Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2: Knightquest

I've only read part one of knightfall so far but I skimmed through this one and I love that it's on the glossy paper instead of the traditional comic book paper. It looks way better

Great volume. This was just as described.

Good product

With The Dark Knight Rises coming out this year, DC has been pumping out as much work on Bane as they could deem possible. The most prominent aspect of this is the introduction of Bane in Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1 . This new version of the famous opening arc was pitch perfect in my opinion. It truly has all of the "Broken Bat" and "Who Rules the Night" arcs, as well as the fabulous "Vengeance of Bane" story for a perfect start of making a truly complete collection of the entire Knightfall saga. Now comes the ever-sought after Knightsquest arc, because none of the issues have ever been collected before--until now. The second volume of these new 2012 Knightfall saga editions offers up just about all of the entire arc, but misses out on some aspects from Knightfall and even Knightsend. BATMAN KNIGHTFALL VOL.2: KNIGHTSQUEST collects all of "The Crusade" arc. DETECTIVE COMICS #667-675 SHADOW OF THE BAT #19-20, 24-28 BATMAN #501-508 CATWOMAN #6-7 This also collects ROBIN #7 from "The Search" arc. Vol.2 picks up after the events of Vol.1 which talks about the new Batman in charge of Gotham, Jean-Paul Valley, which defeated Bane, while Bruce Wayne is off in the other side of the world trying to heal his broken back. Much of Gotham's gangs under Bane have disbanded now and are fighting each other for power desperately, since the "new" Batman has gotten a new brutal reputation among the Gothmites. Knightsquest's focuses predominantly on Jean-Paul's exploits as Batman for the time being, as he takes on the ideals of the Batman, fighting numerous rouges (new and old), and is fighting his old assassin-brain washed ways of "The System." Since Jean-Paul's introduction, he's been shown as a bad replacement of Bruce Wayne, having little regard of the ideals of the Batman like showing brute force, arrogance, disregard for others, and even the idea of killing. He's always been portrayed as dislikable, but finally, we sort of get a better idea of Jean-Paul's ideology that's never been seen before thanks to these new issues. Jean-Paul starts out with many negative things about Bruce and his ideals, but after taking on the a brain-washed assassin from the mob (a scenario similar to his own), facing Catwoman (feeling many of the same provocative feelings as Bruce), Joker (seeing first hand why he's Batman's greatest foe), and many other new villains...Jean starts questioning his abilities and comparing them to Bruce as Batman, he's slowly acknowledging his old predecessor as well as being Batman is far more harder then it looks. Added to the workload, Gotham Police department is slowly seeing this Batman is "not there" Batman, as well as a changing of Jean's "System" brainwashing is being fought off, all of which ends on an impactful ending where Jean finally snaps to the idea of murder. This all makes Jean-Paul far more captivating as a character that you sort of understand and empathize for now. As for complaints, I have a few. First off: Knightsquest is NOT ALL COMPLETE. We all hoped we'd get the entire Knightfall saga completed in these 2012 editions, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. It's missing 8-issues from "The Search" arc including Justice League Task Force 5-6, Shadow of the Bat 21-23, and Legends of the Dark Knight 59-61. These issues help explain Bruce's recover, but since there not collected here, Bruce just shows up completely recovered for no reason and it hurts the narrative, transition, and setup for Knightsend. Hopefully after all the editions are released, DC will have the decency to release the rest of these unreleased issues, as well as any other Knightfall related material not released. The other issue is the regarding the legacy of this collection. This book is almost entirely about Jean-Paul and his exploits as Batman, and although it's good and interesting, it's not quite up to par as Knightfall or Knightsend in terms of legacy or interest. I sort of see why DC wouldn't collect these issues for those reasons. And thirdly, Jean-Paul is meant to not be likable. So even with many of the little glimpses he gets to show a possible redeeming character, he almost always ends up going back to being a jerk. So if you're someone who openly hates Jean-Paul, this collection might not make you change your opinion about him at all. But the idea is that with seeing Jean-Paul as batman after 26 issues, your supposed to get so tired of him, that you want Bruce back as Batman again (which is the idea of Knightsend). As for art, this is art from 1994, so this might seem old and archaic for today's art, but I enjoy it. Anyone more accustomed to this time period might appreciate it more, so I understand if it's not your thing. And oddly enough, there are no extras at all in this edition compared to Vol.1. None. But considering the amount of content, it's no big deal. BATMAN KNIGHTFALL VOL.2: KNIGHTSQUEST is not complete (that's ½ off the score) and it's not quite as good as Knightsfall and Knightsend (another ½ the score), but it still has a ton of content, great price, and a good majority of the arc finally collected for the first time. So even if it's not the true collection we want, this is as good as it's probably going to get, as well as the last release Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 3 - KnightsEnd . Recommended for Knightfall enthusiast.

Good

I ordered this for my son, and he absolutely loves it! I will be ordering more of this type of item!

This is the story of a different Batman. He is called in to replace Bruce Wayne who is healing from a broken back and is gone looking for Tim Drakes Kidnapped father. This book covers a years worth of stories about the Jean Paul Valley who takes Batman's place. We see him gradually loose control of himself as the book goes on. He has some misplaced values in which he is willing to let people die if it means he will ultimately stop the bad guys. He believe it is worth it to let one fall if he can stop the murder of many. He uses more violent and brutal methods to go after his enemies. You also see how his past influences his present actions. I personally found this character very interesting and thought it was definitely worth reading.

Came damaged with a crease in the back cover.

A must have

The Batman Knightfall story arc is my favourite Batman story of all times in so many ways. I bought the Knightfall trilogy books 10 years ago or more, but always felt it missed a lot... I was frustrated on not having all the pieces that could tell/explain how things came to be and why (?). How Bruce Wayne became ill? How did he became this beat-up and weaked before the ill-fated Arkham break-out? How Bruce Wayne got to know about Jean-Paul Valley aka Azrael?. How did the Riddler get the Venom toxin before the breakout? Why was not all pieces there to tell about Azrael-Batman's Knightquest time? So when they many years re-published the Knightfall saga and I realized I had only read about the "basic" trilogy...I felt I MUST HAVE THE WHOLE STORY COLLECTED LIKE THIS! I love Omnibus books and they look so niecly in my book-shelfs and all the stories I grew up with in comic books I so enjoy having them re-printed and collected instead of a ton of loose magazines and puzzle iy up - (For those who are knew to the Knightfall saga or any other great story arc from DC or Marvel, there was a NO easy way to get all stories in the 90's due to that they spread out the storries in amny variants of comics, 10 variants of Batman, 10 varients of Spider-Man etc-etc it was insane) So yeah, this was money well worth spent and I'm glad I now have them. Now I can look for other great Omnibus books that collects stories from the 80's-90's and early 00's I missed out on from Marvel & DC.

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Batman ha caído y Bane sigue suelto... pero alguien recoge el manto del Caballero Oscuro para darle caza. Este segundo volumen recopila un montón de números de una etapa épica y clásica del Murciélago a muy buen precio. Sin embargo, la calidad del papel es muuuuy mejorable, pues es similar al de los periódicos: fino, frágil y "poroso".

I really liked the cast of C-list villains they've used in this volume. Interestingly, this volume uses mid-thickness glossy paper instead of the thick mat paper used in volumes 1 and 3. Color saturation is very good and the binding is firm. Paper type makes this book heavier than volume 1 even though they're both 650 pages.