
Batman Returns is a movie novelization written by Craig Shaw Gardner in 1992 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Tim Burton in 1992. The movie features Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Michael Murphy, and others.
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Comic Book by Bob Kane, Bill Finger
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Storyline
In the prologue, Gotham City socialites Tucker and Esther Cobblepot become the parents of a deformed baby boy, Oswald. Thirty-three years later, millionaire and philanthropist Max Shreck proposes to build a power plant to supply Gotham with energy, though he is opposed by the mayor. Shreck pushes her out of a window to silence her, but she survives the fall and vows revenge, taking up the mantle of Catwoman.
Movie vs Book

Year
1992
Minutes
126
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb

Year
1992
Pages
246
Book Rate
7.48
S: Goodreads
Book
Batman Returns
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