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Batman: Knightfall #8
Batman: Prodigal
Barely recovered from his injuries at the hands of the villain Bane, Bruce Wayne approaches longtime ward Dick Grayson to take on the mantle of Batman.
The KNIGHTFALL saga continues with BATMAN: PRODIGAL, collecting this long-out-of-print classic Batman tale.
After the game-changing events of Knightfall, Bruce Wayne asks Dick Grayson, now the hero known as Nightwing, to take his place while he recovers and reexamines his quest for justice. As Batman, Dick will learn the responsibility and pressure that his former mentor Bruce Wayne bore as the Dark Knight. But when the maniacal Two-Face returns, the new Batman must overcome his childhood demons to defeat the first villain he ever faced!
Part of a massive 25th anniversary recut of the entire Batman: Knightfall saga, this graphic novel Collects Batman #512-514, Batman: Shadow of The Bat #32-34, Robin #0, 11-13 and Detective Comics #679-681.
Collect the complete Knightfall Saga, now re-cut in its entirety for the first time ever!
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
The KNIGHTFALL saga continues with BATMAN: PRODIGAL, collecting this long-out-of-print classic Batman tale.
After the game-changing events of Knightfall, Bruce Wayne asks Dick Grayson, now the hero known as Nightwing, to take his place while he recovers and reexamines his quest for justice. As Batman, Dick will learn the responsibility and pressure that his former mentor Bruce Wayne bore as the Dark Knight. But when the maniacal Two-Face returns, the new Batman must overcome his childhood demons to defeat the first villain he ever faced!
Part of a massive 25th anniversary recut of the entire Batman: Knightfall saga, this graphic novel Collects Batman #512-514, Batman: Shadow of The Bat #32-34, Robin #0, 11-13 and Detective Comics #679-681.
Collect the complete Knightfall Saga, now re-cut in its entirety for the first time ever!
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
326 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1995
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Chuck Dixon
3,429 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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March 15, 2021
I had been bitching about the lack of Dick-Grayson-as-Batman stories and now here it is, I found a copy of Batman: Prodigal which is a whole book about the first Boy Wonder moonlighting as Batman and Tim Drake being his Robin!
Hahaha! *fangirl's scream*
But to be honest, I admit the 1990s artwork style and Dick's funky hairstyle really took me out of the story sometime. Still I can appreciate the artists and their different style and their impressive use of angles to draw their panels as well! XD
Some of the interesting stories come from Tim Drake's dealing with the troubles caused by his double lives.
It's a rather standard comic from the 1990s, but it's still an enjoyable one.
Hahaha! *fangirl's scream*
But to be honest, I admit the 1990s artwork style and Dick's funky hairstyle really took me out of the story sometime. Still I can appreciate the artists and their different style and their impressive use of angles to draw their panels as well! XD
Some of the interesting stories come from Tim Drake's dealing with the troubles caused by his double lives.
It's a rather standard comic from the 1990s, but it's still an enjoyable one.
January 6, 2018
Some standard 1990s (I think) Bat-angst.
Bruce Wayne has had to go off to find himself. Dick Grayson, once Robin and then Nightwing, takes on the mantle of The Bat, working with Tim Drake's Robin to protect Gotham City against a range of villains.
Submitted as Seasonal Reading Challenge Winter 2017 (-slash-2018) Task 30.10A: By the Numbers; Message 962: 06 JAN
Bruce Wayne has had to go off to find himself. Dick Grayson, once Robin and then Nightwing, takes on the mantle of The Bat, working with Tim Drake's Robin to protect Gotham City against a range of villains.
Submitted as Seasonal Reading Challenge Winter 2017 (-slash-2018) Task 30.10A: By the Numbers; Message 962: 06 JAN
November 4, 2023
Batmans and Robins. Fathers and sons.
April 11, 2022
"I'd die for you Bruce." / "But I couldn't ask you to. I didn't know how to."
This is probably what I would call the beginning of the Batfamily stories. We're tackling everything, from past trauma, to doubts, to daddy issues. Dick takes up the mantle of the Bat and it's so interesting to watch him do it. Obviously, this is what every Robin kind of expects to happen but with Dick it became true. And with it, all of his identity issues arose, which is something we've seen the mantle of the Bat do to people. It's a symbol more than an identity, a symbol that is overwhelming and stifling, especially to Dick, which, in his eyes, has failed the most as a Robin, then also failed as Nightwing. And now he has his own Robin to look after, and Two-Face to capture (don't even get me started on how much I loved this iteration of Harvey, his obsession with Robin for once, and also him not knowing that he is dealing in 2s, two Robins), in a circular story.
Seeing Dick and Tim bond is probably the sweetest thing ever. They're brothers, your honor. From them doing mundane tasks together in the Mannor, begging for Alfred to come back, talking about Bruce, to their dynamic as Robin and Batman, Dick afraid he won't be able to protect Tim, afraid that Two-Face will do to Tim what he did to him and him as the Batman won't be able to be strong enough to save them both, everything is amazing. Dick defeating Harvey scared and rushed, and it not bringing him any satisfaction, only the realisation that the mantle of the Bat is too heavy to carry, that only one man can do it, and that he respects him most.
And then they talk. Jesus fucking Christ. Finally. And it is so terrible because Dick faults Bruce for pushing him away, and Bruce only wanted him to let him be free. When Dick says that he's been going through a lot of things but he expected at least one man to trust him and he didn't??? Crying. Sobbing. The culmination of "I would die for you.", a statement, not an exclamation, more of a defeat, is a hit in the gut. He finally realises that Bruce never disregarded him and it SHOWS. He gets to say everything he's had on his chest and Bruce has the exact opposite reaction he wanted from him (but fully the one he needed).
