--- product_id: 3152959 title: "Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1" price: "5722 kr" currency: ISK in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.is/products/3152959-batman-knightfall-vol-1 store_origin: IS region: Iceland --- # Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1 **Price:** 5722 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1 - **How much does it cost?** 5722 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.is](https://www.desertcart.is/products/3152959-batman-knightfall-vol-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description #1 New York Times Bestseller The villainous Bane breaks the Bat in one of the most popular and well-known Batman tales! The inmates of Arkham Asylum have broken free and Batman must push himself to the limits to re-apprehend the Joker, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Killer Croc and more. Pushed to the limits, he comes face-to-face against the monstrosity known as Bane, who delivers a crippling blow destined to change the Caped Crusader forever! This volume collects Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special #1, Batman #491-500, D etective Comics #659-666, Showcase '93 #7-8 and Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18. Review: Truly a Back-Breaking Read - As the new Batman movie rises to fame in the theaters, fans from all over, new and old, are interested in reading, or re-reading, the story that inspired the movie itself. Spanning Batman 491-500 and Detective Comics 659-666, Knightfall follows Batman in his quest to stop Bane, and Batman's subsequent defeat and approval of his replacement. This new version of the Knightfall TPB starts off with the Vengeance of Bane Special #1 in which you learn of Bane's past at the Santa Prisca prison and his hatred for a caped crusader he's never met and the desire to rule a town he's never been to. Fast-forward to Batman #491 and Detective Comics #659 and we bounce around between those two series as Batman and Robin are forced to deal with Bane's prison escape, and Bane's hand at letting everyone in Arkham Asylum out loose in Gotham. As chaos ensues, Batman (already in bad shape , is forced to mop up and take everyone he can in as quickly as possible before the kill count rises any more. However, it all leads to Batman #497 where Bane's evil plan to break the bat comes to its peak. The evil mastermind of crime takes advantage of Batman's sheer lack of strength and energy and uses it to break him and show the people of Gotham that Batman is no more. As Bane finally gets a hold on Batman, Gotham goes into a frenzy as crime shoots through the roof and the police are unable to handle it. We learn in Showcase '93 #7-8 of Batman's attempt at bringing Harvey Dent back into the Asylum prior to his encounter with Bane, and in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18, we learns of Scarecrow's origins and his grand scheme that puts the new Batman, formerly Azrael, in charge of cleaning up the mess that Bane has created. However, Jean-Paul's Batman doesn't have time for sidekicks and he surely doesn't have time to hold back on the murderers and thugs of Gotham. One of Batman's greatest stories ever told is reprinted here in a more complete volume that spans over 600 pages! Although you get a whole mess of content to read through, you're still left wondering who in the world this Azrael guy is and why Bruce is messed up already as you're barely into the first issue. Also, you get no introduction to Azrael's partners nor an origin to Bane's venom toxin. However, you do get a lot of content that makes the story fairly easy to follow despite the few missing links. The art's consistently nice aside from perhaps the Two-Face and Scarecrow story arcs. The writing is superb with every page making you want to keep it turning and the eventual breaking of the Batman as powerful an image as ever. This is definitely a story to read even if you just jumped into the New 52 era of Batman. Seeing Jean-Paul become Batman makes you start to hate him as he turns more and more into a villain instead of a Batman-clone. His desire to take over what Bruce has becomes a scary reality to what Tim Drake has to face while Bruce is confined to a wheelchair. However, the entire book really makes you think about what Gotham would be if Batman were to suddenly cease to exist and how easily a maniac like Bane could take over. The book comes with all the comic covers as well as the Batman #500 variant and the Knightfall TPB covers as well. So, there isn't a whole lot of extras but they're there. Overall, definitely a book to get for a classic story! Review: made bane an iconic villain for years to come - Batman: knightfall is the first story that the villain Bane ever appeared in, and boy did he make an impression! he was so good in this story that he is a villain in 2 live action batman movies, there are a WHOLE lot of villains that batman fights in this story but none are ever as intimidating or as powerful as Bane. so in this book a drug junkie named Bane and his gang of crackheads break the most insane villains out of arkham asylum, and Batman spends half the book chasing them down, but we find out that batman is sick during this