Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 picks up where Part 1 left off.  Batman’s return to an exorbitantly crime-ridden Gotham has been felt across the city – he’s wanted by the cops, the citizens are divided on the idea of a man who takes the law into his own hands and the mutants, having watched their leader get his ass handed back to him by the Batman, have splintered off, some becoming “Sons of Batman,” a violent vigilante group.  Meanwhile, the Joker, free of the catatonic state he resided in during Part 1, is poised to wreak deadly havoc.  And finally, on the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union, the President of the United States has enlisted Superman as his own personal boyscout/henchman to keep the peace.

Hit the jump for my review of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 on Blu-ray.

Attendees to the 2012 New York Comic-Con will be treated to the first footage from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, the conclusion to the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel.  As an added bonus, the convention will also be screening a special premiere of The Batmobile, a one-hour documentary on the history of the iconic vehicles.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 is now available on Blu-ray.  If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to check out Gil’s review of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 on Blu-ray and all of our previous coverage on the film.  Hit the jump to see the first image from Part 2 as well as details on New York Comic-Con.