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Batman: Knightfall #3, 2017 Omnibus Edition
Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 3: Knightsend
The epic 1990s TALES OF THE BATMAN collected in a hardcover edition for the first time in BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL OMNIBUS VOL. 3: KNIGHTSEND!
Bruce Wayne turns to his old foe, Lady Shiva, for help in retraining. Meanwhile, moving in on an arms dealer, Batman discovers that the perpetrator might actually be an old and deadly enemy of the Order of St. Dumas. Bruce Wayne and Robin recruit Nightwing, the first Robin, to keep tabs on the new Batman's activities even as he continues his pursuit of the deadly arms dealer while Wayne sets up a training facility in an abandoned logging mill in the hills outside Gotham City.
Collects BATMAN #509-510 & #512-515, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #29-30 & #32-35, DETECTIVE COMICS #676-677 & #679-682, ROBIN #8-9 & #11-14, CATWOMAN #12-13, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #62-63, SHOWCASE '94 #10, NIGHTWING: ALFRED'S RETURN #1, BATMAN: VEGEANCE OF BANE #2.
Bruce Wayne turns to his old foe, Lady Shiva, for help in retraining. Meanwhile, moving in on an arms dealer, Batman discovers that the perpetrator might actually be an old and deadly enemy of the Order of St. Dumas. Bruce Wayne and Robin recruit Nightwing, the first Robin, to keep tabs on the new Batman's activities even as he continues his pursuit of the deadly arms dealer while Wayne sets up a training facility in an abandoned logging mill in the hills outside Gotham City.
Collects BATMAN #509-510 & #512-515, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #29-30 & #32-35, DETECTIVE COMICS #676-677 & #679-682, ROBIN #8-9 & #11-14, CATWOMAN #12-13, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #62-63, SHOWCASE '94 #10, NIGHTWING: ALFRED'S RETURN #1, BATMAN: VEGEANCE OF BANE #2.
896 pages, Hardcover
First published June 5, 2018
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Chuck Dixon
3,426 books1,031 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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May 25, 2022
Great ending to a masterful series. I read all three Omni’s in 5 days, that’s just a token to the great writing. This Batman will forever be “MY” Batman.
December 17, 2023
Bruce Wayne as Batman is back, finally! At least he’s trying to get back. Azrael isn’t likely to give up the mantle of Batman without a fight and as delusional and crazed as he’s been lately, Bruce will need to be at the top of his game to challenge him for his spot back. Though the road to recovery was long, it seems as if through healing and training, some from the deadly assassin Lady Shiva, Gotham is about to be reunited with the city’s one true protector. And per usual, as Bruce is coming back into the life he’s sworn by as Batman, it seems as if the man who broke the Bat is ready to come out of his recently quiet sleep, as well.
The long awaited showdown between Azrael and Batman happens across a few different issues and while the victor was always going to be Batman, the story did a decent job of giving the reader questions on how far Azrael would go to overpower Batman and in what degrees of success he would have. Ultimately, the battle of polar opposites turned from action and aggression to cunning and brains. As one moves out of the position and the original takes over once again, I’m intrigued to see where this story will take us and what changes Bruce may decide to make in regard to his crusade.
Just as things are returning to the status quo, Bruce must once again take himself out of the picture on another mission, but this time granting the mantle of Batman to a much worthier choice in Dick Grayson. The dynamic between Dick and Tim is very welcome in this saga that has been so dark and violent and 90’s. I am curious as to where and how Bruce will return and take his place as Batman once again and what that will do for his and Tim’s relationship with Dick will be.
On the other side of the law, Two-Face is running things and working to take over Gotham City since he’s been mistakenly released from prison. This causes Dick to constantly question his actions as Batman since he had a deadly run-in with him as Robin in the past. All of the other challenges that Dick and Tim are facing seem relatively low-risk and it doesn’t seem like they’re ever really facing anything huge, aside from what Two-Face may be orchestrating.
As the team of Dick and Tim concludes, they work at putting the higher profile criminals away that escaped prison, but this still feels like a low-threat mission. Just as this begins to feel a tad bit repetitive, Bruce comes back into the picture to reclaim the cape and cowl from Dick. This spurs a conversation from the two about their partnership dissolving and the factors in the breakup that were never discussed. I appreciated this a lot, as it shows the emotional relationship that the two feel for each other and the connection that both of them feel toward the mantle of The Batman and what that means for their lives and their missions.
The Russians once again pose a threat to Batman as he’s working to take the mantle up once again and it’s mostly just more of the same just okay story. The most exciting thing about the Troika story was the new design of the Batman costume, debuting in the last Batman issue in this omnibus and designed by the incredible Kelley Jones. His design for Batman isn’t one that a lot of people love; but it is really one of my favorites.
The Alfred issue was an interesting one, seeing a previous flame he almost married in a past life, but it went just about how I expected it to go. I know the issue of Alfred leaving needed to be addressed, but I’m mostly glad that is was Nightwing and the relationship that Alfred has with Dick that helped bring him back to Gotham.
