“Batman” 35th Anniversary - After the 1988 casting announcement of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman in Tim Burton’s 1989 film “Batman”, fans all over were concerned for what this film had in store for the character. Comics, such as Frank Miller’s “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” and Alan Moore’s “Batman: The Killing Joke” aided in the shift to a more gothic and darker portrayal of Batman in comics and media, moving away from the campy nature of the 1960s Caped Crusader established by Adam