Hey everyone, this is Og Maciel with another exciting book recommendation from Bellwether. This week, I’m thrilled to dive into one of the most iconic collections in comic book history—The Complete Frank Miller Batman by Frank Miller. Let’s rewind a bit. Back in the late 1980s, I was about 12 years old, living in Brazil, and obsessed with comic books. Marvel, DC, you name it—I read it. But it wasn’t until one day, during a supermarket trip, that I stumbled upon a Batman comic that would change everything for me: The Dark Knight Returns.

As a younger boy in Brazil, I absolutely loved comic books! I vividly remember waiting for my turn to read a freshly bought, pages-still-crisp, fresh-off-the-magazine-stand edition of “Turma da Mônica”1 by the Brazilian cartoonist Mauricio de Sousa2. Often, I would wait for one of my parents to come home with it so that I could be the first to enjoy it while lightly teasing my sisters as they waited their turn.