The series also garnered some negative reviews. In April 2010, Nicolas Slayton from Comics Bulletin ranked "The Dark Knight Returns" second in his Tuesday Top Ten feature's Top 10 Overrated Comic Books behind "Watchmen". Slayton wrote, "here is no central plot to the comic, leaving only a forced fight scene between Superman and Batman as an out of place climax to the story." "Gone are the traits that define Batman," also citing "misuse of the central character." "The New York Times" gave the 1987 collected release of the series a negative review.