Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #242233 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

The Conclusion of a Trilogy.......................
This is the conclusion to the epic Knightfall trilogy that is preceded by Knightfall 1: Broken Bat and Knightfall 2:He Who Rules the Night.
This picks up where volume 2 left off, where Azrael has asumed the mantle of the Bat, and has taken down Bane to rule over Gotham. However, he plays a very different Batman to that of Bruce Wayne's original; he is prepared to step over the line to get the job done. He is reckless and doesn't protect innocent bystanders, and is not far away from becoming a one man judge, jury and executioner! The visions he has of Saint Dumas are getting stronger, and he is now less his own man, and more the brainwashed drone of ruthless brotherhood.
Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne trains to get his body and mind back into shape to take on Azrael and reclaim the mantle of the Batman.
This final volume is concerned with the epic fight between Bruce Wayne and Azrael, and is not as subtle as the previous two volumes - which is mainly because there is less plot in this one, and more action. If you like huge fights, with a bt less story, then this will be your favourite of the trilogy. In my opinion though, it doesn't have the depth of volume one and two. There are some good pieces where Nightwing and Robin work together to help Batman, and by far my favourite bit of the entire volume is where Bruce Wayne steels himself to jump out off the skyscrapers and swing through Gotham like he used to. He does this a few times, and i thought this was an excellent piece of work, as it shows the doubt in his mind as to whether he can recapture his glory days.
The artwork in this final chapter is probably the best of the whole series, and the set pieces are well done.
All in all, the trilogy is a good one, but there are better ones to read for Batman - such as the Batman Vs Predator titles. It also falls way behind the clever Dark Knight Returns, and some stand alone titles.
Don't get me wrong, i don't hate this series at all, it is just that there are better ones to read!
Enjoy the final chapter!

A dissapointing conclusion to the Batman/Azreal trilogy
I found this to be not quite as exciting as Knightfall one and two. The beggining with Lady Shiva was some what boring and repetative- however it did get better near the end, if slightly silly ... Generally it was quite dissapointing.

This is the greatest Batman graphic novel to date.
I am not a great fan of comic books but graphic novels provided an ideal way of satisfying an interest in the darker comics available in a more mature medium. So my first graphic novel experiences were with the 2 Batman : Knightfall and Knightsend trilogy and of the three the last one was by far the best. The action is fluid and constant throughout and the fights are by far the best of any batman comics I have ever read. But the build up to the finale is remarkably well constructed and made the final confrontation the best fight I have ever experienced in a graphic novel and certainly enough to make this one the best of the trilogy.