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The definitive beginning of Knightfall collects Bane's rise, the prelude, and Batman's breaking in one massive volume.
Collects: Batman (1940) #484-500; Detective Comics (1937) #654-666; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #16-18; Batman: Vengeance of Bane (1993) #1; Showcase '93 (1993) #7-8; Batman Villains Secret Files (1998) #1
Gotham's new Batman wages a ferocious crusade while Bruce's quest for healing begins.
Collects: Detective Comics (1937) #667-675; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #19-28; Batman (1940) #501-508; Catwoman (1993) #6-7; Robin (1993) #1-2,7; Showcase '94 (1994) #7; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #59-61; Justice League Task Force (1993) #5-6
Bruce's comeback, Prodigal, and Troika close the epic Knightfall trilogy.
Collects: Batman (1940) #509-515; Detective Comics (1937) #676-682; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #29-35; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #62-63; Robin (1993) #8-14; Catwoman (1993) #12-13; Nightwing: Alfred's Return (1995) #1; Batman: Vengeance of Bane II (1995) #1; Showcase '94 (1994) #10
Bane frees Arkham's worst to exhaust Batman before delivering the fateful blow.
Collects: Batman: Vengeance of Bane (1993) #1, Batman (1940) #491-500, Detective Comics (1937) #659-666, Showcase '93 #7-8; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #16-18
As Bruce lies broken, Jean-Paul Valley's brutal reign begins in the cape and cowl.
Collects: Batman (1940) #501-508; Detective Comics (1937) #667-675; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #19-20; Catwoman (1993) #6-7; Robin (1993) #7
Bruce Wayne returns to reclaim the mantle from an unhinged Azrael.
Collects: Batman (1940) #509-510, 512-514; Detective Comics (1937) #676-677, 679-681; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #29-30, 32-34; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #62-63; Catwoman (1993) #12-13; Robin (1993) #11-13
Bane's origin and Gotham's rising tension foreshadow the fall of the Bat.
Collects: Batman: Vengeance of Bane (1993) #1; Batman (1940) #484-491; Detective Comics (1937) #654-658
Batman collides with a secretive holy order as a reluctant heir becomes the avenging angel Azrael.
Collects: Batman: Sword of Azrael (1992) #1-4; Azrael/Ash (1997) #1
Jean-Paul Valley's origin and first trials—from the Order of St. Dumas to uneasy steps alongside Batman—forge the path of Azrael.
Collects: Batman: Sword of Azrael (1992) #1-4; Showcase '94 (1994) #10; Azrael (1995) #1-7
Azrael's high-tech Batman targets Gotham's criminals while allies grow uneasy.
Collects: Detective Comics (1937) #667-670; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #19-20; Batman (1940) #501-504; Catwoman (1993) #6-7; Robin (1993) #1-2
Jean-Paul Valley's war on crime spirals as friends confront the armored Dark Knight.
Collects: Detective Comics (1937) #671-675; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #24-28; Batman (1940) #505-508; Showcase '94 (1994) #7
A wounded Bruce hunts Shondra Kinsolving and Tim Drake's father across the globe.
Collects: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #59-61; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #21-23; Robin (1993) #7; Justice League Task Force (1993) #5-6
The Bat-family unites to retrain Bruce and end Azrael's reign once and for all.
Collects: Detective Comics (1937) #676-677; Batman (1940) #509-510; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #62-63; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #29-30; Catwoman (1993) #8-9; Robin (1993) #8-9; Showcase '94 (1994) #10
With Bruce Wayne recovering, Dick Grayson dons the cowl and learns what it truly means to be Batman.
Collects: Batman (1940) #512-514; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #32-34; Detective Comics (1937) #679-681; Robin (1993) #0, 11-13
Bruce Wayne's return ushers in a new era as the Bat-Family confronts ruthless ex-KGB power brokers.
Collects: Batman (1940) #515; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #35; Detective Comics (1937) #682; Robin (1993) #14; Nightwing: Alfred's Return (1995) #1; Batman: Vengeance of Bane II: The Redemption (1995) #1
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