Dark Night: A True Batman Story

In 2017, DC Comics released Dark Night: A True Batman Story, a single-issue graphic memoir written by Paul Dini and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. The book offers a deeply personal, non-fiction account of Dini’s own traumatic mugging and recovery, using Batman as a psychological touchstone to explore fear, resilience, and the heroism of everyday life. It stands as a unique and intimate entry in the Batman canon, blending autobiography with the iconography of Gotham.