Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1

In the first installment of this classic storyline, the Dark Knight's greatest enemies have all simultaneously escaped from Arkham Asylum and are preying on Gotham City. With his city under siege, Batman pushes his body to the limit as he takes on The Joker, the Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, The Riddler and the Scarecrow. But things get much worse when Bane, the man behind all the madness, confronts an exhausted Batman - and breaks his back. This massive first KNIGHTFALL volume collects BATMAN: VENGEANCE OF BANE SPECIAL #1, BATMAN #491-500, DETECTIVE COMICS #659-660, SHOWCASE '93 #7 and 8 and BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #17-18, including chapters never previously reprinted.Biographie de l'auteurDennis O'Neil is the influential writer of comics includingBatman,Green Lantern/Green Arrow,The Justice League of America and countless other titles. He is also the author ofThe DC Comics Guide to Writing for Comics (Watson Guptill). Known for his fast-paced, action-oriented plotting, Chuck Dixon is the prolific and acclaimed writer of long runs onBatman,Robin,Nightwing,Birds of Prey, Green Arrow and, for Marvel Comics,The Punisher andConan. Doug Moench has written novels, short stories, newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays and teleplays. His first published work wasMy Dog Sandy, a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. Moench has worked for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics and many other smaller companies; he has written hundreds of issues of many different comics, and created dozens of characters, such as Moon Knight.