The omnibus wraps up with the final issue being about Bane, just as the first issue in the first omnibus was, as well. This one brought Bane to a realization within himself and a little bit of an understanding between Bane and Batman. I expected Bane to regress and become a monster again. I expected to see Bane and Batman fight again and Batman beat him, since he couldn’t before and it was only Azrael that bested Bane previously. However, this is not how things ended and though the omnibus is over, I know the story of Bane and Batman is not.
The long awaited showdown between Azrael and Batman happens across a few different issues and while the victor was always going to be Batman, the story did a decent job of giving the reader questions on how far Azrael would go to overpower Batman and in what degrees of success he would have. Ultimately, the battle of polar opposites turned from action and aggression to cunning and brains. As one moves out of the position and the original takes over once again, I’m intrigued to see where this story will take us and what changes Bruce may decide to make in regard to his crusade.
Just as things are returning to the status quo, Bruce must once again take himself out of the picture on another mission, but this time granting the mantle of Batman to a much worthier choice in Dick Grayson. The dynamic between Dick and Tim is very welcome in this saga that has been so dark and violent and 90’s. I am curious as to where and how Bruce will return and take his place as Batman once again and what that will do for his and Tim’s relationship with Dick will be.
On the other side of the law, Two-Face is running things and working to take over Gotham City since he’s been mistakenly released from prison. This causes Dick to constantly question his actions as Batman since he had a deadly run-in with him as Robin in the past. All of the other challenges that Dick and Tim are facing seem relatively low-risk and it doesn’t seem like they’re ever really facing anything huge, aside from what Two-Face may be orchestrating.
As the team of Dick and Tim concludes, they work at putting the higher profile criminals away that escaped prison, but this still feels like a low-threat mission. Just as this begins to feel a tad bit repetitive, Bruce comes back into the picture to reclaim the cape and cowl from Dick. This spurs a conversation from the two about their partnership dissolving and the factors in the breakup that were never discussed. I appreciated this a lot, as it shows the emotional relationship that the two feel for each other and the connection that both of them feel toward the mantle of The Batman and what that means for their lives and their missions.
The Russians once again pose a threat to Batman as he’s working to take the mantle up once again and it’s mostly just more of the same just okay story. The most exciting thing about the Troika story was the new design of the Batman costume, debuting in the last Batman issue in this omnibus and designed by the incredible Kelley Jones. His design for Batman isn’t one that a lot of people love; but it is really one of my favorites.
The Alfred issue was an interesting one, seeing a previous flame he almost married in a past life, but it went just about how I expected it to go. I know the issue of Alfred leaving needed to be addressed, but I’m mostly glad that is was Nightwing and the relationship that Alfred has with Dick that helped bring him back to Gotham.
The omnibus wraps up with the final issue being about Bane, just as the first issue in the first omnibus was, as well. This one brought Bane to a realization within himself and a little bit of an understanding between Bane and Batman. I expected Bane to regress and become a monster again. I expected to see Bane and Batman fight again and Batman beat him, since he couldn’t before and it was only Azrael that bested Bane previously. However, this is not how things ended and though the omnibus is over, I know the story of Bane and Batman is not.
August 31, 2025
(Zero spoiler review) 3.5
A solid though mostly unspectacular ending to a series I started so long ago, I feel like I am ready for my Dark Knight Returns, aged comeback. Something, something, Bane. Something, something, back injury. yadda yadda yadda.
As always with these extraordinarily long events, its weighed down by having far too many cooks in the kitchen. Ingredients being thrown about left and right by a great number of people. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't, but almost always, it could have been done better had one person with talent and vision helmed the entire thing. Every writer has their 'great issue', though some very good creators also turn in some pretty middling stuff, too. Not enough Kelly Jones or Phil Jimenez for my liking. A somewhat generous 3.5/5
OmniBen.
A solid though mostly unspectacular ending to a series I started so long ago, I feel like I am ready for my Dark Knight Returns, aged comeback. Something, something, Bane. Something, something, back injury. yadda yadda yadda.
As always with these extraordinarily long events, its weighed down by having far too many cooks in the kitchen. Ingredients being thrown about left and right by a great number of people. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't, but almost always, it could have been done better had one person with talent and vision helmed the entire thing. Every writer has their 'great issue', though some very good creators also turn in some pretty middling stuff, too. Not enough Kelly Jones or Phil Jimenez for my liking. A somewhat generous 3.5/5
OmniBen.
August 22, 2020
To say the least, Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol.3 has a weak closure for the trilogy series. Its not the best to say how Bruce Wayne returns to take the mantle back as Batman, but its also the weakest to find how each epilogue tales (Prodigal and Troika) became full circle just feels unnecessary. In a way, there is change but its not much different, just the same as before.
November 13, 2018
Batman: Knightfall is a Batman story arc that takes place over approximately six months. Bruce Wayne suffers burnout and is systematically assaulted and crippled by venom-enhanced genius named Bane. This 1993–1994 storyline has three parts in Knightfall, Knightquest, and Knightsend.
Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 3: Knightsend collects Batman #509–510, 512–515, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #29–30, 32–35, Detective Comics #676–677, 679–682, Robin 8–9, 11–14, Catwoman #12–13, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62–63, Showcase '94 #10, Nightwing: Alfred's Return, and Batman: Vengeance of Bane #2.
The trade paperback continues with Jean-Paul Valley decent into madness having visions of his father and his insistence to avenge his death and Jean-Paul Valley searches Gotham for his father's killer and having a very unstable Batman.
Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and was set to retire and allow Jean-Paul Valley to be Batman, because of the good work he is doing, when Tim Drake as Robin shared his concerns of his mental stability. Bruce Wayne sneaks into the Batcave and demands that Jean-Paul Valley step down. He refuses and tells Bruce Wayne to leave the cave and never come back.
To rehabilitate his skills due to his lost reflexes after so long out of action, Bruce Wayne asks the famed assassin Lady Shiva to retrain him. Instead, Shiva pits Bruce against several vengeful expert martial artists, having killed their master while wearing a distinctive tengu mask that carries a motif of a bat that she subsequently gives to Batman. Her caveat is that these attacks will continue indefinitely until Bruce Wayne breaks his vow to never kill.
Now back in fighting shape and tricking Lady Shiva, Bruce Wayne returns to the Batcave and resumes his role as Batman. Along with Robin and Nightwing, he tracks Valley and eventually defeats Jean-Paul Valley and to reclaim the mantle of Batman.
In the aftermath of the story arc, Bruce Wayne passes the Batman mantle to Dick Grayson while he recuperates some more. After a short stint as Batman, Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne hashes some unresolved feelings that have been left unsaid over the years as Dick Grayson returns the Batman mantle back to Bruce Wayne as he returns to Nightwing.
With many writers, graphic artists and colorist with several titles makes it rather difficult to rate this massive anthology. For the most part, I rather enjoyed the narrative and penciling throughout this complicated story arc. However, it does seemed a tad rushed and I was a tad sad to see things return to the status quo.
All in all, Batman Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 2: Knightsend is written and conceived rather well and is a somewhat good conclusion to a massive story arc.
Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 3: Knightsend collects Batman #509–510, 512–515, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #29–30, 32–35, Detective Comics #676–677, 679–682, Robin 8–9, 11–14, Catwoman #12–13, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62–63, Showcase '94 #10, Nightwing: Alfred's Return, and Batman: Vengeance of Bane #2.
The trade paperback continues with Jean-Paul Valley decent into madness having visions of his father and his insistence to avenge his death and Jean-Paul Valley searches Gotham for his father's killer and having a very unstable Batman.
Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and was set to retire and allow Jean-Paul Valley to be Batman, because of the good work he is doing, when Tim Drake as Robin shared his concerns of his mental stability. Bruce Wayne sneaks into the Batcave and demands that Jean-Paul Valley step down. He refuses and tells Bruce Wayne to leave the cave and never come back.
To rehabilitate his skills due to his lost reflexes after so long out of action, Bruce Wayne asks the famed assassin Lady Shiva to retrain him. Instead, Shiva pits Bruce against several vengeful expert martial artists, having killed their master while wearing a distinctive tengu mask that carries a motif of a bat that she subsequently gives to Batman. Her caveat is that these attacks will continue indefinitely until Bruce Wayne breaks his vow to never kill.
Now back in fighting shape and tricking Lady Shiva, Bruce Wayne returns to the Batcave and resumes his role as Batman. Along with Robin and Nightwing, he tracks Valley and eventually defeats Jean-Paul Valley and to reclaim the mantle of Batman.
In the aftermath of the story arc, Bruce Wayne passes the Batman mantle to Dick Grayson while he recuperates some more. After a short stint as Batman, Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne hashes some unresolved feelings that have been left unsaid over the years as Dick Grayson returns the Batman mantle back to Bruce Wayne as he returns to Nightwing.
With many writers, graphic artists and colorist with several titles makes it rather difficult to rate this massive anthology. For the most part, I rather enjoyed the narrative and penciling throughout this complicated story arc. However, it does seemed a tad rushed and I was a tad sad to see things return to the status quo.
All in all, Batman Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 2: Knightsend is written and conceived rather well and is a somewhat good conclusion to a massive story arc.
July 23, 2023
Bruce's healing is very convenient. His training with Shiva was interesting, but his mindset and decisions, including when Dick was given the mantle, seemed inconsistent. There was some really questionable art in certain issues, too.
February 5, 2024
⭐️4.5
Por um lado foi muito interessante ver o bruce treinando para ser o batman novamente.
Por outro lado a descida na louca do jean já tava entediante, parecia que tava em um eterno loop, sempre a mesma coisa.
O final foi meio blee
Por um lado foi muito interessante ver o bruce treinando para ser o batman novamente.
Por outro lado a descida na louca do jean já tava entediante, parecia que tava em um eterno loop, sempre a mesma coisa.
O final foi meio blee
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June 24, 2019
I didn't enjoy the alternate Batman. I did enjoy the Robin/Bruce Wayne portions.
October 20, 2025
Prodigal is my favorite part of this omni I can’t even lie. Dick Grayson the GOAT 🐐
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