Batman: Arkham Knight - Ranking All Costumes From Worst To Best
16. The Dark Knight Returns
One of the more iconic looks to have been sported by the Caped Crusader, Frank Miller's popular costume from The Dark Knight Returns makes its return to the Arkham Series in Knight, and for what it's worth it does look good - bar a few niggling alterations.
This is the same problem seen with the Noël suit, in that instead of retaining the look's more 'comic-booky' elements, Rocksteady elected to place it over the normal Batman character model. Arkham City's suit was suitably bulky and came with the 'white eyes' most comic book heroes seem to gain when they put on their masks, but here it just looks like Rocksteady's Bruce is wearing the suit, which doesn't really fit in well with Knight's visuals. It's fun to use for a bit, but without the 'Miller chin' present it loses its cartoony vibe.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
