Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1

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In Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1, the Dark Knight faces one of his most challenging adversaries, Bane, who orchestrates a breakout at Arkham Asylum, unleashing a multitude of Batman's foes. The resulting chaos in Gotham City tests Batman’s limits, both physically and mentally, as he attempts to restore order. This intense storyline delves into themes of endurance, resilience, and the weight of vigilance on even the greatest heroes.
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Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1

The villainous Bane breaks the Bat in one of the most popular and well-known Batman tales! The inmates of Arkham Asylum have broken free and Batman must push himself to the limits to re-apprehend the Joker, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Killer Croc, and others.

The inspiration for The Dark Knight Rises.

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The epic 1990s tale that broke Batman's back is collected in full for the first time.

#1 New York Times Bestseller

The villainous Bane breaks the Bat in one of the most popular and well-known Batman tales! The inmates of Arkham Asylum have broken free, and Batman must push himself to the limits to re-apprehend the Joker, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Killer Croc, and more. Pushed to the limits, he comes face-to-face against the monstrosity known as Bane, who delivers a crippling blow destined to change the Caped Crusader forever!

This volume collects Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special #1, Batman #491-500, Detective Comics #659-666, Showcase '93 #7-8, and Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781401233792

Publisher: DC Comics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: DC Comics

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Various
  • Illustrated by Various

Audience: General / adult, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 258.0mm

Weight: 850g

Pages: 640

About the Author

Dennis O'Neil is the influential writer of comics including Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, The Justice League of America and countless other titles. He is also the author of The DC Comics Guide to Writing for Comics (Watson Guptill). Known for his fast-paced, action-oriented plotting, Chuck Dixon is the prolific and acclaimed writer of long runs on Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Birds of Prey, Green Arrow and, for Marvel Comics, The Punisher and Conan. Doug Moench has written novels, short stories, newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays and teleplays. His first published work was My Dog Sandy, a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. Moench has worked for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics and many other smaller companies; he has written hundreds of issues of many different comics, and created dozens of characters, such as Moon Knight.

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