This, intercalated with Tim almost dying while fighting that flying robot person? The tension was at an all-time high and I loved every single second of it. After having pushed through all of the Knightfall saga (terrible times), literally forcing myself to read rather than enjoying it, this was an amazing change (and an amazing cast, with the puppeteer and the collector coming back, the only good things that came out of Knightfall) and I reallllyyyy hope I get to read more character interaction interwined with conflict solving because in my opinion that is fully the best way to tell a story.
One small last paragraph dedicated to Gordon: poor guy. The only reason I've been rooting for Bruce to come back is so that he could get his bestie back (and hopefully regain his trust). Jean-Paul created the reversal of the century, where everyone trusts Batman besides Gordon, when it used to be the opposite. Even his wife, which was his number one hater, still tries to talk to the guy. Not him though. I don't know how they'll rebuild that trust but I'm excited to find out!
This is probably what I would call the beginning of the Batfamily stories. We're tackling everything, from past trauma, to doubts, to daddy issues. Dick takes up the mantle of the Bat and it's so interesting to watch him do it. Obviously, this is what every Robin kind of expects to happen but with Dick it became true. And with it, all of his identity issues arose, which is something we've seen the mantle of the Bat do to people. It's a symbol more than an identity, a symbol that is overwhelming and stifling, especially to Dick, which, in his eyes, has failed the most as a Robin, then also failed as Nightwing. And now he has his own Robin to look after, and Two-Face to capture (don't even get me started on how much I loved this iteration of Harvey, his obsession with Robin for once, and also him not knowing that he is dealing in 2s, two Robins), in a circular story.
Seeing Dick and Tim bond is probably the sweetest thing ever. They're brothers, your honor. From them doing mundane tasks together in the Mannor, begging for Alfred to come back, talking about Bruce, to their dynamic as Robin and Batman, Dick afraid he won't be able to protect Tim, afraid that Two-Face will do to Tim what he did to him and him as the Batman won't be able to be strong enough to save them both, everything is amazing. Dick defeating Harvey scared and rushed, and it not bringing him any satisfaction, only the realisation that the mantle of the Bat is too heavy to carry, that only one man can do it, and that he respects him most.
And then they talk. Jesus fucking Christ. Finally. And it is so terrible because Dick faults Bruce for pushing him away, and Bruce only wanted him to let him be free. When Dick says that he's been going through a lot of things but he expected at least one man to trust him and he didn't??? Crying. Sobbing. The culmination of "I would die for you.", a statement, not an exclamation, more of a defeat, is a hit in the gut. He finally realises that Bruce never disregarded him and it SHOWS. He gets to say everything he's had on his chest and Bruce has the exact opposite reaction he wanted from him (but fully the one he needed).
This, intercalated with Tim almost dying while fighting that flying robot person? The tension was at an all-time high and I loved every single second of it. After having pushed through all of the Knightfall saga (terrible times), literally forcing myself to read rather than enjoying it, this was an amazing change (and an amazing cast, with the puppeteer and the collector coming back, the only good things that came out of Knightfall) and I reallllyyyy hope I get to read more character interaction interwined with conflict solving because in my opinion that is fully the best way to tell a story.
One small last paragraph dedicated to Gordon: poor guy. The only reason I've been rooting for Bruce to come back is so that he could get his bestie back (and hopefully regain his trust). Jean-Paul created the reversal of the century, where everyone trusts Batman besides Gordon, when it used to be the opposite. Even his wife, which was his number one hater, still tries to talk to the guy. Not him though. I don't know how they'll rebuild that trust but I'm excited to find out!
August 16, 2021
This was the best volume in the entire series so far. So, Jean Paul Valley has given up the mantle of Batman, but Bruce Wayne is not ready to take it back full-time. Instead, he asks Nightwing (Dick Grayson, who was also the first Robin) to become Batman in his stead. Dick is not sure whether he feels up to the task, but he gives it his all and it makes for some amazing issues. After all the violent Azrael action scenes, the emotional and detective-like Dick is quite refreshing. I absolutely love the older and younger brother type relationship that Dick and Tim Drake (Robin) have, which makes for very cool action moments as well as funny and emotional scenes of character growth. Both classic villains and new ones play interesting roles in these issues, and there were almost no scenes (apart from Steeljacket) that felt like filler material. I also loved the ending, in which it is made clear that Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson feel like father and son to each other.
I really wonder how this will continue, but alas the very last volume, Batman: Troika, is extremely difficult to find so that might take a while...
I really wonder how this will continue, but alas the very last volume, Batman: Troika, is extremely difficult to find so that might take a while...
November 13, 2016
Dick Grayson, todo y nada. Lucha interna pura y dura.
August 29, 2022
Part of my Batman comic book reread project. Continued from Batman: Zero Hour.
Solid four stars. But first, a side story from Legends of the Dark Knight featuring the Joker: "Going Sane." Joker is up to his usual murder and mayhem when he kills Batman, or so he believes. Turns out he's only mostly dead.
Batman disappears to convalesce from being nearly blown to hell.
He's gone for several weeks or months, but as soon as he's "dead," the Joker realizes that he no longer has any purpose.
So he turns sane, gets cosmetic surgery to make him look normal, calls himself Joe Kerr, gets a job, a girlfriend/fiancee, the works. Things go... okay. We'll give him an A for effort, at least, and he no longer remembers his previous life. But the demons, both Joker and Batman, haunt him. It's the scenes of him battling them in his subconscious that make this a fantastic story. Then when his normal self discovers that Batman has returned, the real Joker takes over, and that's the end of that. He disappears from his new life with almost no recollection of it at all, and his fiancee presumes he drowned while checking out a bridge. Joker is up to his old tricks, he and Bats fight, and Joker is sent back to Arkham.
