In the final chapter of this series, Bruce Wayne completes his improbable recovery from his broken back and is ready to resume his role as Gotham's protector. But Jean Paul Valley, the man who now patrols the night as a vicious and violent Batman, is not willing to give up his new identity. Driven to the brink of madness by inner demons, the new Batman seeks to destroy Bruce as they meet in mortal combat. But in the end, Bruce defeats Jean Paul both mentally and physically and reclaims his legendary cape and cowl.
This new edition includes many chapters of Knightfallnever before collected. This volume collectsBatman#509-510, #512-514,Batman: Shadow of the Bat#29-30, 32-34,Detective Comics#676-677, #679-681,Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight#62-63, Robin #88-9, #11-13 andCatwoman#12-13.Dennis O'Neil is the influential writer of comics includingBatman,Green Lantern/Green Arrow,The Justice League Of Americaand countless other titles. He is also the author ofThe DC Comics Guide to Writing for Comics(Watson Guptill).
Known for his fast-paced, action-oriented plotting, Chuck Dixon is the prolific and acclaimed writer of long runs onBatman,Robin,Nightwing,Birds of Prey,Green Arrowand, for Marvel Comics,The PunisherandConan.
Doug Moench has written novels, short stories, newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays and teleplays. His first published work was My Dog Sandy, a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. Moench has worked for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics and many other smaller companies; he has written hundreds of issues of many different comics, and created dozens of characters, such as Moon Knight.CA