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A review by jakekilroy
Batman: Knightfall, Part Three: Knightsend by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, Alan Grant, Jo Duffy, Denny O'Neil
3.0
I have to say, after three (too) long volumes, the final scene delivers. That's for goddamn sure. Two Batmans, one old school force and the other new wave technology, beat the shit out of each other while being towed by a crashing helicopter? Yes, please.
However, for as earnest as the writing is (almost akin to fan fiction), the final volume, as well as the whole series, doesn't quite work. Everything's so confusing, there are too many unnecessary variables, not enough resolutions and conversations work as a stifling narrative.
The whole thing reads as if Batman was just being created and figured out as a character, but I think this just got stuck in the rush of Batman that came when everyone was trying to decide between crusader Batman or vigilante Batman. One was gut and one was grit. When you aren't sure, it comes off as fractured or frantic.
Still, it was exciting stuff when it brought the ruckus. It was just everything else that made everything kind of screwy. It gets a ton of points for ambition and obvious love for the heroic Batman character.
However, for as earnest as the writing is (almost akin to fan fiction), the final volume, as well as the whole series, doesn't quite work. Everything's so confusing, there are too many unnecessary variables, not enough resolutions and conversations work as a stifling narrative.
The whole thing reads as if Batman was just being created and figured out as a character, but I think this just got stuck in the rush of Batman that came when everyone was trying to decide between crusader Batman or vigilante Batman. One was gut and one was grit. When you aren't sure, it comes off as fractured or frantic.
Still, it was exciting stuff when it brought the ruckus. It was just everything else that made everything kind of screwy. It gets a ton of points for ambition and obvious love for the heroic Batman character.