Bane breaks batmans back in batman knightfall part 11. Knightsend is the seventh installment in an expansive ninevolume series reprinting the entire batman. Batman knightfall tpb 19931995 dc 1st edition comic books. I have thought it over, and if there is a batman reboot set in a more fantastical. The dark knights greatest enemies have all simultaneously escaped from arkham asylum and are preying on gotham city. The first part of the novel, knightfall is one of the most epic pieces of literature i have ever read. Batmans knightfall launches during this transition period in 1993, with bruce wayne. However, knightfall is an essential story in batman s tenure, and though it is dated with some overly 90s themes, it still brings a lot of satisfaction to the reader. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. The first character to assume the identity of azrael was jeanpaul valley, debuting in batman. Prior to knightfall, azrael has accepted batmans offer and has been accompanying robin on missions around gotham city. Bane breaks batman s back in batman knightfall part 11. Once more, bane attempts to break the bat only to find that batmans learned a trick or two since their last encounter.
Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with. He is also the author of the dc comics guide to writing for comics watson guptill. Moench has worked for dc comics, marvel comics, dark horse comics and many other smaller companies. Known for his fastpaced, actionoriented plotting, chuck dixon is the prolific and acclaimed writer of long runs on batman, robin, nightwing, birds of prey. It consists of a trilogy of storylines that ran from 1993 to 1994, consisting of knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend. The entire knightfall storyline took over a year to complete in the comic book. The story takes place over approximately six months. His earliest comics work was writing evangeline first for comico comics in 1984 then later for first comics, who published the ongoing series, on which he worked with his thenwife, the artist judith hunt. The knightfall series is one of the greatest batman stories of all time. This, however, leads to some contradictions within the story between the different comic titles. This book is all about the downfall and the remaking of a great superhero.
Legends of the dark knight comic book series, which primarily concentrates on early tales of batman that are not necessarily considered canon, but have also been used during major crossover storylines such as batman. Batman beyond is a comic book series featuring the fictional character terry mcginnis as batman and based on the animated television series of the same name. It is a fantastic prose novel that contains 372 pages. It was written by alan grant, chuck dixon, dennis oneil, doug moench, and jo duffy, with illustrations by barry kitson, bret blevins, graham nolan, jim aparo, jim balent, mike manley, norm breyfogle, and ron wagner. Knightfall is broken up into two parts the broken bat and who rules the night. However, knightfall is an essential story in batmans tenure, and though it is dated with some overly 90s themes, it still brings a lot of satisfaction to the reader. At 960 pages, this edition contains the entire contents of the 2012 edition of batman. Prior to knightfall, azrael has accepted batman s offer and has been accompanying robin on missions around gotham city. Knightfall is a batman crossover originally published in singleissue form in 1991, and first collected in trade paperbacks in 1993. Curse of the white knight has featured a much different take on azrael, the order of st. Scarecrow doesnt appear anywhere in said comic except on the batcomputers list of escapees, and. Art by jim aparo, norm breyfogle, graham nolan, and jim balent. Jan 24, 2019 star wars icon mark hamill will join historys knightfall when the knights templar drama series returns for a second season. Doug moench, is an american comic book writer notable for his batman work and as the.
The top 25 best batman comics and graphic novels ign. This reading order contains all the necessary comic book issues to enjoy the knightfall saga. Scarecrow doesnt appear anywhere in said comic except on the batcomputers list of escapees, and the villain that batman faces in it is, in fact, mad hatter. The adventures continue, the comic book continuation of the famous batman. While less notorious than the previous installment, i think these chapters are still enjoyable to read and follow along with the overall atmosphere of the batman franchise. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. The animated series sequel rewrites his biggest defeat. Batman encounters a powerful new foe, bane, who takes the dark knight beyond the limits of human endurance, nearly destroying him forever. Dumas, and jeanpaul valley, all elements fans will remember from dcs classic knightfall storyline. As a novel, it is structured in three parts knightfall, kinghtquest and knightsend.
Scarecrow and joker began bombing an underriver tunnel. The serial stories of the monthly batman comics titles began slowly building. Batman and firefly went at it again, this time batman the victor. The huge, musclebound villain bane has but one goal in mind, to break batman. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. It was written by alan grant, chuck dixon, dennis oneil, doug knightfall is a batman family crossover published in 1993. A remastered singularly published tribute to 1993s batman. For the most part, a newcomer to the batman series can pick up the beginning of knightfall and understand the story quickly as it doesnt rely on previous story arcs all that much just know batman is still bummed out about the death of the previous robin, jason todd. Also included is the aftermath of the knightfall saga. Knightfall is a 19931994 batman story arc published by dc comics. If the series was adapted, keeping its comic book vibe, this is who i would want.
It has appeared in various dc comics publications, including a sixissue miniseries from 1999, a 24issue series running from 1999 to 2001, the hush arc by dc comics in 2010, and an eightissue series in 2011. Not difficult to see why characteristics of it were used for the dark knight rises. Knightfall is an adaptation of a series of comic books of the same name. Its a trilogy consisting of three storylines, knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend. Knightfall saga reading order comic book reading orders. Brutal and visceral, the fight spanned several pages that began and ended on the streets of gotham with a small detour on a gotham mass transit cart. Knightfall is a batman family crossover published in 1993. Top rated lists for knightfall 47 items my top batman stories. This massive first knightfall volume collects batman. Bane is my most favorite supervillain in the batman universe as he is the only one who has ever defeated batman. Home turf does not prove an advantage when bane breaks batman s back in the batcave in the broken bat. It is primarily a trilogy consisting of three arcs entitled knightfall, knightquest and knightsend, but also includes several other storylines, miniseries, and oneshots. Azrael is the alias of multiple fictional characters appearing in comic books published by in the dc comics. Charles chuck dixon is an american comic book writer, perhaps bestknown for long runs on batman titles in the 1990s.
The end of this volume is somewhat shocking compared to standard, mainstream comic book. This reading order contains the prelude issues as well as the entire knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend storylines. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early. Broken bat is the first of two volumes collecting knightfall, the muchtalked about batman storylinemuch talked about because it was the story in which batman gets defeated. Doug moench, is an american comic book writer notable for his batman work and as the creator of black mask, moon knight and deathlok.
Most recently, batman went up against bane once more in the first issue of batman. Apr 29, 2020 knightfall was an emotional ride for batfans, but it was satisfyingly capped off with a knockdown, dragout battle between bane and the jeanpaul valley version of batman. Batman knightfall trilogy reading order comic book herald. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as its main protagonist. Knightquest, chuck dixon comes back strong as he delivers the second installment of this trilogy. At the end of the series, batman offers jeanpaul the opportunity to join the batfamily and return to gotham to be trained in the batcave. The dark knights greatest enemies have all simultaneously escaped from arkham asylum and are preying. Dennis oneil is the influential writer of comics including batman, green lanterngreen arrow, the justice league of america and countless other titles. Home turf does not prove an advantage when bane breaks batmans back in the batcave in the broken bat. I personally love all three parts, although a number of people really dont enjoy the second part in the trilogy. The police began a wildgoosechase to locate the kidnapped mayor. The broken bat following banes massive break out at arkham asylum batman hunts through the city of gotham.
161 283 203 418 947 945 1025 1439 162 643 464 470 1327 899 596 576 56 509 1404 197 492 1278 955 85 1491 228 1238 1261 1438 1185 161