Welcome to another special edition of Deciphering DC with me, Aalok. For quite a few weeks now we've been making our way through the shared history of Batman and one of his deadliest enemies - Bane - all with an eye to the recently released and outright awesome experience that is The Dark Knight Rises.
This week we reach the most critical part of this journey, the fatal confrontation that led to the breaking of The Bat and his rise from the ashes - yes, this is where the movie got the idea!
[Editor : For the previous articles that led up to this epic and legendary story-line in the Batman mythos, see the bottom of this post]
Writers: Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon
Artists: Jim Aparo, Graham Nolan, Norm Breyfogle, Jim Balent
Collects: Batman 491-497, Detective Comics 659-663
Technically, the Knightfall arc has gone through a number of
printings with surprising inclusions, as well as equally surprising omissions.
The first and second printing collected the basic nineteen-part storyline, plus
additional issues, in the form of two trade paperbacks. The third (current)
printing chooses to combine the contents of the earlier two trades in one volume.
However, both the volumes of the first and second printing are two
different beasts entirely, so that is how I choose to analyse and break down
the story.