But after that and the "Zero Hour" interruption, it's back to "Knightfall:" the continuing and seemingly never-ending saga. Having kicked Azbats to the curb, Bruce finds he needs to find himself and get back into peak condition. But he can't leave Gotham unprotected, so he hands the mantle of the bat over to Dick Grayson who has turned rather insecure and... dare I say it... angsty. He's apparently screwed up a lot of things recently, and is feeling a bit low about it all. He does a rather good job in spite of it, though, but I suppose anything is an improvement over Jean Paul Valley.
He cuts his teeth on Killer Croc, then takes down the Ventriloquist, though Scarface escapes with one of his thugs. I love the Ventriloquist stories because he's completely insane, but there's also a spooky, supernatural element to his dummy, and as long as he's free, you can bet some nastiness will emerge whether the Ventriloquist has possession of him or not. (I never have understood why the city doesn't burn the thing. Evidence protocol, I guess.) Batman also takes down the Ratcatcher in a story so unremarkable that I don't remember a thing about it other than the fact that Ratcatcher is out of jail and right back in in the same issue.
Meanwhile, Two-Face is released due to a clerical error, and he makes things exciting in Gotham for four or five issues by reproducing that error, releasing several hardened criminals and jailing thousands of minor offenders and completely overloading the prisons. This leads to riots, and whatnot. Dick has a hard time dealing with Two-Face because of bad history where someone died due to something he did when he was still Robin, but he gets over it and gets him in the end.
Tim and his girlfriend are set upon by some hoods Robin could take down in three seconds with one arm tied behind his back without even breaking a sweat, but he can't do that as Tim. This leads to an embarrassing wimpy boyfriend scene, but he gets back at them when the same dudes jump him later in the issue while he's alone, and he knocks their asses out.
Batman cleans up Two-Face's mess where he can and eventually runs across the Tallyman, a new player in Gotham that JPV took down really hard. We finally found out what he did to the poor man that caused most everyone else to be all like "Yikes dude, chill!"
Yeah, he carved his insignia into his chest. That's well into overkill territory. That and beating him to within an inch of his life. But Dick don't play that rough. He actually saves Tally Man when he's about to fall to his death which causes TM to state "your debt has been paid. You can go now," and he just starts to walk away like everything is hunky dory. (Everyone in this city is nuts.) Of course, Batman can't let that happen, so he knocks him out, and carts him back to the hoosegow.
Robin takes out Steeljacket, another noob who's been killing mobsters, and while he's doing that, Bruce returns. He and Dick have a heart to heart where Dick gets a little pissy over why Bruce didn't ask Dick to take over in the first place instead of JPV because JPV was insane... Well, let's cut the man some slack. JPV showed no signs of insanity at the time, and Bruce was broken in half. It seemed like a logical choice at the time, but once it became clear that JPV had gone bonkers, Bruce came back and straightened everything out. Anyway, Dick hands the mantle back to Bruce as planned, and decides to give his Nightwing gig another try.
And now, sponsor spot time. This story was brought to you by some really shitty movies.
I was a fan of the Double Dragon video games, but I didn't even know they made a film, and based on what I've read about it, I hope the pleasure of viewing it remains indefinitely postponed... Unless I can get the right people to watch it with me so we can excoriate it to hell and back. It has 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I did have the misfortune of seeing this, but only once, and that was pretty soon after it came out. If I recall, its only redeeming quality is Raul Julia's performance as M. Bison. It's a shame because this was one of my all-time favorite arcade games, and I could clean up with a couple of the characters. I have no idea how many hundreds of quarters I fed into that damn machine. Plus, I was the only person in my circle of friends who could bust out Zangief's spinning pile driver anytime I wanted, though I would usually lose in the end with that character. Watch out if I came after you with Ken, though. Ah, memories. Coincidentally this also has 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Well, it's better than Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, but that's really not saying much, because what isn't?
Bonus:
AOL... The internet has come a long way in 27 years. I used to get so excited when they'd do an upgrade, and we'd get the new CD in the mail. There was no such thing as downloading a new program back then; you had to install it with a disk or CD. We were shitting in high cotton when we upgraded our modem from 28 kbps to 56 kbps, but even at that speed it would take 34 years to download a whole program. But look what you could get if you got AOL: you could download hundreds of pictures of your favorite comic book characters! Get your free 10 hours of internet connectivity now! I'll say it again: we've come a long way... but I'm not so sure that's such a good thing. I have mixed feelings about it, but this is not the place to air them.
Next checkpoint: Troika
Solid four stars. But first, a side story from Legends of the Dark Knight featuring the Joker: "Going Sane." Joker is up to his usual murder and mayhem when he kills Batman, or so he believes. Turns out he's only mostly dead.
Batman disappears to convalesce from being nearly blown to hell.
He's gone for several weeks or months, but as soon as he's "dead," the Joker realizes that he no longer has any purpose.
So he turns sane, gets cosmetic surgery to make him look normal, calls himself Joe Kerr, gets a job, a girlfriend/fiancee, the works. Things go... okay. We'll give him an A for effort, at least, and he no longer remembers his previous life. But the demons, both Joker and Batman, haunt him. It's the scenes of him battling them in his subconscious that make this a fantastic story. Then when his normal self discovers that Batman has returned, the real Joker takes over, and that's the end of that. He disappears from his new life with almost no recollection of it at all, and his fiancee presumes he drowned while checking out a bridge. Joker is up to his old tricks, he and Bats fight, and Joker is sent back to Arkham.
