Batman: Knightfall
by:
Dennis O'Neil (author)
With his health shattered after a confrontation with the arch-fiend Bane, Batman-Bruce Wayne must decide whether his apprentice, Jean Paul Valley, or Azrael, a violent young vigilante, is capable of taking over as Batman. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
With his health shattered after a confrontation with the arch-fiend Bane, Batman-Bruce Wayne must decide whether his apprentice, Jean Paul Valley, or Azrael, a violent young vigilante, is capable of taking over as Batman. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780553096736 (0553096737)
Publish date: July 1st 1994
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 349
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Thriller,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Superheroes,
Dc Comics,
Batman
Series: Batman
I can see a lot of The Dark Knight Rises in this book. That movie was clearly heavily inspired by this storyline. This book was a fun read, but it was dense and long. Even with only 342 pages, it felt like 600. It just kept going and going. I felt like I was crawling through this. I can usually re...
Thanks for the rec, Wendy B. You can tell that O'Neil is more of a comics writer than a novelist. Interesting story that seemed to read in the more straightforward manner of a comic than a novel. There was too much telling and not enough showing. Batman came off way more condescending than I typical...
I borrowed this from the local public library. It was one of those I picked up on a whim while looking for something else. The book is a quick read; it was ok. While interesting to read Batman in prose, the story is pretty much what happens when a hero becomes overconfident and obsessed to the point...
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