- Paperback: 296 pages
- Publisher: D C Comics (a division of Warner Brothers - A Time Warner Entertainment Co.) (1 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1563891425
- ISBN-13: 978-1563891427
- Product Dimensions: 16.7 x 1.5 x 25.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 200,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This riveting book sets Batman on a path that will change his life forever. A mass escape from Arkham Asylum and the emergence of Batman's most threatening foe, Bane, sends Gotham City spinning into chaos and takes Batman to the limits of human endurance! These volume is required reading for every Batman fan. Graphic novel format.
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Format:Paperback
The masked villain Bane arrives in Gotham with a plan to destroy Batman - release all of Batman's prisoners from Arkham Asylum and once he's gone through them all, he'll be at his weakest and then... then he will break him!
The first part of the Knightfall trilogy is overlong and a bit dull to be honest. It's a good storyline, Bane setting loose a ton of villains into Gotham and then sitting back, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, but all it means is that Batman has to go through each and every villain in a kind of rote, dull way as we slowly see Batman get weaker and weaker.
But why is he so worn out even at the start of the book? It's not explained in the book but the prelude to this is a fight Batman had with Black Mask and his gang which wore him out, along with a venom-juiced up Riddler, followed by what can only be described as a mid-life crisis (I know). Bruce can't sleep nor is he willing to take any rest so he's an exhausted wreck even before Bane sets free the inmates of Arkham.
Luckily Bruce has a new ally in Jean-Paul Valley aka Azrael, a graduate student in Gotham U, who discovers that he's been unconsciously trained from birth to be an assassin for an ancient religious order. While he plays a relatively low role in this book, he's being helped by Tim Drake (Robin) to overcome his conditioning to turn him from a would-be villain to an ally.
I felt there was a lot of crap in this book and a lot of it has to do with aesthetics. Jim Aparo's artwork looks very 90s and is bound to be a turn off to many new Batman readers who've been exposed to tremendous artists like Jim Lee, Tony Daniel, Yanick Paquette, Jock, Frank Quitely, Philip Tan, the list goes on. Joker's face looks ridiculously exaggerated, his mouth looks like you could fit a bowling ball in it, its so elongated, while Zsasz's eyebrows look so jagged they're jutting off of his face entirely. There's a Batman villain in this book I've never heard of and it's easy to see why - he's called "Film Freak" and his superpower is that he's got film reel earrings: that's it. Then there's the Batmobile which looks like a Blackberry Torch, Tim Drake's haircut looks very 90s while Bruce's do looks strangely like Superman's, then there's the 90s mobile phones and printers/computers... The book comes across as very dated.
Appearances aside, the story's not that enthralling either. The enemies that "sap" Batman's strength are all second tier villains like Mad Hatter, Zsasz, Poison Ivy, Cornelius Stirk, and let's not forget the incredible Film Freak. This bizarre line-up culminates with Batman vs Bane where Bruce actually looks scared of Bane, something I felt was very out of character.
The book has a solid overall story arc but it's a long dull slog to get to the conclusion until things get interesting. "Broken Bat" had its moments, I particularly enjoyed Batman's beat down of Joker for the murder of Jason Todd years before, but unfortunately these were few and far between. I'm going to read the rest of the trilogy but for those who're on the fence about reading this first book, I'd say take a look at the second to last page and you've basically got the book in a nutshell. "Broken Bat" is for Batman completists only, for more casual comics readers this book will be boring.
The first part of the Knightfall trilogy is overlong and a bit dull to be honest. It's a good storyline, Bane setting loose a ton of villains into Gotham and then sitting back, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, but all it means is that Batman has to go through each and every villain in a kind of rote, dull way as we slowly see Batman get weaker and weaker.
But why is he so worn out even at the start of the book? It's not explained in the book but the prelude to this is a fight Batman had with Black Mask and his gang which wore him out, along with a venom-juiced up Riddler, followed by what can only be described as a mid-life crisis (I know). Bruce can't sleep nor is he willing to take any rest so he's an exhausted wreck even before Bane sets free the inmates of Arkham.
