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Title |
Batman:
Knightfall Part Two: Who Rules the Night |
Format |
TPB |
Binding |
TPB |
Date |
1993 |
Writer(s) |
Doug Moench,
Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant |
Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Graham Nolan, Bret Blevins, Klaus Johnson, Mike Manley, Scott Hanna, Steve
George, Terry Austin, Rick Burchett, Dick Giordano |
Collects |
Detective 664-666, Showcase
'93 7-8, Shadow of the Bat 16-18, Batman 498-500 |
Storyline |
Bane dropped
Batman's body off a building into a crowd. Alfred, Tim, and Jean-Paul
picked him up and brought him back to the cave. While Bruce is comatose,
Robin tells the others about their encounter with Two-Face three weeks
earlier. Bruce awakened from the coma. Bane began taking over gangs in
Gotham; the streets went wild with crime when the news of Batman's defeat
was broadcast. Tim and Bruce agreed that Jean-Paul should fill in for the
time being. Catwoman agreed to work with Bane. Bruce wheeled to the
Drake's place to see Jack and Shondra. When he arrived, he saw them
kidnapped, and was beaten by the gang that took them. Jean-Paul, though
convincing as Batman, started becoming more and more aggressive. Scarecrow
and Anarky both strike out on Gotham. Scarecrow attacked Gotham with his
fear gas, demanding to be declared a god. Anarky tried to take down both
he and Batman, but he failed. Scarecrow and Anarky were both defeated.
Bruce and Alfred took off for Santa Prisca; Selina Kyle stowed-away on
their plane. Jean-Paul began making adjustments to the bat costume. Batman
broke Bane's crew out of jail and followed them to their hideout. Batman
and Bane fought, neither really getting the best of the other. Nightwing
found out about the whole situation and confronted Robin. Tim told Dick
everything. Bane called out for Batman, and AzBats (Jean-Paul's new
costume was much more Azrael than Batman) came. Bane's venom lines were
cut and he was defeated. Jean-Paul Valley had defeated Bane and was
Batman. |
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