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DC Comics · 1993
662 · Vol. Detective Comics
KnightFall part 8. It's Batman vs. Firefly, Robin vs. the Riddler, and the Huntress vs. the Riddler's gang, as Gotham continues to burn. Notes: Cover dated Late June 1993. Part 7 continued from Batman #495 . Part 9 continues in Batman #496 .
DC Comics · 1993
661 · Vol. Detective Comics
Story continued from: Batman #494 KnightFall part 6. The Firefly returns and sets Gotham ablaze as Batman continues his fight with the Arkham escapees, and the Joker and the Scarecrow toy with the mayor. Notes: Cover dated Early June 1993. Link Rambeau is a parody Rush Limbaugh. Part 7 continues in Batman #495 .
DC Comics · 1993
495 · Vol. Batman
Exhausted, Batman fails to capture Firefly and must then contend with Poison Ivy and her mindless zombie goons. Meanwhile, the Joker and Scarecrow continue to torture their captive, Mayor Krol. Notes: Cover dated Late June 1993. Part 8 continues in Detective Comics #662 .
DC Comics · 1993
494 · Vol. Batman
Robin narrowly escapes a run-in with Bane and Killer Croc in the sewers. Joker and Scarecrow decide to join forces and kidnap the Mayor. Notes: Cover dated Early June 1993. " DC Universe 8 " one page featuring " Drawing Blood! ", " DC Bullets " and " He is Here! or is he? " Part 6 continues in Detective Comics #661 .
DC Comics · 1993
77 · Vol. The Flash
Jay Garrick, Max Mercury and Johnny Quick team up to try and bring down the man who claims to be a returned-from-the-grave Barry Allen, but whose recent behavior has proved that's a lie! "The Return of Barry Allen" part 4. Wally West is still reeling from the fact that Barry Allen is back from the dead and that his former idle left him for dead in a Combine deathtrap. And now Wally learns that Barry is battling Hal Jordan , and destroying the Flash Museum . Wally isn't sure what to do but luckily Jay Garrick formed his own team to stop Barry. While Barry is trying to kill some of Central City's citizens, Jay, Johnny Quick and Max Mercury save the day. Barry throws a handful of gravel at Johnny injuring him and hits Max with an I-beam while he is trying to save a construction worker. Barry then causes a helicopter to fall on Jay while he is trying to save the crew. Meanwhile, Wally walks the streets and finds himself in the alley that Barry found himself in when he returned from the dead. there is finds a book that has Iris's name in and learns the secret of the Barry Allen impostor.
DC Comics · 1993
660 · Vol. Detective Comics
KnightFall part 4. Exhausted after his encounter with Mr. Zsasz, Batman is unable to come to Robin's aid as he is caught between Bane and Killer Croc in a death duel beneath the steamy streets of Gotham City. Notes: Cover dated Late May 1993. " DC Universe 8 " one page featuring " Drawing Blood ", " He is Here! or is He? " and " DC Bullets ." Part 5 continues in Batman #494 .
DC Comics · 1993
659 · Vol. Detective Comics
KnightFall part 2. The Ventriloquist and Amygdala tear the city apart searching for the lost Scarface as Batman and Robin try to cope with the madness of Gotham City, under siege by escapees from Arkham Asylum. Notes: Cover dated Early May 1993. The cover shows Amydgala with a beard but in the story he has no beard. Page 12 panel 2 the Downy Duck puppet is a parody of Donald Duck and the Mr. Roboto robot may be a homage to the song Mr. Roboto by Styx. Page 14 panel 3 the Mikey Mouse puppet is a parody of Mickey Mouse . Page 14 panel 3 the toys may be homages to: Dopey Dixon is Chuck Dixon and Enormous Norm is Norm Breyfogle . " DC Universe 7 " one page " Knightfall ", " Keith Giffen Plays Tic Tac Toe " and " DC Bullets ." Story continued from Batman #492 . Story continues in Batman #493 .
