Batman Knightfall is a trilogy of crossover events  Knightfall, Knightquest, KnightsEnd Preceded and followed by additional related arcs This reading order consists of 119 issues and has an approximate value of $250-$300 Non-key issues are not searchable in the main database and can only be found in this category or your catalogued collection

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Introduction of Venom, the drug used by Bane to achieve superhuman strength

Prelude to Knightfall begins with the Venom four-issue story arc

📖Knightfall Reading Order: Legends of the Dark Knight #16 - #20, then Sword of Azrael #1

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1st appearance of Azrael

Prelude to Knightfall

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: Sword of Azrael #1 - #4, then Vengeance of Bane #1

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1st appearance, cover and origin of Bane

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #484

Batman #484

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #485

Batman #485

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #486

Batman #486

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #487

Batman #487

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1st appearance of Headhunter

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #654

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1st appearance of The General, becomes Anarky

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #655

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #656

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #488

Batman #488

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Azrael begins training with Tim Drake

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #657

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #658

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #489

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2nd appearance of Bane

Azrael assumes the Batman mantle

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #490

Batman #490

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #491

Batman #491

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Bane liberates Arkham Asylum's prisoners

Second and third printings exist

End of Knightfall prelude

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #492

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Death of Film Freak

Main story arc begins

Knightfall Part One

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #659

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Knightfall Part Two

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #493

Batman #493

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Knightfall Part Three

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #660

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Knightfall Part Four

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #494

Batman #494

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Knightfall Part Five

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #661

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Knightfall Part Six

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #495

Batman #495

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Knightfall Part Seven

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #662

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Knightfall Part Eight

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #496

Batman #496

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Knightfall Part Nine

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #663

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Knightfall Part Ten

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #497

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Bane breaks Batman's back

Knightfall Part Eleven

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #664

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Knightfall PartTwelve

Beginning of Knightfall Act II: Who Rules The Night

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Showcase '93 #7

Showcase '93 #7

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Knightfall Part Thirteen

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Showcase '93 #8

Showcase '93 #8

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Knightfall Part Fourteen

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #498

Batman #498

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Knightfall Part Fifteen

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #665

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1st appearance of Tony Bressi, a mobster

Knightfall Part Sixteen

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Shadow of the Bat #16

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Shadow of the Bat #17

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Shadow of the Bat #18

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #499

Batman #499

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Knightfall Part Seventeen

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #666

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Knightfall Part 18

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #500

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Azrael stands in for Batman after Bane breaks Bruce Wayne's back in Batman #497

Azrael defeats Bane

Knightfall Part Nineteen

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Catwoman #1

Catwoman #1

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Catwoman #2

Catwoman #2

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Catwoman #3

Catwoman #3

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Catwoman #4

Catwoman #4

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Showcase '93 #10

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Knightfall tie-in

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Justice League Task Force #5

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Knightfall story arc The Search begins

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Justice League Task Force #6

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #667

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #668

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Robin #1 (1993 series)

Robin #1

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Introduction of the Redbird, Robin's vehicle

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Shadow of the Bat #19

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1st appearance of the Tally Man, a debt collector whose currency is life

Knightquest: The Crusade crossover arc begins and runs concurrent to Knightquest: The Search arc

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Shadow of the Bat #20

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📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #501

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