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Summary: True heroes never quit
Review: The character of Batman is displayed as obsessed and rightly so. Some books, like Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" portray his psychosis while others show his superhuman dedication. In "Knightfall" Batman is pushed to his absolute limits and beyond when a new villian calling himself Bane arrives in Gotham for the sole purpose of destroying Batman. Typically my response is "Get in line,pal" but this time Bane has a detailed plan that exploits Batman's weaknesses : his absolute belief that only he can save Gotham and his unwillingness to quit. Bane begins by observing the Batman in action and deciding to strip him of that which makes him the most powerful and then break him. He unleashes all the inmates of Arkham Asylum, the cage that contains all of Batmans worst foes, and watches as Batman faces challenge after challenge despite sickness or exhaustion. Then finally, when Batman is at his weakest, he confronts Bane's stoolies and then Bane himself. If you believe that Batman is just a nutcase in a mask and cape, "Knightfall" will prove you wrong.
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Summary: One of, if not, THE best storylines in DC history.
Review: The Knightfall storyline and the comics that lead up to it are still affecting the comic industry and the characters in the books. There has not been a TBP printed that include the time between The Sword of Azrael and The Broken Bat but there should be. In this period of time Azrael begins training with Robin and Batman is becoming more and more fatigue. The artwork, covers, and storyline of these comics are almost as incredible as those of The Broken Bat. The only problem with The Broken Bat is that the Riddler is not in a prison hospital or in Arkham. Just before the Knightfall storyline Bane had pumped him up with vemon which is one of the most addictive drugs there is. In the Vemon storyline it take Batman over a month of isolation and mediation to overcome the addiction. The Riddle should been forming at the mouth in parts 6 and 8 instead of being on a talk show. The Broken Bat demonstrates why Batman is who he is. He has complete control over his body and mind. He knows when to stop but does not; he gives all of his attention to the public of Gotham and to himself which in the end is why he is finely broken. Unfortunately, Batman refuses the help of Robin and does not even consider asking Nightwing for any help. This results in pushing himself over the edge and making a mistake that he is still trying to recover from, asking former Azrael to take up the Mantle of the Bat. About the only good part of Batman being broken is this the readers of Batman comics during this time get to see more Bruce Wayne is action despite his handicap and how he does not need to hide behind a mask to solve crimes and help others.
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Summary: A great non-batman Batman tale.
Review: The story of Azreal taking over the reigns as Batman is a great exploration of what Batman is, and should be. To what degree can another man replace Bruce Wayne? What are Batman's essential qualities?
This book explores that, and barely hints at what Azreal will truly become. Enjoy the great story about a new batman, what others fear about him, and how he, at least for a little while, victoriously takes on the mantle of the bat.
Writing is, of course, top notch. Since this is a collection, the artwork quality varies...but this IS Batman, after all, and DC's best artists are always on the titles. I really recommend the trilogy to anyone who loves the character of Batman and learnes more about him.
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Summary: stupid stupid batman
Review: This book was (like the Death of Superman debacle) pretty bad. Batman get sick and keeps fighting badguys. and keeps fighting badguys. and keeps ...you get the idea. I admire Batman as much as I admire Superman. However, the authors made him so DUMB in this book. No rest. No Robin. No help. Idiot. This book taught me nothing about the "resiliency of the human spirit." All it did was get Batman to fight a bunch of idiots in succession, and then a BIG idiot at the end. This set the stage for Knightfall 2, which was awful, Knightsquest, and then Knightsend, which is really the only one worth reading. Batman feels like a failure after all this. Well that is ridiculous. If the writers really wanted to make Batman seem like a failure, and have to take time off, they would have given him a worthy opponent. Someone stronger. Someone smarter. Someone who could BEAT him, not because he was on monster steroids and had 40 supervillains soften him up first!! Anyway, this is all useless now. The only reason to buy this book is, well, because it is long. You get a lot of pages. Something to read when you have a cold, or are on the stairmaster, or there is a commercial on TV or something. Batman has, on average, the BEST stories out there. This is NOT one of them.
