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New Comic Read - Batman: Knightfall, Omnibus Volume 1

Knightfall was one of the first sets of Batman comics I read as a kid. Originally published from 1992-1993, I only read bits and pieces. I remember vividly some of these covers.

Now reading all of the comics, in order, telling the complete story is something different than my original experience only absorbing bits and pieces as a 9 / 10 year old.

It was better.

For those who don't know, Knightfall or the Knight Saga, was a story arc where an already mentally traumatized Bruce Wayne is physically beaten and forced to step aside as Batman temporarily. This is the first part of that saga.

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In KnightFall, we are introduced to Bane, a genius who grew up in prison and escaped after being experimented on with some wild steroids. He decides he wants to be King of Gotham, which requires him to take down Batman.

So, Bane frees everyone in Arkham at once, figures out who Batman is, and when he is at his weakest, Bane enters Wayne Manor and breaks Batman's back.

It's a wild story and the first Omnibus ends with Jean-Paul Valley taking on the mantle of the Batman. And...well, he's brutal. And absolutely does not share Wayne's feeling about never killing.

The first omnibus includes 36 individual comics in it!

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