Returns are decreasing if, say, doubling inputs results in less than double the output, and increasing if more than double the output.

In the current DC Multiverse, the events of The Dark Knight Returns and its associated titles are designated to occur on Earth-31.

Among The Shadow's recurring foes are Shiwan Khan ( The Golden Master, Shiwan Khan Returns, The Invincible Shiwan Khan, and Masters of Death ),-- who appears in the feature film portrayed by John Lone -- The Voodoo Master ( The Voodoo Master, The City of Doom, and Voodoo Trail ), The Prince of Evil ( The Prince of Evil, The Murder Genius, The Man Who Died Twice, and The Devil's Paymaster, all written by Theodore Tinsley ), and The Wasp ( The Wasp and The Wasp Returns ).

Returns on private equity investments are created through one or a combination of three factors that include: debt repayment or cash accumulation through cash flows from operations, operational improvements that increase earnings over the life of the investment and multiple expansion, selling the business for a higher multiple of earnings than was originally paid.

In the UK, undeliverable mail without an external address are processed in National Returns Centre, located in Belfast.

It became one of the " Big Three " book-form comics from around 1986 – 1987, along with Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, that are said to have brought the term " graphic novel " and the idea of comics for adults into mainstream consciousness.

All the episodes are contained within the timeframe of the original novel, although Sabatini mistakenly dated one story " 1690 " despite the fact that Blood's piratical career had been established as ending in 1689, and two stories in Captain Blood Returns: " The War Indemnity " and " Blood Money " may be viewed as continuations of events that took place in the original novel.

Returns from scatterers within the range extent of any image are spread over a matching time interval.

In Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Gordon and Bruce Wayne are portrayed as close friends, with Gordon having discovered his identity years before.

The Six Epochs are subject to the Law of Accelerating Returns, which states that each transition occurs more rapidly than the last.

Human brain-scanning techniques are reliant upon computers and advanced machines, which are all subject to the Law of Accelerating Returns.

In Dark Knight Returns, Dick Grayson is noticeably absent, which Bruce Wayne explains by saying that they are not on speaking terms.

A sequel, The Lost Skeleton Returns Again, was filmed in March 2008, again written and directed by Blamire, and featuring virtually all of the original cast ( though three actors whose characters were killed in the original are back in different roles ), as well as several actors who appeared in Blamire's subsequent Trail of the Screaming Forehead.

The ROS system allows companies and other business concerns who are liable for tax in the Republic of Ireland to file certain Tax Returns online using a Secure Site facility.

: All details in this section are from London Midland and Scottish Railway Company ( Northern Counties Committee ) Financial Accounts and Statistical Returns.

* Returns for illiquid holdings in mutual funds are overstated study by Nicolas Bollen and Veronika Pool

Purchases are offset by Purchase Discounts and Purchase Returns and Allowances.

Large spiders used in Hollywood movies ( e. g. Indiana Jones, The Mummy Returns ) are often Brachypelma smithi or Brachypelma emilia because they are very docile, though the much less expensive and only moderately more aggressive Chilean rose tarantula is frequently used as well.

Returns are also required by partnerships doing business in the state.

Although a line of dialogue in " Many Happy Returns " has a character speculating that the Village is on an island, this is never confirmed in the series, and in fact all given locations ( save for that in " Fall Out ") should be considered unreliable evidence given the fact they are mentioned as part of a deception aimed at getting Number Six to reveal why he resigned from his secret British government job.

Cumulative Abnormal Returns are usually calculated over small windows, often only days.

Next, Burton wrote and produced ( but did not direct, due to schedule constraints on Batman Returns ) The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) for Disney, originally meant to be a children's book in rhyme.

* Donkey Kong Country Returns ( Revival developed by Retro Studios due to Rare being bought by Microsoft )

Schumacher later replaced Tim Burton as the director of the Batman film franchise due to the reaction by parental groups to Batman Returns ( 1992 ).

Bryan Singer's Superman Returns ( 2006 ) is unique due to the fact that it is a sequel to the first two Superman films, yet also a reboot to the third and fourth films.

In Nanny Returns, Harvard Hottie ( his real name was revealed to be Ryan Hutchinson ) is now married to Nanny, and after moving around the world due to his UN duties, decide to move back to New York.

1984 – 2000 ) has even more potential starting points, but is generally agreed to be the publication of Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore's Watchmen by DC Comics in 1986, as well as the publication of DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths, written by Marv Wolfman with pencils by George Pérez.

: Rufus Sewell read a 10-part audio adaptation combining and abridging Doctor Syn on the High Seas and Doctor Syn Returns for BBC Radio, broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in December 2006 and repeated in June 2007.

The song, known as " When the Warrior Returns ", written in honor of Stephen Decatur and Charles Stewart on their return from the First Barbary War.

Two filmed sequels followed: Topper Takes a Trip in 1939 and Topper Returns in 1941 — this last film was not based on a book.

" In 2006, Dean Hargrove, who worked on Perry Mason Returns, said: " I had always assumed that Raymond was gay, because he had a relationship with Robert Benevides for a very long time.

Studios, teaming up with Negaduck ( who she had saved from the Crimebots from " The Duck Knight Returns ") in the story " Crisis on Infinite Darkwings ".

IGN Comics ranked The Dark Knight Returns # 2 on a list of the 25 greatest Batman graphic novels, second only to Batman: Year One, also written ( though not drawn ) by Miller.

A series of action figures based on The Dark Knight Returns was released by DC Direct in 2004.

Critically acclaimed, The Sandman is one of the few graphic novels ever to be on the New York Times Best Seller list, along with Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns.

In the 2010 Wii game, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong get rid of the Tiki Tak Tribe, who appears on Donkey Kong Island and hypnotizes various creatures.

Higgins also portrayed Holmes in the 1993 TV film Sherlock Holmes Returns, making him one of the only two actors to portray both Holmes and Moriarty on film, Richard Roxburgh being the other.

He appeared as a talking head on December 30, 2008 episode of EastEnders Revealed: Nick Cotton Returns.

In December 2000, the film was followed by a sequel, Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns, which was broadcast on Japanese television in December 2000 and released worldwide on home video and DVD in 2001.

The Nightmare Returns Tour goes on to become one of the best selling tours of 1986.

* A Forest Returns: The Success Story of Ohio's Only National Forest –- oral history on the beginnings of the Wayne.

Two fictional novels were published, based on scripts from early episodes — Dynasty ( 1983 ) and Alexis Returns ( 1984 ) — written by Eileen Lottman.

Returns were high on the Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries line.

* Superman Returns, a 2006 film based on the iconic superhero

A version can be heard on the 1960 album Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall by Harry Belafonte.