The police began a wildgoosechase to locate the kidnapped mayor. Spanning batman 491500 and detective comics 659666, knightfall follows batman in his quest to stop bane, and batmans subsequent defeat and approval of his replacement. This edition includes the crusade, which was included in the 2012 edition batman. Knightquest released by dc comics on november 2017. The new batman is using anything he can to stop the villains. The second volume of these new 2012 knightfall saga editions offers up just about all of the entire arc, but misses out on some aspects from knightfall and even knightsend. A new batman arrives in gotham, and his first order of business is to do what bruce wayne couldnt do himselfdefeat bane. However, the stink of jean paul valleys batman is still all over this volume, no matter how refreshing it is to see the return of bruce wayne, and dick grayson finally don the batsuit which he should have done from the getgo. Dennis oneil is the influential writer of comics including batman, green lantern green arrow, the justice league of america and countless other titles. Batman knightfall omnibus volumes overview duration. Batman knightfall vol 2 knightquest omnibus overview youtube. It was not something any one villain could accomplish, but the combined efforts of them all was needed.
Unfortunately, valley is wrestling with his own demons and is struggling to meet the high standards set by his. Graham nolan, jim balent, jim aparo, norm breyfogle. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. Knightquest by chuck dixon 2017, hardcover at the best online prices at. Batman battles bane in this second knightfall new edition, featuring many chapters that were not including in the previous edition. Since nightwing has his own life and robin is too young, jean paul valley aka azrael takes over as batman. Doug moench, chuck dixon, alan grant, bob kane, dennis oneil, jim aparo, norm breyfogle, graham nolan.
Knightsend wraps up the three parts of the batman nightfall trilogy. It is a satisfying and epic conclusion, seeing the return of bruce wayne and the turbulent downfall of jean paul valley in nightsend as well as the wonderful exploration of nightwing dick grayson and the original robin briefly taking up the mantle of the batman in the much. Batman knightfall viewcomic reading comics online for. Scarecrow and joker began bombing an underriver tunnel. Bruce wayne trys to get back in shape and fix is broken back. He is a far more brutal batman, and doesnt quite stand for the same things bruce wayne does. Batman knightfall omnibus vol 2 knightguest continues the story of knightfall from vol 1. Azrael to carry the mantle of batman in gotham city. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. Matt gives an overview on batman knightfall vol 2 omnibus. 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. Batman knightfall omnibus vol 1 overview the hardcover comic. This is a great batman story, it takes off where vol 1 left us.
Its a trilogy consisting of three storylines, knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend. I had bought vol one knightfall years ago, and i just got round to getting the second vol. I wish i had gotten into it sooner this time it is jean paul valley who is under the cowl. 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. Both the villians and people are afraid of the new batman. Heres my comic collection video follow me on social media. Without any options left, the dark knight must pass his iconic cape and cowl to a worthy ally. Batman is threatened by a new villain bane and is slowly but surely whittled down physically and psychologically so bane can quite literally break him. Batman and firefly went at it again, this time batman the victor. This is a considerable step up from knightfall vol.
This was a batman who had limits facing a villain who knew what it would take to bring down the batman. Knightfall is a batman family crossover published in 1993. Batmans downfall was expertly orchestrated and this is what makes bane such a brilliant. Knightquest, reprinting the classic story in which bane breaks batmans back spoilers and then sees bruce wayne replaced by azrael in the role also suffers issues.