DC Comics · 1993
493 · Vol. Batman
Already feeling the exhaustion from recapturing the inmates that have escaped from Arkham, Batman focuses on capturing Zsasz, who is holding several women hostage in a school. Notes: Cover dated Late May 1993. On page 11 panel 6 the Political Science 101 blackboard shows three controversies and conspiracies. Iran-Contra, Bohemian Grove and JFK. " DC Universe 8 " one page featuring " Drawing Blood! ", " DC Bullets " and " He is Here! or is he? " Part 4 continues in Detective Comics #660 .
DC Comics · 1993
492 · Vol. Batman
Following the massive Arkham breakout, the Mad Hatter is the first to make a move. He sends Film Freak out to find out who sprung them from confinement, then invotes Batman to a little tea party. The thugs at the tea party are easily defeated, and Film Freak is killed by Bane. Notes: Cover dated Early May 1993. Part 2 continues in Detective Comics #659 . On page 6 panel 6 Renee Montoya's comment "Can't be Hill Street every day." is a reference to the 1980s NBC's police drama Hill Street Blues . Batman and Robin do not have their black Superman armbands on. "DC Universe" one page featuring " Luthor Fills the Void ", " DC Bullets " and " The Real Deal! Or is he? "
DC Comics · 1993
76 · Vol. The Flash
Barry Allen and Wally West team up to take down the Combine but Wally still remains skeptical that Barry is the real thing. Featuring the re-introduction of another old-school speedster--Max Mercury! "The Return of Barry Allen" part 3. Wally West is still reeling from the idea that Barry Allen is back from the dead and that Barry wants to be the one and only Flash. Wally is still not sure what that means for him and Central City . While trying to figure out what to do, Wally gets a letter from his friend the Pied Piper informing him that the Combine, the latest super gang in Central City, have there headquarters in Broome Building, 26th floor. Wally quickly finds Barry and the pair of Flashes rush to the building where they find a scale model of the city and a member of the Combine. He tells them that the Combine will Central city and the first step is to get rid of the speedsters. When Barry blindly attacks him he triggers a force field that traps the heroes. Barry can't vibrate through it and it begins to shrink around them. Wally uses his quick thinking to help Barry vibrate through but, Barry leaves Wally trapped. After Barry just leaves Wally to die, Wally tries a new trick and gets out too. When Wally gets home he hears Barry on the news tell all of Central City that the Flash is dead. Meanwhile, Jay is putting together a team of Speedsters, that include Max Mercury and Johnny Quick , for some mysterious life or death mission.
DC Comics · 1993
40 · Vol. Green Lantern
Barry Allen has recently returned from the dead and is running mayhem over Keystone City , and Hal Jor dan has put it upon himself to stop his old friend. But not only does he need to contend with the speedster, the Darkstar Ferrin , feel that the Flash needs to be stopped, at all costs. Hal and Barry have an all out battle in the Flash Museum , but just when it looks like the Flash is going to kill Hal, Darkstar steps in and appairently kills Barry, again. After Hal and Darkstar have a brief argument and go there respective way Barry reveals that he was hidding under ground. Once Hal goes back to Carol Ferris , who has been acting strange that past couple of days it is revealed that the Predator has finally escaped being trapped inside Carol.
DC Comics · 1993
491 · Vol. Batman
Bane stages a giant break out of Arkham Asylum. He releases many of the most violent offenders and those criminals go on a rampage within the asylum. Notes: " DC Universe " one page featuring " Trinity ", " DC Bullets " and " Guess Who's Back or is he? ." Batman and Robin were wearing a black Superman armband.
