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Dark Right: Batman Viewed from the Right
Why is Batman a staple of Right-wing discussions and memes? The entire superhero genre is inherently anti-liberal, for even though superheroes generally fight for liberal humanist values, they do so outside the law. They are vigilantes, and vigilantism only becomes necessary when the liberal system breaks down.
But the character of Batman, particularly after being rebooted in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and developed in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, is not just anti-liberal, but decidedly Right-wing. The essays in Dark Right show us why, focusing on Traditionalist, masculinist, and New Right themes in Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, but also exploring other films, comics, and graphic novels.
Dark Right includes essays by the leading cultural critics of the New Right, including editors Greg Johnson and Gregory Hood, plus Trevor Lynch, Jason Reza Jorjani, Christopher Pankhurst, Will Windsor, James J. O’Meara, Zachary O. Ray, Jonathan Bowden, Spencer J. Quinn, David Yorkshire, and Andrew Hamilton.
In Praise of Dark Right
“Few on the Right understand the importance of engaging popular culture like Dr. Greg Johnson and Gregory Hood. This collection of essays is not just a reminder of why their work is so vital, but also why they represent two of the most stalwart leaders and thinkers of the Dissident Right.”
—Paul Kersey, Stuff Black People Don’t Like
“Dark Right is a landmark collection, demonstrating the power of New Right ideas for understanding popular culture—and the power of popular culture for inspiring Right-wing thought and action. Read this book, and I guarantee you will want to join the League of Shadows.”
—Jeff Costello, author of The Importance of James Bond
About the Contributors
Jonathan Bowden (1962–2012) was the author of Pulp Right-Wing Themes in Comics, Graphic Novels, & Popular Literature (Counter-Currents, 2013), Western Civilization Bites Back (Counter-Currents, 2014), Studies in Metapolitics (Counter-Currents, 2017), and many other books.
Luke Gordon writes for Counter-Currents/North American New Right.
Andrew Hamilton is the author of many essays and reviews, principally for Counter-Currents/North American New Right.
Gregory Hood is the author of Waking Up from the American Dream (Counter-Currents, 2015) and many essays and reviews. He is a staff writer for American Renaissance (amren.com).
Greg Johnson, Ph.D. is the Editor-in-Chief of Counter-Currents Publishing and the author of Confessions of a Reluctant Hater (Counter-Currents, 2010; second, expanded ed., 2016), New Right vs. Old Right (Counter-Currents, 2013), Truth, Justice, & a Nice White Country (Counter-Currents, 2015), In Defense of Prejudice (Counter-Currents, 2017), and You Asked for Selected Interviews, vol. 1 (Counter-Currents, 2017).
Jason Reza Jorjani, Ph.D. is the author of Prometheus & Atlas (2016), World State of Emergency (2017), Lovers of Sophia (2017), and Novel Folklore (2018). His website is
Trevor Lynch is a pen name of Greg Johnson and the author of Trevor Lynch’s White Nationalist Guide to the Movies (Counter-Currents, 2012) and Son of Trevor Lynch’s White Nationalist Guide to the Movies (Counter-Currents, 2015).
James J. O’Meara is the author of The Homo & the Negro (Counter-Currents, 2012; second, embiggened ed., 2017), The Eldritch Evola … & Others (Counter-Currents, 2014), End of an Mad Men & the Ordeal of Civility (Counter-Currents, 2015), and Green Nazis in New Essays on Literature, Art
But the character of Batman, particularly after being rebooted in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and developed in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, is not just anti-liberal, but decidedly Right-wing. The essays in Dark Right show us why, focusing on Traditionalist, masculinist, and New Right themes in Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, but also exploring other films, comics, and graphic novels.
Dark Right includes essays by the leading cultural critics of the New Right, including editors Greg Johnson and Gregory Hood, plus Trevor Lynch, Jason Reza Jorjani, Christopher Pankhurst, Will Windsor, James J. O’Meara, Zachary O. Ray, Jonathan Bowden, Spencer J. Quinn, David Yorkshire, and Andrew Hamilton.
