hood -- 131

14. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice—Trevor Lynch -- 141

15. Justice League—Trevor Lynch -- 146

Comics & Graphic Novels

16. The Alt Knight: A Retrospect of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns for the Current Year—Zachary O. Ray -- 150

17. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns—Trevor Lynch -- 161

18. Batman & the Joker—Jonathan Bowden -- 165

19. Arkham Asylum: An Analysis—Jonathan Bowden -- 169

20. Batman as Comedy—Spencer J. Quinn -- 176

Tim Burton’s Batman Movies

21. Tim Burton’s Batman: Putting the Gothic  into Gotham—David Yorkshire -- 181

22. Batman Returns: An Anti-Semitic Allegory?—Andrew Hamilton -- 191

Index -- 203

About the Authors -- 217