But after that and the "Zero Hour" interruption, it's back to "Knightfall:" the continuing and seemingly never-ending saga. Having kicked Azbats to the curb, Bruce finds he needs to find himself and get back into peak condition. But he can't leave Gotham unprotected, so he hands the mantle of the bat over to Dick Grayson who has turned rather insecure and... dare I say it... angsty. He's apparently screwed up a lot of things recently, and is feeling a bit low about it all. He does a rather good job in spite of it, though, but I suppose anything is an improvement over Jean Paul Valley.
He cuts his teeth on Killer Croc, then takes down the Ventriloquist, though Scarface escapes with one of his thugs. I love the Ventriloquist stories because he's completely insane, but there's also a spooky, supernatural element to his dummy, and as long as he's free, you can bet some nastiness will emerge whether the Ventriloquist has possession of him or not. (I never have understood why the city doesn't burn the thing. Evidence protocol, I guess.) Batman also takes down the Ratcatcher in a story so unremarkable that I don't remember a thing about it other than the fact that Ratcatcher is out of jail and right back in in the same issue.
Meanwhile, Two-Face is released due to a clerical error, and he makes things exciting in Gotham for four or five issues by reproducing that error, releasing several hardened criminals and jailing thousands of minor offenders and completely overloading the prisons. This leads to riots, and whatnot. Dick has a hard time dealing with Two-Face because of bad history where someone died due to something he did when he was still Robin, but he gets over it and gets him in the end.
Tim and his girlfriend are set upon by some hoods Robin could take down in three seconds with one arm tied behind his back without even breaking a sweat, but he can't do that as Tim. This leads to an embarrassing wimpy boyfriend scene, but he gets back at them when the same dudes jump him later in the issue while he's alone, and he knocks their asses out.
Batman cleans up Two-Face's mess where he can and eventually runs across the Tallyman, a new player in Gotham that JPV took down really hard. We finally found out what he did to the poor man that caused most everyone else to be all like "Yikes dude, chill!"
Yeah, he carved his insignia into his chest. That's well into overkill territory. That and beating him to within an inch of his life. But Dick don't play that rough. He actually saves Tally Man when he's about to fall to his death which causes TM to state "your debt has been paid. You can go now," and he just starts to walk away like everything is hunky dory. (Everyone in this city is nuts.) Of course, Batman can't let that happen, so he knocks him out, and carts him back to the hoosegow.
Robin takes out Steeljacket, another noob who's been killing mobsters, and while he's doing that, Bruce returns. He and Dick have a heart to heart where Dick gets a little pissy over why Bruce didn't ask Dick to take over in the first place instead of JPV because JPV was insane... Well, let's cut the man some slack. JPV showed no signs of insanity at the time, and Bruce was broken in half. It seemed like a logical choice at the time, but once it became clear that JPV had gone bonkers, Bruce came back and straightened everything out. Anyway, Dick hands the mantle back to Bruce as planned, and decides to give his Nightwing gig another try.
And now, sponsor spot time. This story was brought to you by some really shitty movies.
I was a fan of the Double Dragon video games, but I didn't even know they made a film, and based on what I've read about it, I hope the pleasure of viewing it remains indefinitely postponed... Unless I can get the right people to watch it with me so we can excoriate it to hell and back. It has 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I did have the misfortune of seeing this, but only once, and that was pretty soon after it came out. If I recall, its only redeeming quality is Raul Julia's performance as M. Bison. It's a shame because this was one of my all-time favorite arcade games, and I could clean up with a couple of the characters. I have no idea how many hundreds of quarters I fed into that damn machine. Plus, I was the only person in my circle of friends who could bust out Zangief's spinning pile driver anytime I wanted, though I would usually lose in the end with that character. Watch out if I came after you with Ken, though. Ah, memories. Coincidentally this also has 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Well, it's better than Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, but that's really not saying much, because what isn't?
Bonus:
AOL... The internet has come a long way in 27 years. I used to get so excited when they'd do an upgrade, and we'd get the new CD in the mail. There was no such thing as downloading a new program back then; you had to install it with a disk or CD. We were shitting in high cotton when we upgraded our modem from 28 kbps to 56 kbps, but even at that speed it would take 34 years to download a whole program. But look what you could get if you got AOL: you could download hundreds of pictures of your favorite comic book characters! Get your free 10 hours of internet connectivity now! I'll say it again: we've come a long way... but I'm not so sure that's such a good thing. I have mixed feelings about it, but this is not the place to air them.
Next checkpoint: Troika
September 27, 2022
Batman: Prodigal is the follow-up story to Batman: Knightfall, taking place shortly after Bruce’s defeat of Jean Paul Valley. Having taken back the mantle of Batman, Bruce once again hands off the cowl, but this time he makes the correct choice in Dick Grayson; former Robin, current Nightwing.
I was really excited to read this story-arc, ready to see how Dick would handle the mantle of Batman but while the overall story was good, it wasn’t great. For starters, we don’t even get to see Bruce ask Dick to take over for him, it’s kind of jarring how it goes from Nightwing and Robin stopping burglars to Dick donning the cowl and Bruce leaving. I did really enjoy the fact that Dick’s first job as Batman involved going against Two-Face, the one villain he crossed paths with in his beginning days as Robin and forever felt he failed against. And while he does get to work through that past trauma, I expected more depth from it. Many of his thoughts across the different issues, just seemed to repeat or reiterate the same lines over and over. Perhaps I’m asking too much from a comic and wanting it to be more like a book but I don’t think so, I’ve read plenty of comics that are able to satisfactorily convey emotional depth.
