Holy terrible.

• Author: Suderman, Peter
• Position: Briefly Noted - Brief article

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In 2006 comic book auteur Frank Miller, who redefined Batman with his grim 1985 graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, announced that he had begun work on a new story about the Caped Crusader. Titled Holy Terror, Batman!, the book would pit Batman and his longtime frenemy Catwoman against Muslim terrorists. It was to be "a piece of propaganda," Miller told The Telegraph, in which "Batman kicks Al Qaeda's ass."

This year, under the truncated title Holy Terror! (Legendary), Miller released his vision--sans Batman. Instead, it features a suspiciously Batman-like hero...