time and is pushing himself beyond his own limits. as the story progresses you see batman get more, and more, sluggish, he isn't sleeping, he's sick and not taking medicine, and he's getting beaten to a pulp every night. each battle (and there's like 20) you see batman just BARELY come out on top, and once Batman was the weakest he's ever been, bane shows up in his house and he BREAKS THE BAT. after that this book gets depressing, Batman is totally broken and done, robin is treated like crap by everyone, and jean Paul valley becomes the new Batman and while he DOES beat Bane he's not a good Batman and robin can tell, i'm guessing in vol 2 bruce takes the mantle of the bat back. anyways that was the story 4/5 its good anyways now lets talk about BANE. bane is the polar opposite of bruce wayne, but yet so similar, bruce grew up alone in a mansion, bane grew up alone in prison for the sins of his father. Bane was locked in the deepest hole in a prison that was basically hell where he spent ten years, in that time he became extremely spiritual and he trained every day and became huge. after the ten years he emerged from his hole and gained the respect of his prisonmates. but while he was down there he dreampt only of killing a Bat that haunts his dreams, and once he heard about batman he immediately broke out and headed towards gotham. the man was MADE to break the bat. and then he took a drug called venom that gave him superhuman strength. "You Will Know My Name One Day. And On That Day, You Will Beg For Mercy." -Bane 1993 ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #12,500 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #30 in Mystery Graphic Novels #43 in DC Comics & Graphic Novels #144 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,168 Reviews | ## Images ![Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71wOMiuBWoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Truly a Back-Breaking Read *by B***R on September 18, 2012* As the new Batman movie rises to fame in the theaters, fans from all over, new and old, are interested in reading, or re-reading, the story that inspired the movie itself. Spanning Batman 491-500 and Detective Comics 659-666, Knightfall follows Batman in his quest to stop Bane, and Batman's subsequent defeat and approval of his replacement. This new version of the Knightfall TPB starts off with the Vengeance of Bane Special #1 in which you learn of Bane's past at the Santa Prisca prison and his hatred for a caped crusader he's never met and the desire to rule a town he's never been to. Fast-forward to Batman #491 and Detective Comics #659 and we bounce around between those two series as Batman and Robin are forced to deal with Bane's prison escape, and Bane's hand at letting everyone in Arkham Asylum out loose in Gotham. As chaos ensues, Batman (already in bad shape , is forced to mop up and take everyone he can in as quickly as possible before the kill count rises any more. However, it all leads to Batman #497 where Bane's evil plan to break the bat comes to its peak. The evil mastermind of crime takes advantage of Batman's sheer lack of strength and energy and uses it to break him and show the people of Gotham that Batman is no more. As Bane finally gets a hold on Batman, Gotham goes into a frenzy as crime shoots through the roof and the police are unable to handle it. We learn in Showcase '93 #7-8 of Batman's attempt at bringing Harvey Dent back into the Asylum prior to his encounter with Bane, and in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18, we learns of Scarecrow's origins and his grand scheme that puts the new Batman, formerly Azrael, in charge of cleaning up the mess that Bane has created. However, Jean-Paul's Batman doesn't have time for sidekicks and he surely doesn't have time to hold back on the murderers and thugs of Gotham. One of Batman's greatest stories ever told is reprinted here in a more complete volume that spans over 600 pages! Although you get a whole mess of content to read through, you're still left wondering who in the world this Azrael guy is and why Bruce is messed up already as you're barely into the first issue. Also, you get no introduction to Azrael's partners nor an origin to Bane's venom toxin. However, you do get a lot of content that makes the story fairly easy to follow despite the few missing links. The art's consistently nice aside from perhaps the Two-Face and Scarecrow story arcs. The writing is superb with every page making you want to keep it turning and the eventual breaking of the Batman as powerful an image as ever. This is definitely a story to read even if you just jumped into the New 52 era of Batman. Seeing Jean-Paul become Batman makes you start to hate him as he turns more and more into a villain instead of a Batman-clone. His desire to take over what Bruce has becomes a scary reality to what Tim Drake has to face while Bruce is confined to a wheelchair. However, the entire book really makes you think about what Gotham would be if Batman were to suddenly cease to exist and how easily a maniac like Bane could take over. The book comes with all the comic covers as well as the Batman #500 variant and the Knightfall TPB covers as well. So, there isn't a whole lot of extras but they're there. Overall, definitely a book to get for a classic story! