Dark Night: A True Batman Story

In 2016, DC Comics published Dark Night: A True Batman Story, a single-issue graphic memoir written by Paul Dini and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. This deeply personal work steps away from traditional superheroics to recount Dini's own harrowing experience of a brutal mugging and his subsequent emotional recovery, using the Batman mythos as a lens for processing trauma. A stark, adult meditation on vulnerability and resilience, it stands as a unique entry in DC's catalog for its raw autobiographical honesty and the powerful collaboration between a legendary Batman writer and a celebrated crime-noir artist.