He puts the costume back on and takes on a violent criminal gang that hides in the sewers, but the gang’s young musclebound leader, Bane, defeats him. In The Dark Knight Rises, Batman has been retired for years, brooding over the death of his girlfriend. Our last glimpse of him is as a happy civilian scout leader, exploring underground caverns with the new Robin and some former members of the gang. After a little more action, he fakes his death and retires again, this time for good. On the second try, Batman defeats the mutant leader. He’s helped by a teenage girl who wants to be the next Robin, and after some more brooding they go after the gang again. (This was such a popular idea that Robin was killed off in the canon a few years later.) He puts the costume back on and takes on a violent criminal gang that hides in the sewers, but the gang’s young musclebound leader defeats him. Batman has been retired for years, brooding over the death of Robin. The Dark Knight Returns was a non-canon story that takes place years after the official chronology of the comics.
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