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Summary: Kngihtsend batman
Review: THis comic book about batman nightfall who rules the night was really amazing because that was a cool battle between knightsend batman and bane. Yes we though that bane was one of batmans most scariest foes but Until he end up broken up by the monster-destroying knightsend batman. Knightsen batman just totallly beats the living lights out of bane and left him busted up. It did not matter how many times Bane had to keep on injecting himseld with vemon to become even stronger he still was getting nailed by the knightsend batman. Jean Paul valley did a really good job in become the new batman. I think that he is stronger than Bruce Wayne but maybe not as smart. I really liked this comic book realy much.
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Summary: Batman's Broken!
Review: This is one of 2 graphic novels collecting Knightfall(In my opinaion the best Batman story ever told). After busting up Killer Croc & The Riddler, Bane (the newest nutcase Gotham has to give)decides it's time to test Batman. So,Bane & his 3 stogges Bird, Trogg, & Zombie break out every nut job from Arkham.Batman then has to deal with them all.
Good Guys: Batman, Robin, Azrael, Huntress,
& Alfred Bad Guys: Bane, Bird, Trogg, Zombie,
The Mad Hatter, Film Freak, Amygdola,
The Ventriloquist, Zsasz, Killer Croc,
Cornelius Stirk, The Joker, Scarecrow,
Firefly, Poison Ivy, & The Riddler
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Summary: A review of Batman: Knightfall
Review: This is one of the best Batman stories I've ever read. The portrayal of Bane was excellent, he's truly one of the scariest villains Batman has in fact ever faced. I would recommend it to anyone who likes Batman or an excellent story.
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Summary: The Best Comic Ever!
Review: This is the best comic book I have ever read! It is filled with drama from page one, to the last page. It is between many villians--the infamous Bane, the joker, the Scarecrow, the young Anarky, mobs and Scarecrow's little helpers. CAUTION:--ONCE YOU START THIS BOOK, YOU WON'T PUT IT DOWN!
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Summary: batcrap
Review: this is the worst batman comic i've ever read. i could have written a better one than this without too much effort. a cracked out, psychotic fiend, bane, comes to gotham in order to 'break' batman and thereby rule gotham city. he blows arkham asylum to bits, thereby forcing batman to take on nearly every villain he ever combated all at once. this leaves batman so physically and mentally weakened that at the end this unimpressive, nazi like villain breaks into wayne manor and lays a beat down on batman, ultimately (we think) breaking his spine. batman fans made much of this because this is supposedly the first 'defeat' of the batman, but who could see this as a real defeat in the true sense of that word? at his physical and mental best batman would have worked circles around a musclehead like bane. the characters behave as though it is inevitable that batman will defeat bane despite his debilitated and nearly insane state, although in the better batman books they are much more realistic and like actual people than that. this one didn't take much effort, and is better ignored by true fans of the bat. read "the dark knight returns" or "the killing joke"
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Summary: Should be 3.5 but...
Review: This was it, no turning back, DC, after killing Superman decided to break the batman or so to speak. Bane has come to Gotham with one thing in mind: to kill Batman, and claim Gotham for his own. His first move was to free all the inmates at Arkham Asylum, inmates such as The Joker, Scarecrow, Two Face and the rest of the villains that Batmna has faced through the years. So Batman, who is already drained physicaly must now battle each villain and stop them from destroying Gotham. After going through everyone, Batman must face Bane... It was very depressing to see Batman completly drained and at the end of his strengh being pounded by Bane, but come on that was it, there was the climax, nothing more. I mean I would rather there be a reason for Bane's thrist for power and lust for revenge on the dark night like the heat between Croc and Bane but nothing more than a big guy bulked up on some sort of venom beating the heck out of the batman. I guess I'll go ahead and pick up the second volume : Who rules the night, since I'm curious as to how Jean Paul can fill those big shoes and reclaim Gotham. To put it this way: the story is simple, too simple but I guess it wasn't that bad after all, still not something I would call a classic by any means...
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