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PKR 20,386
DC Comics · 1993
Story arc · 17 issues
Seeking Gotham as his ultimate prize, the Santa Priscan crime lord Bane wages a slow-burning war to wear Batman down - bringing the Dark Knight to his knees before Bane breaks him. This storyline follows Batman in the aftermath of the massive breakout at Arkham Asylum, leading up to his confrontation with Bane and the fallout from that. Knightfall is broken up into two parts " The Broken Bat " and " Who Rules the Night ". The Broken Bat Following Bane's massive break out at Arkham Asylum Batman hunts through the city of Gotham tracking down the escaped inmates. He confronts multiple enemies in rapid succession including Mad Hatter, Killer Croc, Zsasz, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, and Joker (among others). With no rest between battles he quickly wears down but refuses to give up or stop. Finally when he is at the end of his rope, he is confronted by Bane right inside Wayne Manor and after a brutal and bloody battle, Bane lifts Batman above his head and breaks his back over his knee. He then throws Batman's broken unconscious body into a crowd in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne is now in a coma with severe spinal trauma. Who Rules the Night With Bruce stabilized but out of commission, Gotham City still needs a Batman, so Bruce asks Jean Paul Valley (Azrael) to step in as Batman. His first battle is with Scarecrow and he begins to get more and more comfortable in the role of Batman. However his previous brainwashing begins to kick in and his Batman becomes more and more ruthles s as time goes on. He develops a pair of razor claws that he wears out as Batman and eventually even attacks Tim Drake (Robin in the Bat Cave.) Meanwhile, Bruce leaves the country to rescue Tim Drake's father and Dr Shondra Kinsolving and is unaware of his replacements behavior. Increasing in madness, Jean-Paul in his new Batman-like aromor tracks down Bane and beats him within an inch of his life however at the last minute pulls back and spares him. He hands Bane over to the police and expels Robin from the Bat Cave at the end of the storyline. KnightQuest This storyline continues in KnightQuest: The Crusade which follow Jean Paul and his violent rampage as Batman against Gotham City villains and KnightQuest: The Search which follows Bruce Wayne quest to find Frank Drake and Shondra Kinsolving. Collected Editions Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1 Batman: Knightfall Omnibus #1 Related Items Batman - Mitefall Novelization In 1994, DC Comics brought readers a landmark story featuring Batman. The Dark Knight has been Gotham City's protector for years, challenged by its many villains. But now there's a new villain on the scene, determined to conquer where others have failed. Known as Bane, he starts his campaign against Batman and Gotham by emptying Arkham Asylum, where so many of Batman's enemies are imprisoned and have spent their time plotting revenge. Almot single-handedly, Batman fights off these long-time opponents only to find himself so exhausted after it all that his strength fails him when Bane follows the onslaught to face Batman himself. Now Bruce Wayne is confined to a wheel-chair and must turn over his cloak and cowl to his apprentice, Azrael. But Azrael's philosophy of crime-fighting is much more violent and harsher than Batman's ever was. And now Bruce faces two challenges: the first is dealing with his incapacitation; and the second is dealing with Azrael who, it's become clear, is a loose cannon with an agenda all his own. Written By: Dennis O'Neil Publisher: Bantam Books (July, 1994) ISBN-10: 0553096737 ISBN-13: 978-0553096736
DC Comics · 1993
75 · Vol. The Flash
The Fastest Men Alive and three generations of Flashes--Wally West, Barry Allen, and Jay Garrick--team up to take down some high-tech punks, but when the normally levelheaded Barry loses his temper, Wally becomes even more skeptical of his return. "The Return of Barry Allen" part 2." Wally West and Jay Garrick are trying to stop a train heist by The Combine, a gang hired by the new mysterious crime boss of Central City . It looks like the two Flashes have it under control but one on the gang derails the train and Jay and Wally have to try and save the bystanders in the way. Then Barry Allen shows up to stop the train before it hits PS114, then takes all the credit. Wally feels okay with this and later tells Linda, that he is thinking of moving to Midway City or change his name, but they are interrupted by police Chief Hotchkiss and Jay calling to tell him the C.C.P.D . found the Combine's hideout. Wally leaves Linda to find Barry and meet up with Jay at the hideout. He finds Barry wondering the streets, and after a quick talk the three speedsters head to the hideout. At the hideout the Flashes try to figure out how to handle the situation when the Combine attacks them. Jay get taken out by a ray gun and Wally gets buried under a collapsed wall, to which one of the gang yells "I killed the Flash". Upon hearing this Barry goes crazy and almost kills the man but Wally, who was just shaken, has to stop him. When he stops Barry he is shocked to hear that Barry was angrynot because Wally could be dead but because he feels he is the only Flash.
DC Comics · 1993
74 · Vol. The Flash
"The Return of Barry Allen" part 1! Barry Allen has apparently returned from the dead, but his successor--current Flash Wally West--is somewhat skeptical. Regardless, the two speedsters must team up to prevent an assassination attempt on a mob boss! Wally and Linda West, Jay and Joan Garrick and Hal Jordan are having a New Years Eve party when Barry Allen , who is suppose to be dead shows up at their door. After Hal's ring proves it is Barry, he explains that a week ago he found himself in Central City lost and confused and it wasn't until he saw the Flash Museum that he knew who he was. Hal believes him but needs to go, promising that Barry being back would be a secret. After Hal leaves Barry sees the Pied Piper on the street and attacks him. Barry has to explain to Barry that the Piper is now a good guy and that things have changed. He is about to explain more but Wally gets a call that there is a hit on "Handsome Jack" Giacomo. Barry and Wally leave Jay behind and rush to help. The two Flashes catch the three hit-men and save Handsome Jack, but Wall is still unsure if he is truly happy that Barry is back and if he even believes it is Barry. Before they take the hit-men to jail Barry freaks out and leaves Wally. Barry runs to Iris's grave and apologizes that only he came back, this is where Wally finds him and tells him that now he trusts Barry again.
PKR 13,491
PKR 10,793
DC Comics · 1993
Story arc · 9 issues
Barry Allen, the second Flash has returned from the dead, but not everyone is happy, nor is everything as it seems as the world of Wally West is about to turn upside down. Story Overview After preventing the robbery, Jay Garrick (the original Flash) and Wally West (the third Flash) enjoy the Christmas Eve with Joan and Linda in Jay's house. And then, someone knocks on the door, everybody is shocked to see Barry Allen , the Flash before Wally West and his uncle and mentor who died, alive and well. A week later, Jay and Hal Jordan (the Green Lantern) are happy to see Barry alive who according to Barry himself, reformed from a being of energy into a human during Wally's fight with Doctor Alchemy . He could not remember who he is until he visited Flash Museum and stole one of the older Flash costumes he found there and the next thing he did was found Jay and Wally. While Wally is very skeptical about Barry's return, according to Hal's ring, Barry is telling the truth and Hal tells Wally that he should not worry. He knew Barry for a long time as they were best friends. And then, Hal takes of. As they walk out on the streets, Barry sees his old enemy, Pied Piper and attacks him with full force, extremely aggressive and unusual behavior for Barry. As Wally tells him that Piper is his friend now, Barry is skeptical because of the fact that Wally revealed his secret identity to the public but before the two could end the discussion, Piper informs Wally that there is a gang war going on and it is about to turn the city upside down. As Wally suits up, Barry compliments his new costume while Wally was just asking himself what will Barry's reaction be as he never told him he is the new Flash now. Just as they stopped the assassination of Jack Giacamo, Barry tells Wally to avoid for him and he needs to take care of it. Wally followed him and he saw Barry visiting the grave of his wife Iris . He remembers how happy they were, especially when she accepted his proposal and tells her he loves her. Barry thinks about how proud she would be if she saw Wally in action and he knows that Wally does not believe him. However, Wally heard everything Barry said and tells him he is sorry for not believe he came back. His death hurt him pretty badly and he wasn't happy when he saw him, he was afraid. Tomorrow starts a new year and people have to move on with their lives. And just like that, the two speedsters run together. Few weeks later, Wally and Jay stop a gang of high tech equipped commanders. Unfortunately, the train ran out of control and was about to crush civilians. Jay and Wally were unable to stop it but with Barry's help, they were successful. Civilians ask the Flash for autographs but just as Wally was about to give them, Barry is the one who wrote the autographs. Back home, he talks to Linda about taking a different name considering the fact that Barry came back and wants to move out of the city which Linda does not really agree with. As the two laugh over different ideas for Wally's potential new alias, Jay calls, telling them that the commanders they fought on the train took over a warehouse but before he could go there, Wally saw Barry standing in the same alley he came back from. He feels weird considering the fact that he was dead for years but to him, it all seemed like seconds. The two speedsters start walking but it seems that there is a book next to a trash container. During the fight, the commanders shot laser at Wally that tore the ground apart, slamming pieces of rock on to Wally. The commander screams he killed the Flash and at the moment he heard it, Barry asked him what he said and blitzed the commander with rage in his eyes, beating him up. Wally stopped Barry from beating the commander to death. Wally believed Barry acted that way because he thought the commander killed Wally but what Barry actually said that nobody else heard is Barry screaming how he is the Flash. He almost killed the man for calling someone the Flash other than himself. Wally asks himself what is happening to Barry as he never acted the way he does now. He reads a message from Pied Piper about the new location of the commanders. Meanwhile Jay Garrick visits his own friend from World War II, one of the original speedsters Johnny Champers , or as he is commonly known, Johnny Quick. He asks him for help but they both agree they will need Max Mercury for this problem as well. They meet Max who currently sells metro tokens. Max for reasons unknown claims that he is not Max Mercury and they got the wrong guy. Jay drops his tokens, making Max reveal his reflexes and reminds Max that he owns him one. As he agrees, Jay gives Max his old costume which he kept all those years because he wanted to remember him. While Wally was reaching his location, Barry met him and they team up. However they were trapped in a force field they can't penetrate or phase throw. Wally finds a way to save Barry and vibrates on the force field to allow him to phase throw and as he asks Barry to help him. Barry refuses, telling him he stole his name and identity, trying to make Barry Allen a forgotten history but he will make everyone remember who Barry Allen was and still is, by destroying Central City . Wally begs Barry to understand he never wanted to replace him, he wanted to honor his memory but Barry does not listen and leaves him to die. Wally only focuses on vibration and phases through the force field. He comes back home and sees Barry on TV having a Press Conference where he said that his protege Wally West, former Kid Flash is not dead. Hearing it, Wally throws his costume in the trash, feeling nothing but grief. Barry started to terrorize Central City which drew the attention of Darkstar who tried to kill him but was stopped by Hal Jordan. However, Hal chased Barry to the Flash Museum, asking him why he is doing all of this but Barry only wants to make them remember him and beats up Hal. While Darkstar tried to kill him again, Barry got away. Next day, Barry attacked construction workers at construction site but they were all saved by Jay Garrick, Johnny Quick and Max Mercury. Despite their combined efforts, they were unable to stop Barry who left construction site once the news helicopter was about the crash but the reporters were saved by Jay and Max. Meanwhile Wally came to the alley where Barry appeared when he was resurrected and he found a book about the Flash from a homeless person nearby which gave him the answer about all this crisis. Johnny, Max and Jay meet Wally, talking about his speed. Johnny mentions the formula he invented which gave him super speed. Max is trying to train Wally and teach him how to get faster and tells Wally how he is afraid of replacing Barry which limits his powers. Jay on the other hand tells Wally he deserved the name the Flash and from now on he will call him that way and will no longer use the word junior. After Wally showed them the book he found, he had an idea how to stop Barry and he went to the Flash Museum. Jay, Johnny and Max were searching for Barry who freed all of the prisoners from their cells and starting a riot which was easily stopped by Johnny and Max but Barry defeated Jay in a fight by breaking his leg and he knocked down Max and Johnny. He ran back to the Flash Museum, just the place where Wally waited for him to show up. Wally gave him the ring with the suit inside which looked familiar. Wally find out everything. Somehow he did not full them but himself which made Hal's ring think he was saying the truth. He was confused because he dropped the book which was revealed to be The Life Story of The Flash , Barry's biography from life to death. It could not have been written in this time because it is from the future. As Wally tells the man who everyone thought was Barry Allen all this time all this, the man puts on a suit and it was revealed that all this time, the man who claimed to be Barry was actually Professor Zoom , the Reverse Flash, Eobard Thawne, Barry's arch enemy from the 25th Century. Two speedsters, one good and one evil start to fight at the remains of the Flash Museum, Wally tells Professor Zoom how Barry killed him years ago by snapping his neck in order to stop him from killing his fiance. Thawne explains how he still did not meet Barry Allen. He came from the timeline where technology was so advanced the crime did not exist but it was also the era without super heroes. However, there were people who felt nostalgia for super heroes. Thawne was one of them. He adored Barry Allen. He was worshipping him, he was his hero. Thawne was always reading about him, he knew everything about Barry and the only thing he wanted is to meet his hero. He changed his face to make himself look like Barry and wanted to use the Cosmic Treadmill to travel back in time and meet his hero before he died by replicating the accident that gave Barry his super speed. However, Thawne traveled into the wrong era, years after Barry's death. Thawne visited the Flash Museum, realizing he was brought to this timeline for a reason, to continue the legacy of Barry Allen and become the new Flash of this timeline. Because of his new goal, he begin to study various enemies of the Flash, especially the Reverse Flash, his greatest enemy. Because the Reverse Flash's name was unknown in this timeline and in the 25th Century, Thawne did not know that he was Reverse Flash and when he found out his future identity plus the fact that his greatest hero will be his murderer, the shock put Thawne in the state of extreme confusion and madness, making him believe that he was Barry Allen. Wally plans on stopping Thawne but he has no chance as he is much faster than Wally. Thawne will not allow himself to be removed from this timeline as he is away from Barry and the events of his death so he tries to destroy the cosmic treadmill. But because the treadmill is the item that gave Thawne access to his timeline which is the only thing preventing him from dying at the hands of Barry Allen, Wally tells him not to destroy the treadmill or he will reset the timeline. Because of that, Thawne refuses to destroy the treadmill and escapes after Wally was saved by Max, Johnny and the Green Lantern. In the hospital where Jay is right now, Wally plans to send Thawne back to his timeline where he will eventually become Reverse Flash once again. Max once again reminds him how he needs to stop being afraid of replacing Barry by becoming his equal. On the news, Thawne admits he is the one who was terrorizing the city, not the Flash who is indeed dead. As he was about to kill Linda, he was stopped by Thawne who easily defeated Wally once again. When he finally admitted he was afraid of replacing Barry, Wally realizes his speed never left him, it was just limited by his own psychic blocks and not they returned. Wally overpowers Thawne who begs for mercy, but Wally only mocks him, calling him pathetic and a victim of his own obsession. Wally jumps on the cosmic treadmill, telling Thawne how he might travel into the future and terrorize him like he terrorized him, or maybe even kill him. As Thawne uses the treadmill to travel into the future to stop Wally, it turns out that Wally just ran so fast it looked like he disappeared. He wanted Thawne to travel into the future in order to set the timeline the way it was suppose to be. The Flash Museum was repaired after getting destroyed in Thawne's fight with Hal but now they added the statue of Wally West next to his mentor Barry. Wally finally gets out of his uncle's shadow but he knows he will always be there watching for him. Wally looks at Barry's biography which turned out to be written by his Aunt Iris, Barry's wife and she is about to write it only few years from now, meaning that she was alive and not killed by Thawne. Wally throws the book into the river because he can't find out what the history has in store for him, because his history belongs only to him.
DC Comics · 1993
1 · Vol. Superman: Panic in the Sky
Brainiac returns to invade Earth with his ultimate weapon, Warworld, a planet-sized satellite built for destruction. With the help of super-powered friends like Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and many more, Superman must lead the attack on Brainiac and protect Earth! Collects ACTION COMICS #474-475, SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL #9-10, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #488-489, SUPERMAN #66. In SUPERMAN: PANIC IN THE SKY, uber genius Brainiac takes over Warworld and begins piloting the massive planet-sized satellite towards Earth on a mission of annihilation. In need of help, Superman recruits an army of super-powered beings to retard Warworld's destructive progression while a second battalion of heroes battle against an armada of alien invaders on Earth. But as the war rages on and casualties increase, even the combined strength of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the rest of the heroes may not be enough to the save the world against this unstoppable menace.