Batman: Knightfall was a story arc that ran thru all the Batman comic book titles in 1993-94. During this run they introduced 2 new characters. Azreal, who was a superhero in training & Bane, who was a major villain. The basic story is that Bane is inspired & very determined to crush Batman. To do this he starts his evil plan by releasing all the prisoners of Arkham Asylum, Gotham City's main high-security prison. The rogue list includes The Joker, Scarecrow, Firefly, Madhatter, The Ventriloquist, Victor Zsasz, & others. After their release Batman has to find & fight all of the villains thus weakening him & making him the perfect victim for Bane. Then we all know what happens next because it's a very famous moment in comic book history, Bane breaks Batman's back! Now, I know a lot of Batman fans really love this story-arc because it is very well-written & the artwork was pretty good too. But, here's the deal, I was really into collecting comic books at the time & when this cheesy event happened was when they lost me as a customer. It was such a low-class marketing move that I stopped buying comics for a really long time. That's how offended I was. After a little time had passed ( a few years, ha ha ) I eventually came back. But, the exact moment when Bane crushed Batman was when DC Comics broke my heart, ha ha!
Now, here's some recent events that happened to me. I have been debating with myself to publish this personal opinion of mine or not because it is kinda negative, I guess. But it's something I felt strongly about & I have been collecting a few images for the story when all of a sudden a Bat-Blog reader sent this video featuring some amazing animation. The short "fan film" is a home-made animation that is the entire Batman: Knightfall story arc but sort of condensed. The animation quality is very good. This guy is a very talented artist! ( Thank you Kev for sending the link ). For the readers who were into Batman around this time I'd like to know how you felt about DC Comics breaking Batman. Please leave a comment down below.
