Knightfall is a batman crossover originally published in singleissue form in 1991, and first collected in trade paperbacks in 1993. It was adapted, produced and directed by dirk maggs, with music composed by mark russell, who had recently made superman. Just as the knightfall comic book series was a feast for the eyes, these cds are a feast for the ears. Dec 23, 20 running from 1993 to 1994, the knightfall story arc remains one of the most iconic pieces of the batman legend because it reminds us bruce wayne is all too human. This book focuses mainly on that transition of azrael into the batman role. The aftermath of the devastating battle between batman and bane leaves gotham city without a hero. Batman knightfall tpb 19931995 dc 1st edition comic books. That is one long story arc because each book has, on average, close to 290 pages. Who will now protect the innocent from the dangerous inmates of arkham asy. The complete knightfall saga is inspired by the bestselling batman storylines knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend.
A mass escape from arkham asylum and the emergence of batman s most threatening for, bane, sends gotham city spinning into chaos and takes batman to the limits of human endurance. This book is all about the downfall and the remaking of a great superhero. The two battle one another twice in knightfall, their second bout pushing batman s devotion to gotham to its very limits. Batman knightfall is a gripping tale of an old batman, a new batman, and the many trials and errors the superheros go through. This show, however was not commissioned of its own, but rather to be three minute episodes. The main characters of this sequential art, comics story are bane, tim drake. I personally love all three parts, although a number of people really dont enjoy the second part in the trilogy. Ive read many fantastic, wonderful batman stories since then but, this one still remains my favorite. Broken bat is a batman storyline published as part of the batman. At 960 pages, this edition contains the entire contents of the 2012 edition of batman. Batman, batman tpbs 491497, detective comics tpbs 659663, batman. After batman survives a direct fireball thanks to his suits fifteenlayer nomex, bruce pursues firefly through the zoo, fist fighting panthers on the way, and even saving his enemy from being eaten alive by hungry. Mar 30, 2010 this post is part of the complete postcrisis timeline mapping.
Jan 01, 1993 this riveting book sets batman on a path that will change his life forever. It was written by alan grant, chuck dixon, dennis oneil, doug. Volume 1 gushing over how much i enjoyed the story and how pumped up it made me for the dark knight rises. Although previous parts of knightsaga had taken considerable time to run their course, the entirety of knightsend was published within two months, as the batman books had to prepare themselves for the impending zero hour, which would immediately follow the knightsaga the zero issues focusing on aspects of batman and robins origins. As a novel, it is structured in three parts knightfall, kinghtquest and knightsend. This book is where the subplot of batman starting to get run down begins. Feb 11, 2016 sorry for the wait but batman knightfall finally continues with part 7. The story introduces bane as a new villain knightfall is a batman storyline published as part of the batman. Art by jim aparo, norm breyfogle, graham nolan, and jim balent. Knightfall part onebroken bat on a list of the 25 greatest batman graphic novels, saying. Part one culminates with the actual breaking of the batman, while part two has batman passing the mantle to his new protege jean paul valley. Batman encounters a powerful new foe, bane, who takes the dark knight beyond the limits of human endurance, nearly destroying him forever.
I read the comic books and even dug into the classic newspaper strips. This is a huge storyline and one of the most famous ones in the dc canon. Part two of a massive ninevolume celebration of the entire batman. Not difficult to see why characteristics of it were used for the dark knight rises. The story begins with bane engineering the breakout of all the insane criminals that are housed in arkham asylum. Knightfall, an audio drama adaptation of the dc comics story lines knightfall, knightquest and knights end. Jul 06, 2011 knightfall is one of the most ambitious batman stories ever attempted. It has taken me quite a while to write, and get posted. Knightfall is a batman family crossover published in 1993.
What makes knightfall, part one so memorable is not the actually snapping of batmans back. Having just finished volume 2 and seen the dark knight rises twice, i can easily say that i enjoyed this collection on a much higher level. Batman, knightfall gotham city is reeling from the shocking news that batman is confined to a wheelchair. Knightfall is arguably one of the most popular installments in the history of batman. One where batman rounds up some of the most famous villains in gotham and another where he is confronting his greatest enemy yet bane. Apr 18, 2006 i love this audio version of knightfall almost as much as the original comic book original. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 268 pages and is available in paperback format. I like to take materials from dc comics and try to adapt them with audio books published to make an animated movie of sorts. Written by doug moench, chuck dixon and alan grant. Scarecrow and joker began bombing an underriver tunnel.
