In the movie, bane hasnt done anything to wear batman down. In these stories, reprinted from batmanbane and batman. Dixon is well know for his work on such epic dc comics stories as knightfall, no. Batman knightfall viewcomic reading comics online for. Batman becomes weaker and weaker as each criminal is put away. Batman knightfall trilogy reading order comic book herald. Its the same imagery of the comic, but without the same meaning and context behind it. Batman knightfall volume is a book written by chuck dixon and was published in 1993. From the origins of bane to the breaking of the bat, dcs knightfall trilogy is one of the most memorable and longest running batman sagas of the 1990s. However, in 2012, dc released the books that made up the. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Bane batman i am batman batman art dc comics batman comics batman the dark knight dc comic books comic art. And what could be better than getting it all in 1 book, as opposed to 2.
Still recovering from his devastating encounter with bane, and. These men recognized banes strength and value and pledged to follow him loyally. He works far harder than i do and deserves more acclaim than hes seeing. Based on conjecture i read on here, i think the only diff bw my vol 1 and dcs is that i include sword of azrael and i put the lost pages of bane breaking into the mansion in between two issues as a pseudo canon recap thing vs dc i think puts it as an extra. Also, the title for this collection is misleading since there really isnt any batman vs bane stories here. That was left out of the original knightfall collections, the rest of the comics in this book were collected previously in the afore mentioned 2 volume edition. Back in october of 1992, dc comics released the first issue of a 4 issue. All he needs to get the job done is a few nuclear weapons. Best picture for comic book background for your taste you are looking for something, and it is going to tell you exactly what you are looki batman vol 1 497 batman comic 497 knightfall with bane came out in july of 1993. Knightquest was a multipart storyline published by dc comics from 19931994. In this book, bane is an expert marksman, a hunter who is really intelligent, and cunning. The story was originally published in batman, catwoman, detective comics, justice.
Knightfall from dc comics the comic geek community. I am asking about knightfall because it seems like its pretty long which i like. The final knightfall fight before bane, batman completely loses control and beats the guy hard. Batman knightfall tpb 2012 dc new edition comic books. It is a novel sans graphics based on three story arcs which ran in monthly comic books from 199394. Bane watches from a distance as batman begins to break down and undermine himself, then ups the ante by interfering a bit more directly he sends both killer. Rather than the epic scene from the comic books where bane triumphantly throws batman s body down into a crowd of horrified onlookers, he simply tosses him down into a street where only a few drunks and an old lady are there.
Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. Later printings of these three books have the exact same content, but do not have the covers and ads as chapter headings and solely title the three books under the knightfall name, with a similar cover dressing design for all three volumes. My 10 year old cousin displayed interest in bane and wanted to read more about him. In an otherwise very well crafted story, bane s final defeat of batman feels like a total letdown. Batman knightfall audio book movie part 1 adapted from the bbc radio 4 drama created by dirk maggs, starring bob sessions as the batman, michael gough as alfred, peter marinker as bane. The first film needs to reveal bane s origin story which is told in vengeance of bane and have him unleash a swarm of villains from arkham asylum. Knightfall, the classic showdown between batman and bane, with a series of releases throughout the month of september. The diabolical brute known as bane has finally defeated batman and is one step closer. Knightfall is one of the worst batman books ever and its spread over three ghastly books. Just like the dark knight returns, a movie inspired by knightfall should be a twoparter. If you want more of bane, i recommend knightfall vol. Seeking gotham as his ultimate prize, the santa priscan crime lord bane wages a slowburning war to wear batman down bringing the dark knight to his knees before bane breaks him. Watch as bane infiltrates wayne manor and takes on the dark knight one on one in an epic battle. I just started getting into comics and graphic novels and thought batman would be cool to read about.
The version this film gave audiences was a lumbering brute who although was gifted with metastrength, could barely speak and was subservient to poison ivy. Knightquest follows events chronicled during the knightfall storyarc and leads into the multipart final chapter, kn. Batmanazrael vs bane knightfall bane gets ripped a new ass for what he done to bruce see more. If you have those already, than this book is perfect for your collection. Putting batman through a gauntlet of his rogues and testing his foe, bane. All my comics come from a nonsmoking environment and have been bagged and carefully stored in an archival box. Using a cartoon to prove your point isnt the best tactic, especially when the comic book version is in use.