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ made bane an iconic villain for years to come *by J***S on July 29, 2024* Batman: knightfall is the first story that the villain Bane ever appeared in, and boy did he make an impression! he was so good in this story that he is a villain in 2 live action batman movies, there are a WHOLE lot of villains that batman fights in this story but none are ever as intimidating or as powerful as Bane. so in this book a drug junkie named Bane and his gang of crackheads break the most insane villains out of arkham asylum, and Batman spends half the book chasing them down, but we find out that batman is sick during this time and is pushing himself beyond his own limits. as the story progresses you see batman get more, and more, sluggish, he isn't sleeping, he's sick and not taking medicine, and he's getting beaten to a pulp every night. each battle (and there's like 20) you see batman just BARELY come out on top, and once Batman was the weakest he's ever been, bane shows up in his house and he BREAKS THE BAT. after that this book gets depressing, Batman is totally broken and done, robin is treated like crap by everyone, and jean Paul valley becomes the new Batman and while he DOES beat Bane he's not a good Batman and robin can tell, i'm guessing in vol 2 bruce takes the mantle of the bat back. anyways that was the story 4/5 its good anyways now lets talk about BANE. bane is the polar opposite of bruce wayne, but yet so similar, bruce grew up alone in a mansion, bane grew up alone in prison for the sins of his father. Bane was locked in the deepest hole in a prison that was basically hell where he spent ten years, in that time he became extremely spiritual and he trained every day and became huge. after the ten years he emerged from his hole and gained the respect of his prisonmates. but while he was down there he dreampt only of killing a Bat that haunts his dreams, and once he heard about batman he immediately broke out and headed towards gotham. the man was MADE to break the bat. and then he took a drug called venom that gave him superhuman strength. "You Will Know My Name One Day. And On That Day, You Will Beg For Mercy." -Bane 1993 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So THAT'S what all the fuss is about Bane ... *by S***N on June 21, 2012* With the hype of the Dark Knight Rises coming up, I figure that as a hardcore Batman fan and enthusiast, I should probably invest some time into reading into Bane's original comic book introduction. And after I did, I now get why Christopher Nolan chose him to be the villain of his final installment in his Batman series. Sure, he's not the infamous Joker, and yes, following Heath Ledger's performance is going to be tough, but reading this comic alone has put some faith into me for the next movie. Because Bane is the next logical choice for a solid, challenging villain. Now, again, I'm a hardcore Batman fan. But I'll blame it on my young age for having never read the original comics beyond whatever got compiled together into one neat package. Before this I think I've only read Scarecrow Tales, The Long Halloween, and the Killing Joke (all of which I highly recommend): I know a great deal on Batman in general thanks to a life time of research, but I never read the full stories with my own eyes, and I was never familiar with Bane outside of what I saw in the Batman video games and movies. Now knowing what I know thanks to Knightfall, I'm pretty disappointed that most media seems to depict Bane as less threatening or less intelligent than he really is, because, yeah, he's kind of a guy you don't want to cross paths with. I've included a succinct summary of why in the spoiler area below this review, based on just this volume alone. Trust me though: Just read Knightfall for yourself and get immersed into a very suspenseful story arc, both for Bane and for Bruce Wayne. Thanks to this, Bane got bumped up to my second favorite villain. And he's only in second place because my love of horror and psychology prevent me from downgrading The Scarecrow to anything less than number one. :) *****SPOILERS***** So, why is Bane awesome and threatening? He beat Film Freak to death with his bare hands, broke Killer Croc's arms like toothpicks TWICE, and he's the only villain to have ever completely defeat Batman. Granted, he only snapped his spine and could have rendered him paralyzed or killed him - sure no biggie, he's only the damn Batman - but he's the only villain to have put him out of commission for a period of time. And he's one of the very few villains, if not the only one, to have figured out that Batman is Bruce Wayne, by merely using his brain and paying freakin' attention. He's both a physical threat AND an intellectual one. *****SPOILER?***** ## Frequently Bought Together - Batman Knightfall 1 - Batman Knightfall 2: Knightquest - Batman Knightfall 3: Knightsend --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.is/products/3152959-batman-knightfall-vol-1](https://www.desertcart.is/products/3152959-batman-knightfall-vol-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart Iceland* *Store origin: IS* *Last updated: 2026-06-05*