Dennis oneil does a marvelous job in keeping the reader in suspense throughout the books whole threehundred and fifty pages. The police began a wildgoosechase to locate the kidnapped mayor. In the second installation of the knightfall series, jean paul valley, or azrael, takes over for batman. Without any options left, the dark knight must pass his iconic cape and cowl to a worthy ally. Its the quick fall into despair that proves most shocking. The biggest problem with knightfall is that the actual story begins here, but there are countless backissues of comics and collected editions that youll need to pick up to understand how everything got. Batman knightfall tpb 2012 dc new edition comic books. The first edition of the novel was published in may 1st 2012, and was written by chuck dixon. The main characters of this sequential art, comics story are alfred. The book opens with the origin of bane and it is a fantastic story in itself. So buying this 25th anniversary edition series is a no brainer for me.
None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. Sorry for the wait but batman knightfall finally continues with part 7. With his city under siege, batman pushes his body to its physical breaking point as he takes on the joker, the mad hatter, poison ivy, killer croc, the riddler and the scarecrow, one. Will if not heres part of a great batman storythis is technically part 3 of a 3 part story if you collect the garaphic novel editions and you really do need batman. The primary story arc is terrific and a genuine touchstone in comic history. It is a fantastic prose novel that contains 372 pages. Batman knightfall viewcomic reading comics online for. Knightfall is about the classic tale of the fall of bruce wayne.
A classic comic book adventure and bane doesnt have a muffled voice sorry tom hardy. This reading order contains the prelude issues as well as the entire knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend storylines. The knightfall part 1 book follows bane who is out to test his strength by taking on killer croc and the riddler. Bane breaks batman s back in batman knightfall part 11. The knightfall series is one of the greatest batman stories of all time. With batman crippled by his fiercest foe, a new hero tries to fill his shoes in protecting gotham city. Batman, knightfall bbc audio audio cd audiobook, 18 apr 2006. Knightfall part 1 is the first part of a three arc storyline of a classic tale, and one of the most popular of the dark knights tales. Its a trilogy consisting of three storylines, knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend. Also included is the aftermath of the knightfall saga.
It is primarily a trilogy consisting of three arcs entitled knightfall, knightquest and knightsend, but also includes several other storylines, miniseries, and one shots. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The end of this volume is somewhat shocking compared to standard, mainstream comic book continuity. Its not a very complicated story bane beats batman, jeanpaul valley beats bane, bruce beats jeanpaul valley and thats why in the final part of the knightfall saga, bruce must become batman once again and take gotham from the hands of the powercrazed. Home turf does not prove an advantage when bane breaks batman s back in the batcave in the broken bat. Third and finally, i love this volume for the very last issue of prodigal and the familial themes that play out when bruce returns and he and dick argue about everything that happened in knightfall. This is the first part of the knightfall saga that introduces banes assault on batman and his plan to take over gotham city.
Remember in the ninties when dc decided to go a bit mental and do what seemed to be a lot of damage to some of their characters. Bane, an intelligent and brutally strong enemy raised in a hellish prison is out to prove that he is without rival, and he sets his sights on gotham and batman. To make thing even more complicated, i see that dc released knightfall volumes 1, 2, and eventually they will. It was written by alan grant, chuck dixon, dennis oneil, doug knightfall is a batman family crossover published in 1993. The huge, musclebound villain bane has but one goal in mind, to break batman. His power lies, in part, in the aura he creates through his costume and voice. Batman and firefly went at it again, this time batman the victor. The inmates of arkham asylum have broken free and batman must push himself to the limits to reapprehend the joker, poison ivy, the riddler, killer croc and more. Considering this is part one of a trilogy, however, the ending doesnt leave many loose ends other than how the new batman will cope with the responsibility of the mantle of the bat. Broken bat 1993 by doug moench, chuck dixon series.
Vengeance of bane was originally published in january, 1993. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 630 pages and is available in paperback format. The complete knightfall saga audio cd june 1, 2005. Knightfall is one of the most ambitious batman stories ever attempted.
I love how bane can see through batman and see his weaknesses and how tired he. A full cast, excellent music and loads of atmosphere. This show, however was not commissioned of its own, but rather to be. Bane is my most favorite supervillain in the batman universe as he is the only one who has ever defeated batman. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the first installment of this classic storyline that leads to the birth of a new batman, the dark knights greatest enemies have all simultaneously escaped from arkham asylum and are preying on gotham city. Batman knightfall full atrain takes you aboard the old time radio train of memories of a by gone era when the radio was everyones source of. Broken bat dc comics 01 by doug moench, chuck dixon isbn. Knightfall trilogy, which also includes knightquest and knightsend. One of the most memorable sound effects is the swirling sound effect of batman s cape when he is in motion. The story is a bit cheesy as bane and his henchman are very over the top evil but i found it exciting to watch batman take on some of his best villains after they are broken out of arkham and for that reason, i think this tpb is worth the buy at a low price. Batman knightfall full a train takes you aboard the old time radio train of memories of.
