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A review by jakekilroy
Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat by Jim Balent, Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, Norm Breyfogle, Graham Nolan, Jim Aparo
3.0
Bane’s a calculated villain, which is sort of like the weirdest form of insanity in Gotham. Patience isn’t so much a virtue as it is a weapon in a city that’s sort of run by supervillains that can’t sit still. So, to have one that waits for the perfect moment to strike is unnerving in its own fractured sense of focus.
Anyway, Batman is tired as hell and is run down after Bane breaks loose every unstable criminal and Batman and Robin (Tim Drake in this round) have to round them up like feverish collectors. Batman’s debilitating exhaustion seems natural towards the end, but it comes on so suddenly in the beginning. It wasn’t gradual. It was like Batman grew old in between panels. Also, you start feeling the exhaustion, as the story has way too much downtime.
Bane was created for this story arc, though he was introduced just prior to this Knightfall. I wish Bane had a better haircut, but as a costumed maniac, he’s solid. He’s solid in a really satisfying way. I always thought of him as some reactionary fighting behemoth of a man, but, the more I learn about him, he’s just devastatingly calculated. And he just got what we wanted, so we’ll see how things go in the next two parts.
Anyway, Batman is tired as hell and is run down after Bane breaks loose every unstable criminal and Batman and Robin (Tim Drake in this round) have to round them up like feverish collectors. Batman’s debilitating exhaustion seems natural towards the end, but it comes on so suddenly in the beginning. It wasn’t gradual. It was like Batman grew old in between panels. Also, you start feeling the exhaustion, as the story has way too much downtime.
Bane was created for this story arc, though he was introduced just prior to this Knightfall. I wish Bane had a better haircut, but as a costumed maniac, he’s solid. He’s solid in a really satisfying way. I always thought of him as some reactionary fighting behemoth of a man, but, the more I learn about him, he’s just devastatingly calculated. And he just got what we wanted, so we’ll see how things go in the next two parts.