Oh, and before we begin, have you visited my dear friends comic book blog the speech bubble. Comic books dramatically read by the eligible monster team. Why else would bane have to plan an entire week of hell for batman to deal with in order to beat him, rather than simply confronting. But things get much worse when bane, the man behind all the. But in order to get to the status he is now in, essential comic book stories had to come first. Bane breaks batmans back in batman knightfall part 11. The version of bane we got in the comic books was not only the pinnacle of physical strength, but a brilliant strategic mind and a man as disciplined in the mind as batman himself. Batman s downfall was expertly orchestrated and this is what makes bane such a brilliant. Home turf does not prove an advantage when bane breaks batman s back in the batcave in the broken bat. The comic focuses on banes early life in a foreign prison. Bane comes off as an immense threat, capable of defeating batman. Mar, 2016 knightfall seems vitally worried about the integrity of batman as a character, as if bruce wayne might be corrupted or eroded by some insidious force. Batmanazrael vs bane knightfall bane gets ripped a new ass for what he done to bruce.
This riveting book sets batman on a path that will change his life forever batman book. He is also the author of the dc comics guide to writing for comics. Longtime batman writer and editor denny oneil, not a fan of the new 90s antihero, planned out a storyline wherein bruce would face each of his major foes one last time before being crippled and replaced with a. This was a batman who had limits facing a villain who knew what it would take to bring down the batman. Dc comics is celebrating the 25th anniversary of batman.
Knightfall is a batman family crossover published in 1993. Bane eventually became the most feared man in all of pe. As bane grew older, he earned the attention of several other inmates including an aging physician named zombie, a brutish man named trogg, and an american named bird. I had just started reading comic books and already my heros back was. Created by chuck dixon, doug moench, and graham nolan, he made his debut in batman. This is the newsstand edition without the overlay cover. This introduced azrael who will later take up the mantle of the bat.
Bane uses a hightech cannon to start a jailbreak at blackgate penitentiary and equips the inmates with firearms. One of my favorite comic book fighst, jean paul valley azbats versus bane for control of gotham. This enormous threat to gotham city would allow the movie to focus on various batmanfamily characters as they do their part to capture these fiends. While dcs current rebirth continuity is more wibblywobbly than it has been in decades, the events in knightfall are referenced repeatedly by both bane and batman, suggesting that while certain moments in the story were retconned, the majority of it remains intact and due to comic book time, can. Oct 02, 2015 107 facts you should know about video games s3 e18 107 batman. Knightfall, an american historical fiction drama television series knight fall, an episode of the sixth season of house knightfall once upon a time, an episode of the seventh season of once upon a time. Charles chuck dixon is an american comic book writer, perhaps bestknown for long runs on batman titles in the 1990s. Reading wikipedias description of knightfall, it mentions knightfall ran from april to october 1993, batman issues 492 through 500 and detective comics issues 659 through 666, with the two titles sharing a single narrative during this time. 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.
It depicted a batman who despite pushed to the limits and eventually faces bane and stops the escaped criminals from arkham. All sorts of differences probably, but i dont know the precise orderings dc uses in its omnibuses. Her only experiences with batman are the the dark knight movies. Bane breaks batman s back in batman knightfall part 11. His first published work was my dog sandy, a comic strip printed in his elementary. Dc comics, marvel comics and indie alike, nothing is free from our dramatic readings. The comic book version of bane was physically imposing to be sure, but was also a genius and a shrewd tactician. Around the time of the death of superman, dc started publishing knightfall, a bat family crossover featured in detective comics, batman, and other related dc titles in the early 1990s. Banes plan is to weaken batman by forcing him to deal with the deadly villains one at a time. With his city under siege, batman pushes his body to the limit as he takes on the joker, the mad hatter, poison ivy, killer croc, the riddler and the scarecrow.
Bane is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Get the best deals on modern age batman comics when you shop the largest online. Bane breaks the bat batman comics, superhero comic, bane. This requires azrael to become the new batman, and defeat bane in who rules the night. Overall the quality to me was good for all of the artists involved, and i. This comic would be a wonderful addition to any batman collection. The difference between nolans bane and the bane moench and dixon write for here is that the knightfall bane is a lot. Arkham facts you should know the leaderboard duration.
