Gates of gotham details a history of gotham city in which. The killing joke is arguably one of the greatest comic books of all time with beautiful, stunning artwork from brian bolland, with a dark, absolutely marvelous thought provoking. Home turf does not prove an advantage when bane breaks batman s back in the batcave in the broken bat. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. The story starts off as it should, with the vengeance of bane, showing the origins of bane. The complete knightfall saga is inspired by the bestselling batman storylines knightfall, knightquest, and knightsend. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for.
Knightfall, both dramatized by british writer dirk maggs, and both starring bob sessions as batman. This book is all about the downfall and the remaking of a great superhero. Gotham city or simply gotham, is a fictional city appearing in american comic books published. Knightfall was the first batman story arc i ever read and did so when it was originally released 25 years ago. Gothic, the gotham cathedral plays a central role for the story as it is. Knightfall saga reading order comic book reading orders. The story takes place over approximately six months. Batman is threatened by a new villain bane and is slowly but surely whittled down physically and psychologically so bane can quite literally break him. Buy batman, knightfall bbc audio by dirk maggs isbn. Batman knightfall tpb 2012 dc new edition comic books. Knightfall, an audio drama adaptation of the dc comics story lines knightfall, knightquest and knights end. Full text of the dark knight script by jonathan nolan and. But the most affecting adaptation of the batman universe i have ever experienced is a littleknown radio drama put out by the bbc based on dc comics classic knightfall saga.
Knightfall, for me, is the most gripping batman story, and the story that i think best endeared the character to me beyond michael keaton as a kid. 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. This show, however was not commissioned of its own, but rather to be three minute episodes. Any wellproduced dc comics audio dramas out there other. Batman knightfall tpb 19931995 dc 1st edition comic books. It seems like for every situation batman finds himself in, he has a. But his methods are brutal and dangerous, and the future of gotham city is uncertain.
I love this audio version of knightfall almost as much as the original comic book original. Knightfall dennis oneil novel unabridged audiobook by. Batman knightfall audio book movie part 1 adapted from the bbc radio 4 drama created by dirk maggs, starring bob sessions as the batman. Publication date 1940 topics batman, batman 100150 collection comics. Knightfall is the batman story arc that introduces bane. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits.
Lazarus syndrome is a bit of a potboiler not very impressive except for the audio design but knightfall. It is primarily a trilogy consisting of three arcs entitled knightfall. Shaw gardner has slapped the pretentious out of me. This reading order contains all the necessary comic book issues to enjoy the knightfall saga. Letterpress machine, letterpress printing, book sculpture, printing press, old tools. Who will now protect the innocent from the dangerous inmates of arkham asylum, whom bane has released. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. With batman crippled by his fiercest foe, a new hero tries to. The bbc radio 1 dramatization of a batman adventure starring bob sessions, m. Then what follows are a bunch of issues of batman, 484 to 491, and detective comics 654 to 658, all of which tie into knightfall in some way. Dc justice league knight ops batman zipline action figure mattel for sale online justice. Dennis oneil is the influential writer of comics including batman, green lanterngreen arrow, the justice league of america and countless other titles. Knightfall is a batman crossover originally published in singleissue form in 1991, and first collected in trade paperbacks in 1993. Written by doug moench, chuck dixon and alan grant.
I didnt even know you could adjust the time frame per pic panel switch so i though i had only 7 seconds before the. I am asking about knightfall because it seems like its. It was adapted, produced and directed by dirk maggs, with music composed by mark russell, who had recently made superman. However, that story itself doesnt tie into knightfall, and would slow the pacing of this book down. And to be honest batman is a little more charming in prose than in rubbery long johns. Bruce wayne suffers burnout and is systematically assaulted and crippled by a super steroidenhanced genius named bane. Ive read many fantastic, wonderful batman stories since then but, this one still remains my. It starts with the vengeance of bane oneshot, where the character is introduced in santa prisca before going to gotham and lurking in the shadows, watching batman. I just started getting into comics and graphic novels and thought batman would be cool to read about.
Buy batman, knightfall bbc audio by maggs, dirk isbn. Knightfall bbc radio drama in full in the spotify app. It is a fantastic prose novel that contains 372 pages. Known for his fastpaced, actionoriented plotting, chuck dixon is the prolific and acclaimed writer of long runs on batman, robin, nightwing, birds of prey. The novelization has found its merry way to the top of next semesters required reading. Paused youre listening to a sample of the audible audio edition. The knightfall story line has been made into a novel, referenced in. Bane breaks batman s back in batman knightfall part 11. A full cast, excellent music and loads of atmosphere. What the back doesnt mention is that a lot of dialogue has been cut, reshuffled or. Art by jim aparo, norm breyfogle, graham nolan, and jim balent.
But what allows bane to do so is batmans own obsessive, obstinate nature. Everything i know about batman i learned from batman. This was one my my very first projects and i had no idea what i was doing. Knightfall is a 19931994 batman story arc published by dc comics. Batman, knightfall bbc audio audio cd audiobook, 18 apr 2006. He is also the author of the dc comics guide to writing for comics watson guptill. I wish that there had been more robinjeanpaul as batman interactions, but what there was was great and robin got a cool little car too. Bane is my most favorite supervillain in the batman universe as he is the only one who has ever defeated batman. I also liked how they did the other characters who didnt already know slowly realizing that under the batman. Since nightwing has his own life and robin is too young, jean paul valley aka azrael takes over as batman. One of the most memorable sound effects is the swirling sound effect of batman.