It might be blasphemy to say this, but I found this volume to be just “okay”. Yes, I know it’s regarded as a monumental event for Batman, but maybe it hasn’t aged well over the years or it’s truly a product of its time. Although at the time it was in the shadow of the Death of Superman arc, this one feels like it was trying to follow a similar model; Hero runs a gauntlet of brutal and unending violence to face a big baddy and ultimately fail. Unfortunately for modern eyes, this story doesn’t fee...

I was pretty much gnawing my fingernails off out of fear for Bruce. He’s perpetually the man of strength and indestructible resilience and stamina, so it’s frightening to see him crushed by another man. A shitty villain like Bane. Oh sure, he deduced Batman’s true identity under a year or so, but that doesn’t make him a worthy villain to me. At least Ra’s al Ghul and perhaps even Hush (the villains who know that Bruce is Batman) has more charisma and showmanship than the steroid-glutting brute.

I really did like this one.Some drawbacks: Some of the characters and situations this one starts off with are kind of confusing if you don't know the back story on them. I really didn't understand some of what was going on until I looked up the prelude stuff on Wikipedia's Knightfall page. But it IS a comic book series, so that's probably to be somewhat expected. Also, some of the dialogue is a little too cheesy, to the point that I occasionally couldn't suspend my disbelief or felt that a line

For such a definitive Batman story, this early 90s DC is just... average Bane comes, frees the villains, Batman fights everybody and loses in the end. He's broken we get it. The art is ok but nothing great. It comes to mind that many of the best Batman stories are one-off graphic novels. The actual long-running series (and Detective Comics) are not really as well done much of the time. Still, Bane is now a classic character and was introduced here. Even compared to other events at the time, Deat...

You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.If you’ve seen The Dark Knight Rises, then know that what you see here is one of the many comics that inspired some of the great scenes that Christopher Nolan translated onto the big screen. As much as this volume is known as an absolute classic in Batman’s universe, it however struggles to survive the test of time. Published in the 90s, written by both Chuck Dixon and Doug Moench, illustrated by Jim Aparo, Jim Balent, Norm Breyfogle and Graham

Batman: Knightfall vol. 1: Broken Batman by Doug Moench. This Batman story is not everyone, actually it brings everything you love and hate by the Caped Crusader in to one volume for a two volume story. First of all, you need to read to the lead up comics to understand it which I admit that I didn't do because most of the Batman stories I read is that you don't need to read surrounding stories to get it. However its a good read, a bit trashy and less thought provoking than other Batman stories (...

"and in the corner to my left...BANE!"really my first batman story arc to put under my belt, and actually one of my favorites. sure, the tank baddie is a staple for every superhero, but bane is quite different. his strategic crippling of batman ultimately culminating in batman's literal crippling is great. bane was and is still is one of my favorite additions to batman's iconic rogues gallery.

I found this more interesting than really enjoyable. The comics in this compilation are over 20 years old, and the old version of the storytelling really isn't my style. Also, I just have to say: most emo Batman ever. He starts this hefty collection hurt, and spends the entire thing being... well... not very Batman at all. Making bad choices. Being bitchy. Constantly hurt and sucking at his job.... Kinda took some of the fun out of it for me. On the plus side, as someone who isn't a huge Batman

..and I thought I was excited for The Dark Knight Rises before.I seriously had no idea that Bane could be this awesome. When he was announced as the villain in the new Batman film, I was really hesitant to get my hopes up. I mean, Bane?! That loser from Batman & Robin (note to self: never base anything on that garbage movie)?? All he did was grunt, scream and smash stuff. Other than brute force - he didn't seem like that much of a threat.So when I was given this graphic novel for Christmas, I wa...

Classic DC arc from the 90's, where superheroes are shown to be fallible. It's not fun to watch Batman like this, run-down and ill and throwing batarangs all wrong. But it does make for a great story, of course. This first volume is 'broken bat' and yeah, he pretty much gets broken. It doesn't really compute - because he's BATMAN - which is why it works so well. You kind-of can't believe what you're reading. Typical of the character, Bruce Wayne keeps going when he should be resting. Something a...

This is basically Batman, the depression arc story. First of all, I'd like to mention that The Ventriloquist story line was probably the best thing that came out of the entire Knightfall series. He was just there. He didn't hinder Batman in any way, he had his own entire thing going on, and I loved him for it. It felt like every time the author got bored of the main story he went back to catching up with what Ventriloquist was up to, and honestly, as he should. This dude got a better ending and

This was one of the inspirations of Christopher Nolan for the last Batman film with Christian Bale in the lead. It is where Bane is introduced. The main story is fantastic - it is absolutely captivating when...oh never mind, no spoilers - you'll have to read it yourself. Let's just say that the intervention of Azrael towards the end which is also the impetus for Knightfall Vol 2 did not really please me as much as the rest of the book.

When I found out that the Batman: Knightfall story arc was one of the main sources of inspiration for Christopher Nolan's film The Dark Knight Rises, I had to check it out. And honestly, I'm glad I did, because I think it may be the best Batman story I've come across so far. This first volume collects twelve individual comic books in the story arc, written between April and late July 1993. In the stories collected in this volume, the venom-injected, muscular supervillain Bane launches a massive

Extreme shock value, but it's just trying to copy "The Death of Superman".

This is one of THE classic Batman stories, if only because it is a story people like to re-tell in various forms of media. I've seen versions of Bane go up against versions of Batman in cartoons, books, videogames, movies, etc. With the menacing, hulking form of Bane and a story about a Batman who might not have an easy, assured victory, how could people resist? As far as classic "must-read" Batman stories go, however, this would rank pretty low on my list. The art is good, except for the hyper-...

Not as good as I remember it from my childhood, but still pretty good.The main gripe I have is that I remembered more Azrael in the background, and that apparently happened before this story arc? Also, Bane wasn't introduced here, there was some kind of side-story with the Riddler, Killer Croc and Bane before the action of this collection, so there are some blanks which this book doesn't cover. The complaint I'm making is that this is not the "comprehensive" Azrael/Batman/Bane story arc I though...

Good, but not as good as I remember from the 1990s. Chuck Dixon really was trying to return Batman to form, but this run still can't decide if it is hardboiled or campy. Coming off some of the 1970s and 1980s, more adult Batman stories by Alan Moore and Frank Miller, the Dark Knight did seem a bit lost. This introduces Bane and also gives us the more gritty Azazel-turned-Batman, but much of the rogues gallery seems cheesy and under-developed. Dixon's Bane, however, is a great addition to the sto...

Part of my Batman comic book reread project. Continued from Knightfall: Prelude.CAUTION: Spoilers abound in this, and I'm not hiding them this time.Solid five stars. Is this my favorite Batman story? I don't know, but it's a distinct possibility. I've read it several times, and enjoyed it just as much this time as I did when I first read it in high school. But I have another six years worth of issues to read, and I don't remember a lot of the later ones, so I guess the jury will have to be out o...

The masked villain Bane arrives in Gotham with a plan to destroy Batman - release all of Batman's prisoners from Arkham Asylum and once he's gone through them all, he'll be at his weakest and then... then he will break him!The first part of the Knightfall trilogy is overlong and a bit dull to be honest. It's a good storyline, Bane setting loose a ton of villains into Gotham and then sitting back, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, but all it means is that Batman has to go through each and...

I can't believe that the average rating for this book is 4 stars. The overall plot is reasonable, but the execution is bad. The book feels like Batman facing a series of mini-bosses before meeting the megaboss. The encounters feel contrived and the author does a poor job of conveying any complexity - the dialogue is terrible. All this said, I'm still going to try to read part 2 of Knightfall because I love Batman.