Then except for some instances as Batman and the way Dick interacts with Robin/Tim, I almost felt like if you didn’t know Dick was the one wearing the cowl, you would just think it was Bruce and an average day in Gotham. And that’s not a good thing. Bruce and Dick are completely different people who approach crime-fighting and life in completely different ways. Dick’s Batman should come across differently especially since it’s his first time trying to be Batman, I would think more of his caring and humorous self would show through.
There is a really good part in the last issue where Dick confronts Bruce about the whole Jean Paul incident and indeed the way they split on not so good terms. It’s a great instance of showing that Dick won’t take Bruce’s brushing off of everyone and will make him own up to his decisions.
Overall, even with my disappointment in truly seeing how Dick feels about taking on the Batman mantle, Prodigy is worth a read after completing Knightfall in comic or book form.
I was really excited to read this story-arc, ready to see how Dick would handle the mantle of Batman but while the overall story was good, it wasn’t great. For starters, we don’t even get to see Bruce ask Dick to take over for him, it’s kind of jarring how it goes from Nightwing and Robin stopping burglars to Dick donning the cowl and Bruce leaving. I did really enjoy the fact that Dick’s first job as Batman involved going against Two-Face, the one villain he crossed paths with in his beginning days as Robin and forever felt he failed against. And while he does get to work through that past trauma, I expected more depth from it. Many of his thoughts across the different issues, just seemed to repeat or reiterate the same lines over and over. Perhaps I’m asking too much from a comic and wanting it to be more like a book but I don’t think so, I’ve read plenty of comics that are able to satisfactorily convey emotional depth.
Then except for some instances as Batman and the way Dick interacts with Robin/Tim, I almost felt like if you didn’t know Dick was the one wearing the cowl, you would just think it was Bruce and an average day in Gotham. And that’s not a good thing. Bruce and Dick are completely different people who approach crime-fighting and life in completely different ways. Dick’s Batman should come across differently especially since it’s his first time trying to be Batman, I would think more of his caring and humorous self would show through.
There is a really good part in the last issue where Dick confronts Bruce about the whole Jean Paul incident and indeed the way they split on not so good terms. It’s a great instance of showing that Dick won’t take Bruce’s brushing off of everyone and will make him own up to his decisions.
Overall, even with my disappointment in truly seeing how Dick feels about taking on the Batman mantle, Prodigy is worth a read after completing Knightfall in comic or book form.
June 24, 2025
Chuck Dixon and Doug Moench had significantly worked on this title and as it is , i love the stories Dough Moench has had to offer over his Batman run, however this story arc was even more special as this arc gave readers something that they had been clamouring for a long time . The idea of Dick donning the cape . The story is handled really well with Dick starting off with various foes who test his wits and strength, then he faces a foe with whom he doubts himself and has a significant past and finally between other rogues he takes care of we finally have the emotional confrontation between Bruce and Dick . It was all a beautiful ride . A must have in the collection of every Batman fan
December 28, 2025
Dick as Batman is such an improvement from Azrael!
Dick has morals that align with what it means to be Batman, he knows what the symbol means for the city — he grew up learning from it so of course he does. Dick thinks highly of Bruce and would never stain the Batman mantle. We see him a bit insecure as he steps into the role, because he’s worried he’s not ready for it, but he is and will prove it.
He’s also not opposed to having a Robin, obviously, which is perfect because I love Dick and Tim as a duo.
Dick has morals that align with what it means to be Batman, he knows what the symbol means for the city — he grew up learning from it so of course he does. Dick thinks highly of Bruce and would never stain the Batman mantle. We see him a bit insecure as he steps into the role, because he’s worried he’s not ready for it, but he is and will prove it.
He’s also not opposed to having a Robin, obviously, which is perfect because I love Dick and Tim as a duo.
January 9, 2020
Not that the rest of Knightfall is high art, but Prodigal is just sort of a grind. At this point we've watched Bruce-fight-all-the-villians and Jean-Paul-fight-all-the-villains, so a 13-part story where Dick fights all the villains (most of whom have already appeared within the Knight-saga) is a little exhausting. I remember a lot of complaints in the 90s about how many "events" took over the bat-books for large swaths of time, but in reality much of these events are just window-dressing. There's one or two significant plot points, and the rest of the time it's just a slightly different voiceover for Batman beatin' up the bad dudes.
There's nothing terribly wrong with Prodigal, but most of it feels unnecessary and pretty lacking in cohesive content. There's a lazy attempt to retcon Two-Face and make him a Robin villain that feels completely artificial, and a long argument between Dick and Bruce about the nature of their partnership that isn't bad, but comes out of absolutely nowhere. Otherwise I think this book probably stands best on its own, rather than as a part of the increasingly-repetitive Knightfall series.
There's nothing terribly wrong with Prodigal, but most of it feels unnecessary and pretty lacking in cohesive content. There's a lazy attempt to retcon Two-Face and make him a Robin villain that feels completely artificial, and a long argument between Dick and Bruce about the nature of their partnership that isn't bad, but comes out of absolutely nowhere. Otherwise I think this book probably stands best on its own, rather than as a part of the increasingly-repetitive Knightfall series.
January 25, 2023
this comic has it all....peak unwell dick grayson, tim and dick being delightful, and culminating in one of those great bruce and dick moments where you're like god. you guys are so insane and toxic and thee greatest father & eldest daughter duo in existence. did i have to suffer through 8 previous volumes of knightfall to get here????? irrelevant
December 15, 2018
Batman: Prodigal is a Batman crossover series that takes place as an epilogue for the Batman: Knightfall story arc and is published by DC Comics. The storyline features Dick Grayson temporarily replacing Bruce Wayne as Batman.
This trade paperback collects: Batman 512–514, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32–34, Detective Comics #679–681, and Robin #11–13.
Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant and Doug Moench wrote the majority of the trade paperback and for the most part, I rather enjoyed the narrative. Bruce Wayne has defeated Jean-Paul Valley – his first choice for his successor and handed off the mantle to Dick Grayson – his first Robin and Nightwing to take over for him while he convalesces. Near the end, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson have meshed out a few things about their relationship that they have let slide.
Bret Blevins, M.D. Bright, John Cleary, Mike Gustovich, Phil Jimenez, Graham Nolan, Ron Wagner and Lee Weeks are the pencilers for this trade paperback. With so many pencilers, it is rather difficult to grade the overall artistic flow. For the most part this hodgepodge of pencilers has similar styles with few exceptions and that the flow of the artistic style flowed rather smoothly with very little disturbance.
All in all, Batman: Prodigal is a rather written and constructed rather well. It is a rather nice narrative about Dick Grayson taking over the Batman mantle and reconciliation between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson.
This trade paperback collects: Batman 512–514, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32–34, Detective Comics #679–681, and Robin #11–13.
Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant and Doug Moench wrote the majority of the trade paperback and for the most part, I rather enjoyed the narrative. Bruce Wayne has defeated Jean-Paul Valley – his first choice for his successor and handed off the mantle to Dick Grayson – his first Robin and Nightwing to take over for him while he convalesces. Near the end, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson have meshed out a few things about their relationship that they have let slide.
Bret Blevins, M.D. Bright, John Cleary, Mike Gustovich, Phil Jimenez, Graham Nolan, Ron Wagner and Lee Weeks are the pencilers for this trade paperback. With so many pencilers, it is rather difficult to grade the overall artistic flow. For the most part this hodgepodge of pencilers has similar styles with few exceptions and that the flow of the artistic style flowed rather smoothly with very little disturbance.
All in all, Batman: Prodigal is a rather written and constructed rather well. It is a rather nice narrative about Dick Grayson taking over the Batman mantle and reconciliation between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson.
May 29, 2021
Knightfall is probably the most important Batman story .... ever? But the thing is, it's also really fucking long and combined with the outdated art style, not the most friendly read for modern fans. Honestly it's best you just hear about the story through word of mouth or on a wiki page.
But, since my trek through Batman comics was for Tim Drake, I kinda had no choice but to delve through and Prodigal was a story that I'd never really heard be mentioned before? When we talk about the next up for the Batman mantle, Dick Grayson has made it pretty clear that he doesn't want it. And I'm mostly familiar with his time in the mantle after final crisis with Damian. So I was very Pleasantly surprised at this stories existence. Dick and Tim's relationship became an extremely deep brotherhood and it was really interesting watching them at the very beginning a.d budding awkward stages of it. Both of them were in a state of minimal confidence (Tim only offically being Robin for less than 3 months and all the mess Dick was going through with the Titans at the time, including a failed wedding) it was quite nice to see both of them become comfortable with each other. The storyline was pretty simple? Nothing showstopping but still a very solid story
But, since my trek through Batman comics was for Tim Drake, I kinda had no choice but to delve through and Prodigal was a story that I'd never really heard be mentioned before? When we talk about the next up for the Batman mantle, Dick Grayson has made it pretty clear that he doesn't want it. And I'm mostly familiar with his time in the mantle after final crisis with Damian. So I was very Pleasantly surprised at this stories existence. Dick and Tim's relationship became an extremely deep brotherhood and it was really interesting watching them at the very beginning a.d budding awkward stages of it. Both of them were in a state of minimal confidence (Tim only offically being Robin for less than 3 months and all the mess Dick was going through with the Titans at the time, including a failed wedding) it was quite nice to see both of them become comfortable with each other. The storyline was pretty simple? Nothing showstopping but still a very solid story
February 25, 2021
In the aftermath of the Bane Breaks Batman story arc -- after Bruce Wayne has regained the mantle of The Bat from Jean-Paul Valley -- Bruce decides to step away for a while and asks Dick Grayson to take over for him.
As he probably should have in the first place.
Dick agrees, but it leaves him with a lot of personal angst. Why didn't Bruce ask him in the first place, rather than Jean-Paul? Is he cut out to be The Bat? Will he let Bruce -- and Tim Drake -- down through failure?
And, worst of all, can he overcome the shadow of his greatest failure as Robin which was caused by a confrontation with Two Face? Because Two Face is out of prison and gunning for the new Robin...
I enjoyed this set. I like Dick Grayson immensely and think he's been left out in the past, so it's great to see Dick feature in a major Batman storyline.
Recommended.
As he probably should have in the first place.
Dick agrees, but it leaves him with a lot of personal angst. Why didn't Bruce ask him in the first place, rather than Jean-Paul? Is he cut out to be The Bat? Will he let Bruce -- and Tim Drake -- down through failure?
And, worst of all, can he overcome the shadow of his greatest failure as Robin which was caused by a confrontation with Two Face? Because Two Face is out of prison and gunning for the new Robin...
I enjoyed this set. I like Dick Grayson immensely and think he's been left out in the past, so it's great to see Dick feature in a major Batman storyline.
Recommended.
January 9, 2023
Knightsend finished with Bruce Wayne overthrowing Jean Paul to reclaim the mantle of the Bat. Still dragged down with feelings of uncertainty, Bruce appoints Dick Grayson as the temporary Batman while he sorts his shit out. Not the longest read, but had some nice dynamics between Dick and Tim Drake as well as the contrasting inner-struggles each character was going through.
I must admit, I'm not 100% sure on the timeline of Dick Grayson's changes. I need to do some research- Prior to donning the cowl, he was Nightwing but I am unsure if his solo Nightwing series had started yet or that takes place after Prodigal.
