Now, really...
Am I really the only s_d-er who likes DKR, without qualification? I'm not talking DKSA which really did suck, nor ASB&R which sucks if it's meant to be taken seriously. I'm talking the original DKR. Along with Year One, it's Miller at his best. Some of the passages are breathtaking:
The twice-repeated passage about the primordial Bat coming for Bruce, as a boy and again as an old man: "Surely the fiercest survivor, the purest warrior...glaring, hating... Claiming me as your own."</em>
Gordon's speech about Pearl Harbor. "It was too big. He was too big."
Batman being haunted by the Joker even beyond the grave: "Stop...stop laughing."
Superman's plea to his adopted mother, Earth, to restore him after the nuclear blast.
Carrie's sheer awe at Batman in command. "It's just his voice. Just him."