([November] 2018)
DC,
2018 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 19.99 USD; 25.99 CAD
- Pages
- 284
- On-sale Date
- 2018-09-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [circle and serifs]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-8429-9
- Barcode
- 9781401284299 51999
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (editor - original series); Scott Peterson (assistant editor - original series); Jordan B. Gorfinkel (assistant editor - original series); Jeb Woodard (group editor - collected editions); Eric Searleman (editor - collected edition)
Issue Notes
Collects Batman #492-497, Detective Comics #659-663, and a story from Batman Villains Secret Files #1.
Second printing available January 15, 2020 (per comiclist.com).
Second printing available January 15, 2020 (per comiclist.com).
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Inks
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Colors
- Allen Passalaqua
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane
- Reprints
-
from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #497 [Direct] (Late July 1993)
-
[Title Page]
Batman / credits, title page / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane
Indexer Notes
Title page with illustration from Batman #497.
[Title and Credits]
Batman / credits, title page / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane
Indexer Notes
Title and credits with illustrations from Detective Comics #664 (which is included in Volume 2).
[no title indexed]
Batman / credits, title page / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane
Indexer Notes
Indicia and publisher information with illustration from Batman #497.
[Batman #492]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Mad Hatter
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #492 [Direct] (Early May 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Mad Hatter
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Batman #492 with credits for the cover.
Crossed Eyes and Dotty Teas [Knightfall 1]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Doug Moench
- Pencils
- Norm Breyfogle
- Inks
- Norm Breyfogle
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Richard Starkings
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Jean-Paul Valley; Mad Hatter (villain); Bane (villain); Film Freak (villain); Harvey Bullock; Rene Montoya
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #492 (Early May 1993)
-
[Detective Comics #659]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Inks
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Amygdala; Ventriloquist
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #659 [Direct] (Early May 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Amygdala
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Detective Comics #659 with credits for the cover.
Puppets [Knightfall 2]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Maxie Zeus; Ventriloquist; Amygdala [Aaron Helzinger]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #659 (Early May 1993)
-
[Batman #493]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Inks
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Editing
- Curtis King Jr.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Zsasz
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #493 [Direct] (Late May 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Batman #493 with credits for the cover.
Redslash [Knightfall 3]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Commissioner James Gordon; Zsasz (villain); Bane (villain); Harvey Bullock; Rene Montoya
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #493 (Late May 1993)
-
[Detective Comics #660]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Tim Drake]; Bane; Killer Croc
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #660 [Direct] (Late May 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Tim Drake]; Bane; Killer Croc
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Detective Comics #660 with credits for the cover.
Crocodile Tears [Knightfall 4]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Harvey Bullock; Killer Croc; Bane; Zsasz; Ventriloquist
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #660 (Late May 1993)
-
[Batman #494]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Joker; Scarecrow
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #494 [Direct] (Early June 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Joker; Scarecrow
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Batman #494 with credits for the cover.
Night Terrors [Knightfall 5]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Joker (villain); Bane (villain); Scarecrow (villain); Cornelius Stirk (villain); Jean-Paul Valley; Shondra Kinsolving; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Tim Drake]; Commissioner James Gordon; Sarah Essen
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #494 (Early June 1993)
-
[Detective Comics #661]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Riddler; Scarecrow; Joker
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #661 [Direct] (Early June 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Joker
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Detective Comics #661 with credits for the cover.
City on Fire [Knightfall 6]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Harvey Bullock; Sarah Essen; Scarecrow; Joker; Firefly; Ventriloquist; Riddler; Cavalier
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #661 (Early June 1993)
-
[Batman #495]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Inks
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Editing
- Curtis King Jr.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Poison Ivy
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #495 [Direct] (Late June 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Poison Ivy
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Batman #495 with credits for the cover.
Strange Deadfellows [Knightfall 7]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Firefly (villain); Bane (villain); Scarecrow (villain); Joker (villain); Poison Ivy (villain); Jean-Paul Valley; Shondra Kinsolving; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #495 (Late June 1993)
-
[Detective Comics #662]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #662 [Direct] (Late June 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Detective Comics #662 with credits for the cover.
Burning Questions [Knightfall 8]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Riddler; Firefly; Huntress; Harvey Bullock
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #662 (Late June 1993)
-
[Batman #496]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Inks
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob LeRose
- Editing
- Curtis King Jr.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Joker; Robin [Jason Todd] (Scarecrow's gas hallucination)
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #496 [Direct] (Early July 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Batman #496 with credits for the cover.
Die Laughing [Knightfall 9]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Robin [Jason Todd] (Scarecrow's gas hallucination); Scarecrow (villain); Joker (villain); Bane (villain); Harvey Bullock; Rene Montoya; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #496 (Early July 1993)
-
[Detective Comics #663]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #663 [Direct] (Early July 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Detective Comics #663 with credits for the cover.