It's roughly something like Dark Victory -> The Gauntlet -> All the Robin stuff / New Teen Titans (Where he becomes ditches the Robin identity and becomes Nightwing) -> Prodigal -> Nightwing Solo stuff?
I must admit, I'm not 100% sure on the timeline of Dick Grayson's changes. I need to do some research- Prior to donning the cowl, he was Nightwing but I am unsure if his solo Nightwing series had started yet or that takes place after Prodigal.
It's roughly something like Dark Victory -> The Gauntlet -> All the Robin stuff / New Teen Titans (Where he becomes ditches the Robin identity and becomes Nightwing) -> Prodigal -> Nightwing Solo stuff?
March 19, 2019
Dick Grayson takes over for Bruce Wayne.
A great fall afternoon read!!
The overarching concept held together well, if the theme did not. It was pretty seamless from book to book with characterization, Hard to do when you have 3 different writers writing 4 different books all with very different tones.
The only weakness in story is that Dick goes from hey this is awesome to man I suck to Bruce you blow- at the turn of a page. This didn’t seem to work well, Dick just didn’t have a steady personality or any reason to act differently from one story to the next.
Art is really good. Some steady creators and then some that surprised me: Ron Wagner had s really good strong issue of Detective, Phil Jiminiez (spelling) did some excellent Robin chapters!!
A great fall afternoon read!!
The overarching concept held together well, if the theme did not. It was pretty seamless from book to book with characterization, Hard to do when you have 3 different writers writing 4 different books all with very different tones.
The only weakness in story is that Dick goes from hey this is awesome to man I suck to Bruce you blow- at the turn of a page. This didn’t seem to work well, Dick just didn’t have a steady personality or any reason to act differently from one story to the next.
Art is really good. Some steady creators and then some that surprised me: Ron Wagner had s really good strong issue of Detective, Phil Jiminiez (spelling) did some excellent Robin chapters!!
February 8, 2022
Knightfall is almost over. Sorta. Bruce needs to right himself. But he can't have Azrael doing it. So he gives the job to the guy most fans WANTED to have been given the mantle after the Bane mess- Dick Grayson.
It took many of the good elements of Knightfall- looking at Batman villains new and old but seeing them from new eyes- but without much of the grimdark that made the last bit of Knightfall a little bit of a drag. If anything, I almost wish Dick Grayson had remained Batman for more than four or five months. (Luckily this isn't the only time he's taken up the mantle.)
Tonally this is just right. Exciting and action packed enough to be camp. So dark, brutal, and violent that it comes off as unintentional self-parody of Batman. Well worth the read.
It took many of the good elements of Knightfall- looking at Batman villains new and old but seeing them from new eyes- but without much of the grimdark that made the last bit of Knightfall a little bit of a drag. If anything, I almost wish Dick Grayson had remained Batman for more than four or five months. (Luckily this isn't the only time he's taken up the mantle.)
Tonally this is just right. Exciting and action packed enough to be camp. So dark, brutal, and violent that it comes off as unintentional self-parody of Batman. Well worth the read.
March 5, 2019
I hate the Knightfall storyline as a whole.
But I do love the idea of Dick Grayson taking over the role of Batman.
This collection follows him, as he does that very thing.
Bruce Wayne, still recovering from having his back broken, and having taken back the mantle of Batman from Azrael, hands the cowl over to Grayson for a little bit.
Though I feel Grayson has top much self doubt at times, I did enjoy this collection.
I did miss Alfred, who is not in this story, and I missed Gordon working with Batman....Gordon realises that different men are in the costime and no longer trusts him/them..
But overall this is a good collection.
But I do love the idea of Dick Grayson taking over the role of Batman.
This collection follows him, as he does that very thing.
Bruce Wayne, still recovering from having his back broken, and having taken back the mantle of Batman from Azrael, hands the cowl over to Grayson for a little bit.
Though I feel Grayson has top much self doubt at times, I did enjoy this collection.
I did miss Alfred, who is not in this story, and I missed Gordon working with Batman....Gordon realises that different men are in the costime and no longer trusts him/them..
But overall this is a good collection.
March 3, 2020
Better than I remembered, but also more fragmented. The discontinuity between Dick Grayson saying in one issue that he doesn't want to be Batman and then his shock and horror at seeing Bruce back in the cave is also quite jarring. However, a solid read, and a great update to the Dick and Bruce relationship. The scene where he finally calls him his son is touching as ever, and the development of the relationship between Tim Drake and Dick Grayson is stellar. The Two-Face stuff is not as good in hindsight, but the way that the city wears on Dick is a good sign of how singular Bruce actually is as this character.
April 30, 2020
This largely feels like a missed opportunity. Dick Grayson finally takes over the Batman role...and it's really not that big of a deal.
There's nothing really objectionable here (though there's some unappealing art if I'm being honest) but this volume just seems to go through the motions -- something that's symptomatic of a lot of these big '90s crossovers. Dick Grayson becoming Batman, even temporarily, should feel more meaningful than it does here.
Also the ending, if you want to call it that, feels jarringly abrupt and gives the reader little closure. A sour note to end on after a so-so collection.
There's nothing really objectionable here (though there's some unappealing art if I'm being honest) but this volume just seems to go through the motions -- something that's symptomatic of a lot of these big '90s crossovers. Dick Grayson becoming Batman, even temporarily, should feel more meaningful than it does here.
Also the ending, if you want to call it that, feels jarringly abrupt and gives the reader little closure. A sour note to end on after a so-so collection.
March 13, 2021
Dick Grayson is Batman! After the mistake or having Azreal taking over for Bruce Wayne, he decides that Dick should take over while he fully heals from the effects of Knighfall. I enjoyed this 12 part collection but there were some holes & unanswered questions. For example who is the villain at the end of part 8? He never resurfaces.
