Anniversary Edition, trade paperback () and hardcover (), DC Comics, 1996. 10th Anniversary Edition, trade paperback () and hardcover (), Titan Books, 1997. 2002 Edition, trade paperback () and hardcover (), DC Comics, 2002. (Note that the ISBN numbers share the same numbers as the 10th anniversary edition.) Absolute Edition, hardcover (), DC Comics, 2006. Noir Edition, hardcover (), DC Comics, 2015. Dark Knight Saga Deluxe Edition, hardcover (), DC Comics, 2015. 30th Anniversary Edition, trade paperback (), DC Comics, 2016. Book with Blu-ray & DVD set, hardcover (), DC Comics, 2016. Gallery Edition, hardcover (), DC Comics, 2016. Collector's Edition, hardcover (), DC Comics, 2016. Reception Despite the cost of the single-issue packaging, The Dark Knight Returns sold well. Pricing it at $2.95 an issue, DC Comics promoted The Dark Knight Returns as a "thought-provoking action story". Time said the series' depiction of a "semi-retired Batman [who] is unsure about his crime-fighting abilities" was an example of trying to appeal to "today's skeptical readers". More than 1 million comics in print were issued. Retrospectively, the series is today widely considered one of the greatest works in the comics medium. IGN Comics ranked The Dark Knight Returns first on a list of the 25 greatest Batman graphic novels and called The Dark Knight Returns "a true masterpiece of storytelling" with "[s]cene after unforgettable scene." In 2005, Time chose the collected edition as one of the 10 best English language graphic novels ever written. Forbidden Planet placed the collected issue at number one on its "50 Best of the Best Graphic Novels" list. Writer Matthew K. Manning in the "1980s" chapter of DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle (2010) called the series "arguably the best Batman story of all time." It was placed second in a poll among comic book academics conducted by the Sequart Organization. The series also garnered some negative reviews. In April 2010, Nicolas Slayton from Comics Bulletin ranked The Dark Knight Returns second in his Tuesday Top Ten feature's Top 10 Overrated Comic Books behind Watchmen. Slayton wrote, "[t]here is no central plot to the comic, leaving only a forced fight scene between Superman and Batman as an out of place climax to the story." "Gone are the traits that define Batman," he said, also citing "misuse of the central character." Influence The immense popularity of The Dark Knight Returns served both to return the