Batman encounters a powerful new foe, bane, who takes the dark knight beyond the limits of human endurance, nearly destroying him forever. Bane hits harder and bruce will actually be able to feel bane s hits, whilst the same cant be said in reverse. One shouldnt make any assumptions based on the source material, however. For the first time since the events of the knightfall storyline, bruce wayne. Knightfall saga reading order comic book reading orders. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. An oral history of the batman knightfall saga syfy wire. Following his defeat at the hands of bane, batman asks the hero called azrael. This massive first knightfall volume includes chapters never previously not collected. Buy batman knightfall tp vol 01 01 by chuck dixon, various isbn. Knightfall was adapted as a full cast radio drama by bbc radio 1 in 1994, starting with a slightly tweaked version of batman. Bane breaks batmans back in this chapter of knightfall. Best picture for comic book background for your taste you are looking for something, and it is going to tell you exactly what you are looki batman vol 1 497 batman comic 497 knightfall with bane came out in july of 1993 batman is listed or ranked 28 on the list the greatest superhero comic book covers of. The volumes include work written by chuck dixon, doug moench, and alan grant and drawn by graham nolan, jim aparo, bret blevins, norm breyfogle, klaus janson, barry kitson, vince giarrano, mike manley, jim.
Batmanazrael vs bane knightfall one of my favorite comic book fighst, jean paul valley azbats versus bane for control of gotham. The dark knight battles the powerful foe who once broke his back in this new, hardhitting collection. Previously in the comic books, in the movies, and in the tv show, gordon was this kind of bumbling, avuncular character, whereas in these stories, he is depicted as this beleaguered, midlevel sergeant in this rampantly corrupt police force, which is the gordon we meet in batman begins. Like in the xmen comic, wolverine whose costume changed over time is a bit of a star in the group. This is a page dedicated to comic books, comic book movies, pop. Ground zero for the best in comic book based battles, tournaments, events, news and more. In the first half of the knightfall story, bane unleashes a master plan to weaken batman by pitting him against all of his deadliest foes again and again which sets up some truly memorable moments that have since become iconic pieces of the batman comic canon. 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. It is the second chapter of a threepart trilogy colloquially referred to as the knight saga.
In the film bane was a muscle bound monkey with no brains, who had an affinity for grunting. The comic wonders what it means to be batman in the nineties, in the shadow of the dark knight returns. As bruce wayne lies broken at the hands of bane, a new hero must step in and claim the mantle of the bat. The end of this volume is somewhat shocking compared to standard, mainstream comic book continuity. This book follows the life of bane a villain and how he starts out as a small boy in a prison to a super buff supervillain who develops a serious hatred for batman. Im not a comic book grader, but i would say that this comic is in nm condition. Banes master plan to break batman in dc comics explained. Okay, so you know about bane breaking batmans back during the knightfall event. The bane we have in the novel has completely unnecessary armor. Jul 23, 2012 in fact, he probably got the worst treatment. Home turf does not prove an advantage when bane breaks batmans back in the batcave in the broken bat. Comic book and graphic novel new releases for march 4 published by marvel. He was ambushed by bane s three partners, and defeated them all.
The complete audio epic characters and story property of dc comics. At 960 pages, this edition contains the entire contents of the 2012 edition of batman. After putting up a weak defense, bane simply lifted batman above him and brought him down on his knee breaking him. I picked up the original comic books during the heels of the death of superman story arc. There are some minor alterations, but it is mostly true to the comic books. In kings story, bane s crusade to destroy batman began not long after knightfall ended. Jul 12, 2017 in this massively long video we take a look at knightfall. Im pretty sure it be close, but batman would win ultimately. In the first installment of this classic storyline, the dark knights greatest enemies have all simultaneously escaped from arkham asylum and are preying on gotham city. It will have a few minor defects and will generally appear to be.
If batman can stalemate bane with venom imagine what he would do without. In anticipation of the new bane centric comic, weve collected 5 of the all time best stories in comics or movies to ever feature bane. Comic book artists comic book characters comic books art comic sans nightwing batgirl batman universe dc universe batman the dark knight. It was not something any one villain could accomplish, but the combined efforts of them all was needed. Is knightfall a good comic for newcomers to batman. This book is where the subplot of batman starting to get run down begins. The art, like many comics, varies depending on which issue is read, so it might be jarring for some especially in the shadow of the bat scarecrow special.
In the xmen movies, the group members wear costumes which are much darker than those in the comic books. Great read great art and hard to put down read more. The dark knight rises is partially based on the knightfall story arc. Batman knightfall tpb 19931995 dc 1st edition comic books. 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. Knightfall, the codename for the attack on the jedi temple during star wars. The arc where bane broke out all of the arkham inmates and then broke the bat. But things get much worse when bane, the man behind all the madness, confronts an exhausted batman and breaks his back. Another comic book created by master writer alan moore, who gained fame for among other books he wrote watchmen. Batman saved mayor kroll, but the tunnel gave way to the river. A priceless moment in batman history that is affordable to all. Art by jim aparo, norm breyfogle, graham nolan, and jim balent.