It can pretty much be skipped if you're only interested in Batman and Bane. Azrael is cool in theory...

Well, now I can confirm that final Arkham game by Rocksteady studios was partially inspired by the events in this trade paperback. That was nice to see; for the record, Scarecrow was a lot less menacing in this than in the game. The story explored Jean-Paul Valley's evolution and was done in an entertaining fashion, maybe a little too easy and linear. Jean-Paul reminded me a lot of Tommy Gunn in Rocky V, except for the ending.The volume was definitely fun nonetheless. Sucks that Bruce had to be

Such a great series on Batman vs. Bane. So many great pictures and little additions as well; like the newspaper clipping in the background of one scene making fun of electric cars.

Part of my Batman comic book reread project. Continued from Knightfall: Part One.Five stars, but I almost don't want to give that many. Not because it wasn't great, but because it's not as five starry as the previous installment. Most of this concerns the new Batman, Jean-Paul Valley, going after Bane. We also have Bruce Wayne recovering from his broken back, getting used to a wheel chair, and going off on his own adventure which will be covered in Knightquest. There's also a Scarecrow story ins...

In the comics collected in Who Rules the Night, a new Batman rises after the crippling of Bruce Wayne in Part One at the hands of the venom-addicted supervillain Bane. I won't spoil who the new Batman is, but he's a lot more violent and ruthless than Bruce Wayne was, which concerns Robin. The story mainly follows the rise of the new Batman and his attempts to restore order in Gotham. Several of the criminals that escaped Arkham Asylum in Part One have not yet been captured, and it's up to the ne...

I have a few issues with the dumbing down of Bane but I suppose when you create a character who is the intellectual and physical superior to Bruce Wayne you kinda write yourself into a corner when you have to defeat him. Although it is a little dissatisfying to watch Azrael (tactic: punch him, lots) to only beat him up in an improved Batsuit. Saying that though, the psychological effects of the breaking of the Bat are nicely explored in this, the art is lovely and the Scarecrow's appearance is t...

Jean Paul is ruthless. Stories are awesome. Can't to read Knightfall: part III.

"I was condemned before my first cries of life. The world is my prison. I will rule it or I'll die."- BaneThis was surprisingly good. The Scarecrow arc is amazing and was what inspired Batman Begins too. I wasn't aware that the movies were so heavily inspired by this series.(view spoiler)[ It was kind of disappointing that it's not Bruce that beats Bane (hide spoiler)]I'd take a pause from this series, because there are 2-3 books I'm missing from the next one I have and would pick this up later...

I realize that they were trying to ride the coattails of Superman's death, but this whole series just seemed weak.

Great tale of Bruce Wayne's vulnerabilities ad Batman and his unrelenting desire to save Gotham City.

I spent the majority of my review for Knightfall: Volume 1 gushing over how much I enjoyed the story and how pumped up it made me for The Dark Knight Rises. Having just finished Volume 2 and seen The Dark Knight Rises twice, I can easily say that I enjoyed this collection on a much higher level.I'm not sure if it's strictly because now when I read Bane, I can only hear his dialogue in Tom Hardy's voice or that the story takes a turn in a darker, more compelling direction.That being said, I'm sti...

The best parts of this immediately followed the crisis of Book 1, involving Bruce Wayne, his broken back, and his attempts to recover. There’s a scene between Nightwing and Robin which summarized much of what bothered me about this volume. Large chunks of Jean Paul Valley’s story, why Bruce Wayne chose him as a successor to wear the mantle of the Bat were missing. Tim/Robin spent a lot of time criticizing the new Batman, which was understandable, but I would have preferred those moments to be ba...

Read all three volumes several times, I’m a huge Batman fan. From the start I thought I wouldn’t like it as Bruce Wayne isn’t the Batman throughout the story, but now it has to be one of my favourite Batman comics.

This second book in the trilogy takes a long time to say some very basic things: Bruce Wayne is in a wheelchair recovering, Jean Paul Valley is the new Batman and is dispensing a rougher sort of justice than the usual Batman, and that's it. Robin is still wringing his hands like a worried housewife, while Bane having "taken Gotham" does nothing more than sit in his... flat is it? Talking about how he's controlling all the crime in Gotham and all the money he's going to make.Having read the origi...

So, when you hear the name 'Batman' I'm sure most of you, like me, immediately associate that character with his alter-ego of Bruce Wayne.Not of Jean-Paul Valley.But that is precisely who Batman's alter-ego is in thus, with Bruce Wayne (the original Batman!) still in convalesence following his brutal battle - and defeat! - by Bane, and with Bruce then temporarily passing the mantle of the bat onto the former Azrael (another lesser-known comic book character to the general masses, of which I was

Lots of filler, but the big showdown between the new Batman and Bane does not disappoint.

Jean-Paul is a bit much.Tim has a really bad time in this one, not going to lie. Feel very very bad for the lad. His idol and father figure almost dies and gets paralyzed, his actual father gets kidnapped, his master gets replaced by a guy that he was supposed to train that is way too unstable for the job. Not great times at all. He also gets a taste of his own medicine, where his student acts without thinking of the people that are around that could become casualties, relying on the other to ac...

Didn’t enjoy this as much as volume one. After a pretty thrilling ending to the previous installment, this book takes kind of a perplexing amount of time to really get legs. We go off on a long narrative arc involving Scarecrow that honestly could have been a lot shorter. When we finally get down to the character who steps into the mantle of Batman (following his injury at the hands of Bane) and how differently he handles the role, I was more invested and things definitely picked up. I enjoyed t...

Jean Paul’s Batman versus Bane is the dark Netflix series we deserve to see one day

Volume 1 for me was a 2.5, whereas volume 2 is a definite improvement at 3.5. The highlights for me were the Scarecrow storyline, which saw him portrayed in a terrifying new light, and the character of Jean Paul Valley. JPV is particularly interesting in Knightfall because his violent methods show just how easily someone with Batman's power (both literal and symbolic) can take a very dark path. Christopher Nolan's movies reference this storyline in more ways than the obvious breaking of Batman i...