Luckily Bruce has a new ally in Jean-Paul Valley aka Azrael, a graduate student in Gotham U, who discovers that he's been unconsciously trained from birth to be an assassin for an ancient religious order. While he plays a relatively low role in this book, he's being helped by Tim Drake (Robin) to overcome his conditioning to turn him from a would-be villain to an ally.
I felt there was a lot of crap in this book and a lot of it has to do with aesthetics. Jim Aparo's artwork looks very 90s and is bound to be a turn off to many new Batman readers who've been exposed to tremendous artists like Jim Lee, Tony Daniel, Yanick Paquette, Jock, Frank Quitely, Philip Tan, the list goes on. Joker's face looks ridiculously exaggerated, his mouth looks like you could fit a bowling ball in it, its so elongated, while Zsasz's eyebrows look so jagged they're jutting off of his face entirely. There's a Batman villain in this book I've never heard of and it's easy to see why - he's called "Film Freak" and his superpower is that he's got film reel earrings: that's it. Then there's the Batmobile which looks like a Blackberry Torch, Tim Drake's haircut looks very 90s while Bruce's do looks strangely like Superman's, then there's the 90s mobile phones and printers/computers... The book comes across as very dated.
Appearances aside, the story's not that enthralling either. The enemies that "sap" Batman's strength are all second tier villains like Mad Hatter, Zsasz, Poison Ivy, Cornelius Stirk, and let's not forget the incredible Film Freak. This bizarre line-up culminates with Batman vs Bane where Bruce actually looks scared of Bane, something I felt was very out of character.
The book has a solid overall story arc but it's a long dull slog to get to the conclusion until things get interesting. "Broken Bat" had its moments, I particularly enjoyed Batman's beat down of Joker for the murder of Jason Todd years before, but unfortunately these were few and far between. I'm going to read the rest of the trilogy but for those who're on the fence about reading this first book, I'd say take a look at the second to last page and you've basically got the book in a nutshell. "Broken Bat" is for Batman completists only, for more casual comics readers this book will be boring.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the book I think of when I think of 90's comics especially 90's batman books. The artwork is fantastic; making the villains appear as evil as they ever were and batman looks striking and dark, just as he should. The only time I have ever seen someone draw batman better was Jim Lee in the book "hush".
The story takes place over 3 volumes and it starts with Bane blowing open a hole in arkham asylum which allows everyone to escape and run rampant in Gotham. This means every major batman villain up to that point is free to do anything they wish and batman has to try recapture all the prisoners. Bane is doing this to test batman, to wear him down so that soon he will break batman and "own Gotham".
The reason I love this story is that throughout the story you can see batman being worn down, slowly having the life drained out of him. The writers Doug Moench and Chuck Dixon push batman to his very limit, they show how much batman really cares for Gotham and how far he will go to protect the innocent.
I would encourage any fan of batman to read this, this has one of the greatest moments in the history of batman comics but I won't spoil it for you. Buy it to find out for yourself.
The story takes place over 3 volumes and it starts with Bane blowing open a hole in arkham asylum which allows everyone to escape and run rampant in Gotham. This means every major batman villain up to that point is free to do anything they wish and batman has to try recapture all the prisoners. Bane is doing this to test batman, to wear him down so that soon he will break batman and "own Gotham".
The reason I love this story is that throughout the story you can see batman being worn down, slowly having the life drained out of him. The writers Doug Moench and Chuck Dixon push batman to his very limit, they show how much batman really cares for Gotham and how far he will go to protect the innocent.
I would encourage any fan of batman to read this, this has one of the greatest moments in the history of batman comics but I won't spoil it for you. Buy it to find out for yourself.
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I must admit i have really enjoyed this book. It is very deep and all the way through it you really feel for Batman and his work load. The art work is very good but not amazing the fight with Bane is Epic. A must buy book for any super hero fan of any age.
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