There is a one off story with the Debt Collector which was very good & provides an insight to the psyche of Grayson.
The Two Face storyline was very good. Although how he gets out of jail is a little far fetched....Harvey Kent...come on now. Although I do like the chaos he causes by tampering with the records of the prisoners of Gotham.
There is a one off story with the Debt Collector which was very good & provides an insight to the psyche of Grayson.
The Two Face storyline was very good. Although how he gets out of jail is a little far fetched....Harvey Kent...come on now. Although I do like the chaos he causes by tampering with the records of the prisoners of Gotham.
March 20, 2021
Bruce passes the mantle to Dick - for reasons that aren't really clear. Perhaps the next and final volume will explain it but it's never really made clear why Bruce decides to go AWOL here.
The focus on Dick on feeling disappointed that he wasn't chosen By Bruce to take on the mantle, as well as his failures with the Teen Titans are the most interesting parts of this volume. Also Dick and Tim forming a partnership was good.
But overall, these stories like the whole Knightfall uber-arc feel uneven and lack spontaneity (apart from Knightfall itself) - it's the guiding hand of editorial that keeps the story moving.
The focus on Dick on feeling disappointed that he wasn't chosen By Bruce to take on the mantle, as well as his failures with the Teen Titans are the most interesting parts of this volume. Also Dick and Tim forming a partnership was good.
But overall, these stories like the whole Knightfall uber-arc feel uneven and lack spontaneity (apart from Knightfall itself) - it's the guiding hand of editorial that keeps the story moving.
January 8, 2022
A really fitting near-conclusion to Knightfall. Bruce is not totally ready to reclaim the mantle of Batman, as he needs time to get his mind straight, so he hands the mantle to Dick. The book is almost entirely plot and character driven: the relationship between Dick and Tim is explored, and Dick must deal with his history with Two-Face that still haunts him. This was also, helpfully, Moench at his least clunky when it comes to dialogue and writing. Overall, the writing, art, and story were quite strong. The concluding issue, with Bruce's return, is one of the best single issues of Bat I've read.
August 27, 2023
adventurous, dark, fast-paced
Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This was a very fun installment to read as you get Bruce, Tim, and Dick all in one edition. I didn't realize that other people take over as Batman from Bruce so that was a fun surprise. Really liked the story and character growth in this one, very enjoyable.
This book counts for the Magical Readathon Autumn Equinox 2023 for an O in Spells and Incantations to read a comic.
Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This was a very fun installment to read as you get Bruce, Tim, and Dick all in one edition. I didn't realize that other people take over as Batman from Bruce so that was a fun surprise. Really liked the story and character growth in this one, very enjoyable.
This book counts for the Magical Readathon Autumn Equinox 2023 for an O in Spells and Incantations to read a comic.
August 16, 2024
Batman: Prodigal
He practically grew up in the Batcave, so the only surprise when Bruce Wayne asks Rick Grayson to assume the role of Batman after he defeated Jean Paul Valley is that he was not Wayne's first choice. Doubting himself, Grayson sets to restoring the good name of the Batman and restoring his faith in his former mentor.
Covers events already shown in 'Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 3: Knightsend'. An important book, with great art and an interesting plot. The key here shows the deep relationship between Bruce and his first ward.
He practically grew up in the Batcave, so the only surprise when Bruce Wayne asks Rick Grayson to assume the role of Batman after he defeated Jean Paul Valley is that he was not Wayne's first choice. Doubting himself, Grayson sets to restoring the good name of the Batman and restoring his faith in his former mentor.
Covers events already shown in 'Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 3: Knightsend'. An important book, with great art and an interesting plot. The key here shows the deep relationship between Bruce and his first ward.
July 28, 2019
This story arc involves so many of the things I am always saying I want more of in Batman comics: Dick Grayson taking up the Bat-mantle, his unsung rivalry with Two-Face, the acknowledgement of Tim Drake's existence. Even with all of this, though, it didn't really grip me. A lot of the pathos fell flat; all the right plot decisions were made, but the characters didn't react to them in a way that felt very compelling. All in all, kind of a wooden read.
July 7, 2020
Prodigal is essentially an epilogue to the Knightfall arc and its funny how this somehow ends up being better than most of the other volumes in the series. The action, character development and even artwork seem to be more thought out and executed with more care. This volume deals with the aftermath of Knightfall and its effects on those involved and by the end of this book the arc was nicely resolved.
October 8, 2020
In the aftermath of Knightsend Bruce Wayne takes a step back to reevaluate his destiny and so Dick Grayson is tapped to protect Gotham City as Batman. Doug Moench, Alan Grant, and Chuck Dixon continue to devise interesting adventures for Batman and Robin that mix new foes with cleaning up after Jean Paul Valley's rampage. Expertly illustrated by the likes of Tom Grummett, Mike Gustovich, Bret Blevins, Lee Weeks, Phil Jimenez, Graham Nolan, MD Bright, Ron Wagner, and John Cleary.
August 11, 2023
2 out of 5, it was ok.
A not-so prodigal son story that uses Bruce Wayne going somewhere to figure things out (after his epic confrontation with Azrael) to tell a story of doubt and finding yourself. It could have been better and deeper. What we get is "who am I?" repeated over and over. I'll not remember it as a part of the Knightfall.
It's worth to notice that a few parts are drawn in an interesting way.
A not-so prodigal son story that uses Bruce Wayne going somewhere to figure things out (after his epic confrontation with Azrael) to tell a story of doubt and finding yourself. It could have been better and deeper. What we get is "who am I?" repeated over and over. I'll not remember it as a part of the Knightfall.
It's worth to notice that a few parts are drawn in an interesting way.
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