Volume: 1
Price: 14.95 USD; 23.50 CAD
Pages: 276
Editing: Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor - original series); Scott Peterson (credited) (editor - original series); Dale Crain (credited) (editor - collected edition); Jordan B. Gorfinkel (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Michael Wright (credited) (assistant editor - collected edition)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Mike Deodato (credited as Mike Deodato Jr.) (signed)
Inks:
Mike Deodato (credited as Mike Deodato Jr.) (signed)
Colors:
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane
Reprints (3)
This issue has 5 variants

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Cover and "design pages" changed with this printing, as well as reprinted promotional pages and filler pages omitted.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat
(Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Half-title page illustrated with a detail from the story from Detective Comics #660.

Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat
(Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 2 pages

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Title page illustrated with an eclipsed Bat-symbol with blood splattered on it.

[Editorial Credits]
(Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the story from Detective Comics #663.

The Freedom of Madness!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Bane; Joker; Jeremiah Arkham; Jean-Paul Valley; Pamela Isley [Poison Ivy]; Maxie Zeus; Killer Croc; Two-Face; Jonathan Crane [Scarecrow]; Jervis Tetch [Mad Hatter]; Harvey Bullock; Commissioner James Gordon; Rene Montoya
Synopsis:
Bane frees the inmates of Arkham Asylum.
Reprints (1)

Crossed Eyes and Dotty Teas
(Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Inks:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Mad Hatter; Bane; Film Freak; Harvey Bullock; Rene Montoya
Reprints (1)

Puppets
(Table of Contents: 7)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Chuck Dixon (credited)
Pencils:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Inks:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
Tim Harkins (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Maxie Zeus; Ventriloquist; Amygdala [Aaron Helzinger]
Reprints (1)

Redslash
(Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Inks:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
Tim Harkins (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Commissioner James Gordon; Zsasz; Bane; Harvey Bullock; Rene Montoya
Reprints (1)

Crocodile Tears
(Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Chuck Dixon (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Balent (credited)
Inks:
Scott Hanna (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Harvey Bullock; Killer Croc; Bane; Zsasz; Ventriloquist
Reprints (1)

Night Terrors
(Table of Contents: 10)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks:
Tom Mandrake (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Joker; Bane; Scarecrow; Cornelius Stirk; Jean-Paul Valley; Shondra Kinsolving; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Tim Drake]; Commissioner James Gordon; Sarah Essen
Reprints (1)

City on Fire
(Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Chuck Dixon (credited)
Pencils:
Graham Nolan (credited)
Inks:
Scott Hanna (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Harvey Bullock; Sarah Essen; Scarecrow; Joker; Firefly; Ventriloquist; Riddler; Cavalier
Reprints (1)

Strange Deadfellows
(Table of Contents: 12)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks:
Bob Wiacek (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Firefly; Bane; Scarecrow; Joker; Poison Ivy; Jean-Paul Valley; Shondra Kinsolving; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Alfred Pennyworth; Lucius Fox
Reprints (1)

Burning Questions
(Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Chuck Dixon (credited)
Pencils:
Graham Nolan (credited)
Inks:
Scott Hanna (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Riddler; Firefly; Huntress; Harvey Bullock
Reprints (1)

Die Laughing
(Table of Contents: 14)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks:
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Robin [Jason Todd] (Scarecrow's gas hallucination); Scarecrow; Joker; Bane; Harvey Bullock; Rene Montoya; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprints (1)

No Rest for the Wicked
(Table of Contents: 15)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Chuck Dixon (credited)
Pencils:
Graham Nolan (credited)
Inks:
Scott Hanna (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Bane; Ventriloquist
Reprints (1)

The Broken Bat
(Table of Contents: 16)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Aparo (credited)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Sondra Kinsolving; Tim Drake [Robin]; Bane; Black Mask (flashback); Metalhead (flashback); Riddler (flashback); Joker (flashback); Two-Face (flashback); Scarecrow (flashback); Mad Hatter (flashback); Zsasz (flashback); Firefly (flashback); Poison Ivy (flashback)
Synopsis:
Bane breaks Batman's back.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

blank page(s) / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Every Man Has a Breaking Point... Even the Batman!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat
  4. Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat
  5. [Editorial Credits]
  6. The Freedom of Madness!
    Batman
  7. Crossed Eyes and Dotty Teas
    Batman
  8. Puppets
    Batman
  9. Redslash
    Batman
  10. Crocodile Tears
    Batman
  11. Night Terrors
    Batman
  12. City on Fire
    Batman
  13. Strange Deadfellows
    Batman
  14. Burning Questions
    Batman
  15. Die Laughing
    Batman
  16. No Rest for the Wicked
    Batman
  17. The Broken Bat
    Batman
  18. [no title indexed]
  19. [no title indexed]
  20. Every Man Has a Breaking Point... Even the Batman!
    Batman
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