Knightfall is broken up into two parts the broken bat and who rules the night. Knightfall books one and two to build you up to this book batman prodigal also follows it nicely. Batman knightfall audio book movie part 1 adapted from the bbc radio 4 drama created by dirk maggs, starring bob sessions as the batman. May 01, 2012 volume one represents the first part of the knightfall trilogy and is followed by knightquest and knightsend, all averaging over 600 pages making for an 1,800 page epic storyline.
Against all odds, bane survives to adolescence and beyond, training himself. The first part of the novel, knightfall is one of the most epic pieces of literature i have ever read. May 24, 2012 this is the audio book version of one of the best comics of all time. Knightfall saga, this collection follows the story arc begun in batman. In the quasimedieval caribbean nation of santa prisca, an unborn boy is convicted for the crimes of his absent father. Adapted from the bbc radio 4 drama created by dirk maggs, starring bob sessions as the batman, michael gough as alfred. Gotham city is reeling from the shocking news that batman is confined to a wheelchair. Knightfall saga reading order comic book reading orders. Part 3 of the audio bookmotion comic version of batman knightfall adapted from the bbc radio 4 drama created by dirk maggs, starring. Knightfall is one of the worst batman books ever and its spread over three ghastly books. Knightfall is an adaptation of a series of comic books of the same name. It was written by doug moench and chuck dixon, with illustrations by jim aparo, jim balent, norm breyfogle and graham nolan knightfall is the first installment in the batman.
Download batman knightfall audiobook batman knightfall. Im not sure if its strictly because now when i read bane, i can only hear his. The broken bat following banes massive break out at arkham asylum batman hunts through the city of gotham. Jan 27, 2012 buy batman knightfall part one broken bat by doug moench, chuck dixon, jim aparo, norm breyfogle, graham nolan isbn. The complete knightfall saga englisch audiocd horbuch. Continue the story of the knightfall prologue book with batman.
But his methods are brutal and dangerous, and the future of gotham city is uncertain. The second part of knightfall collects the issues directly following the breaking of batman and lead into jean paul valleys transformation into a. Knightfall part 1 book now available from the legend of batman graphic novel collection. Who will now protect the innocent from the dangerous inmates of arkham asylum, whom bane has released. Knightfall is one of the most well known of story arcs in the batman canon. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. This book collects the first and arguably the best part of this story the breaking of the batman by bane the symbolism of the name is pretty obvious.
Knightfall was the first batman story arc i ever read and did so when it was originally released 25 years ago. I hope you like it, it isnt that long, there are a lot of pictures in it. Who rules the night is the second of two volumes collecting knightfall, the batman storyline in which batman meets defeat. Chuck dixons adaption of the dark knight in batman. In this thrilling radio drama, batman has been crippled by his fiercest foe ever. The first edition of the novel was published in 1993, and was written by doug moench. The batman knightfall trilogy part 1 of 3 duration. Jan 24, 2015 part 3 of the audio book motion comic version of batman knightfall adapted from the bbc radio 4 drama created by dirk maggs, starring bob sessions as the batman, michael gough as alfred, peter. In volume 1 of the groundbreaking installment, we watch batman as he faces countless, classic villains as the arkham asylum has been broken into leaving many of the craziest criminals free to roam the streets and torment the city of gotham.
It was written by chuck dixon and illustrated by graham nolan. Buy batman knightfall part one broken bat by doug moench, chuck dixon, jim aparo, norm breyfogle, graham nolan isbn. 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. If you are eager to read some books that are still a big part of batman continuity, knightfall part one is a good choice. Knightfall part one broken bat on a list of the 25 greatest batman graphic novels, saying. This paperback collects the the broken bat storyline. The book was a good read as it is part of a series, it is a good find as well as dc has stop publishing this version of it, so to find the second book part of the three book series was great, as you could easily get the series for the two books but not for the three of them. Bane, a villain of superhuman strength, cunning and evil. What makes knightfall, part one so memorable is not the actually snapping of batman s back. Its not one of the bigger moments in batman history, but its certainly one of the most poignant, for bruce to admit what is evident but rarely.
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