Y'all generation may under appreciate it, but TDKR was a groundbreaking game changer and the most influential and impacted graphic novel/comic book telling ever made. The way we view and see Batman today all was due to that specific graphic novel. The entire reason there's even a Batman vs. Superman conflict was all originated from that specific graphic novel. The reason we got a homicidal twisted Joker that we know today was due to THAT GRAPHIC NOVEL. You don't understand the influences of virtually every telling and retelling of Batman had due to that novel. The Tim Burton film was directly influenced. We would of had the GOAT cartoon, BTAS had it not been for this graphic novel. It LITERALLY changed the entire TONE of comic books in general. It was THAT groundbreaking.
It's like saying "Criminal Minded" is okay, but dated for today's standard, and dismissing the cultural impact and influence that it has.