No Rest for the Wicked [Knightfall 10]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Bane; Ventriloquist
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #663 (Early July 1993)
-
[Batman #497]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Inks
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Editing
- Curtis King Jr.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Bane
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #497 [Direct] (Late July 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Bane
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from the cover of Batman #497 with credits for the cover.
The Broken Bat [Knightfall 11]
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Sondra Kinsolving; Tim Drake [Robin]; Bane (villain); Black Mask (flashback); Metalhead (flashback); Riddler (flashback); Joker (flashback); Two-Face (flashback); Scarecrow (flashback); Mad Hatter (flashback); Zsasz (flashback); Firefly (flashback); Poison Ivy (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Bane breaks Batman's back.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #497 (Late July 1993)
-
Bonus Section
Batman / credits, title page / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bane
Indexer Notes
Introduction to bonus content, includes an illustration from Detective Comics #663.
Lost Pages: How Bane Infiltrated Wayne Manor
Batman / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Chuck Dixon
- Pencils
- Eduardo Barreto
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Colors
- Noelle Giddings; Digital Chameleon (separations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bane; Alfred Pennyworth; Batman
- Reprints
- from Batman Villains Secret Files (DC, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
Story pages that explain how Bane got into Wayne Manor to break Batman's back. He had appeared at Wayne Manor at the end of "No Rest for the Wicked [Knightfall 10]" in Detective Comics #663 with no explanation of how he got in.
[The Batman Gallery #1]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Joker; Two-Face; Penguin; Catwoman
- Reprints
- from The Batman Gallery (DC, 1992 series) #1 ([August] 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally printed as a wraparound cover, the full image is reprinted here at a reduced size, and is shown in both color and black-and-white.
Wizard Magazine #24
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Jean-Paul Valley]; Bane; Robin [Tim Drake]; Azrael
Indexer Notes
The cover of Wizard Magazine #24 (released August 1, 1993), reprinted here at a reduced size, and is shown in both color and black-and-white.
[Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat - First Edition]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Inks
- Kelley Jones (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane
- Reprints
- from Batman: Knightfall (DC, 1993 series) #1 - Broken Bat [First Printing] ([November] 1993)
-
[Batman: Knightfall, Part Two: Who Rules the Night - First Edition]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Jean-Paul Valley]; Bane
- Reprints
- from Batman: Knightfall (DC, 1993 series) #2 - Who Rules the Night [First Printing] ([November] 1993)
-
[Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat - Later Editions]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane
- Reprints
[Batman: Knightfall, Part Two: Who Rules the Night - Later Editions]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Jean-Paul Valley]; Bane
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane; Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (image on monitor); Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker] (image on monitor); Zsasz (image on monitor); Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch] (image on monitor); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch] (image on monitor); Amygdala [Aaron Helzinger] (image on monitor)
Indexer Notes
Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustrations from Detective Comics #661 (Batman), #663 (Bane), and Batman #492 (monitor screens of villains).
Also includes a listing of the books in the Batman: Knightfall saga:
Batman: Prelude To Knightfall
Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1
Batman: Knightfall Vol. 2
Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 1
Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 2
Batman: Knightquest: The Search
Batman: KnightsEnd
Batman: Prodigal
Batman: Troika
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
[Title Page]
Batman -
2.
[Title and Credits]
Batman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
4.
[Batman #492]
Batman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
6.
Crossed Eyes and Dotty Teas [Knightfall 1]
Batman -
7.
[Detective Comics #659]
Batman -
8.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
9.
Puppets [Knightfall 2]
Batman -
10.
[Batman #493]
Batman -
11.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
12.
Redslash [Knightfall 3]
Batman -
13.
[Detective Comics #660]
Batman -
14.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
15.
Crocodile Tears [Knightfall 4]
Batman -
16.
[Batman #494]
Batman -
17.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
18.
Night Terrors [Knightfall 5]
Batman -
19.
[Detective Comics #661]
Batman -
20.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
21.
City on Fire [Knightfall 6]
Batman -
22.
[Batman #495]
Batman -
23.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
24.
Strange Deadfellows [Knightfall 7]
Batman -
25.
[Detective Comics #662]
Batman -
26.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
27.
Burning Questions [Knightfall 8]
Batman -
28.
[Batman #496]
Batman -
29.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
30.
Die Laughing [Knightfall 9]
Batman -
31.
[Detective Comics #663]
Batman -
32.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
33.
No Rest for the Wicked [Knightfall 10]
Batman -
34.
[Batman #497]
Batman -
35.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
36.
The Broken Bat [Knightfall 11]
Batman -
37.
Bonus Section
Batman -
38.
Lost Pages: How Bane Infiltrated Wayne Manor
Batman -
39.
[The Batman Gallery #1]
Batman -
40.
Wizard Magazine #24
Batman -
41.
[Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat - First Edition]
Batman -
42.
[Batman: Knightfall, Part Two: Who Rules the Night - First Edition]
Batman -
43.
[Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat - Later Editions]
Batman -
44.
[Batman: Knightfall, Part Two: Who Rules the Night - Later Editions]
Batman -
45.
[no title indexed]
Batman
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