In Praise of Dark Right
“Few on the Right understand the importance of engaging popular culture like Dr. Greg Johnson and Gregory Hood. This collection of essays is not just a reminder of why their work is so vital, but also why they represent two of the most stalwart leaders and thinkers of the Dissident Right.”
—Paul Kersey, Stuff Black People Don’t Like
“Dark Right is a landmark collection, demonstrating the power of New Right ideas for understanding popular culture—and the power of popular culture for inspiring Right-wing thought and action. Read this book, and I guarantee you will want to join the League of Shadows.”
—Jeff Costello, author of The Importance of James Bond
About the Contributors
Jonathan Bowden (1962–2012) was the author of Pulp Right-Wing Themes in Comics, Graphic Novels, & Popular Literature (Counter-Currents, 2013), Western Civilization Bites Back (Counter-Currents, 2014), Studies in Metapolitics (Counter-Currents, 2017), and many other books.
Luke Gordon writes for Counter-Currents/North American New Right.
Andrew Hamilton is the author of many essays and reviews, principally for Counter-Currents/North American New Right.
Gregory Hood is the author of Waking Up from the American Dream (Counter-Currents, 2015) and many essays and reviews. He is a staff writer for American Renaissance (amren.com).
Greg Johnson, Ph.D. is the Editor-in-Chief of Counter-Currents Publishing and the author of Confessions of a Reluctant Hater (Counter-Currents, 2010; second, expanded ed., 2016), New Right vs. Old Right (Counter-Currents, 2013), Truth, Justice, & a Nice White Country (Counter-Currents, 2015), In Defense of Prejudice (Counter-Currents, 2017), and You Asked for Selected Interviews, vol. 1 (Counter-Currents, 2017).
Jason Reza Jorjani, Ph.D. is the author of Prometheus & Atlas (2016), World State of Emergency (2017), Lovers of Sophia (2017), and Novel Folklore (2018). His website is
Trevor Lynch is a pen name of Greg Johnson and the author of Trevor Lynch’s White Nationalist Guide to the Movies (Counter-Currents, 2012) and Son of Trevor Lynch’s White Nationalist Guide to the Movies (Counter-Currents, 2015).
James J. O’Meara is the author of The Homo & the Negro (Counter-Currents, 2012; second, embiggened ed., 2017), The Eldritch Evola … & Others (Counter-Currents, 2014), End of an Mad Men & the Ordeal of Civility (Counter-Currents, 2015), and Green Nazis in New Essays on Literature, Art
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307 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2018
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About the author
Greg Johnson
10 books44 followersGreg Johnson is an author of several books on the topics of European identity, white nationalism, politics, and race. He is also the editor in chief of Counter Currents.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
December 21, 2018
An interesting collection of essays regarding the Batman films from an Alt Right perspective. Philosophy is invoked and characters are analysed deeply. Batman fans who are Alt Right will appreciate the book for what it is.
June 16, 2018
Reads like something a couple of depressed 15 year olds would write after watching the latest Batman and getting angry that they saw Black people and women in the movie.
March 29, 2020
8/10
Very interesting collection of articles on superheroes in pop culture and politics.
Very interesting collection of articles on superheroes in pop culture and politics.
November 2, 2020
One should expect most readers to have been intrigued by Nolan's Batman Trilogy and therefore familiar with its plot points: no need to go over them in detail again.
But this volume is just a compilation of film reviews from Counter Currents, mostly essays about Nolan's and Snyder's films, with sparse comment and dated references to American politics in the early 2010s. The essays were written by different authors and come out as repetitive.
I expected a political reading of the Batman mythos, including its conception, but found myself skipping too many pages and dropping the book halfway through.
But this volume is just a compilation of film reviews from Counter Currents, mostly essays about Nolan's and Snyder's films, with sparse comment and dated references to American politics in the early 2010s. The essays were written by different authors and come out as repetitive.
I expected a political reading of the Batman mythos, including its conception, but found myself skipping too many pages and dropping the book halfway through.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews