Ask Chuck Dixon Extra The Secrets of Knightfall and Bane!
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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This is my favorite Batman story.
Just like you don't mind answering questions over and over, I don't mind listening over and over. And it's always a good listen.
Besides, the older I get the more I need reminders. Have a good one!
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Much like a lot of Batman characters created in the 1990's Bane was ruined by later writers.
I love the original incarnation of Bane. Its because of the same reason that so many incarnations since have gotten it wrong by JUST focusing on him being strong. It's because he is the perfect specimen, even before the Venom he honed not just his body but his mind. He wasn't some rampaging monster but a very smart individual who set up the events like pieces in a chess board to push Batman to his limits and past them. He wanted to break him physically, mentally and spiritually. He wanted to break the bat down to pieces BEFORE he even showed off his physical skills.
That was Bane's biggest ace in the hole, his intellect.
Hey Chuck, would you do more videos talking about the other events you worked? I would love to know more about the Legacy, Contagion, Cataclysm, and No Man’s Land! Thank you for your work and making these insightful videos!
The saga that introduced me to the comic book world! I loved this video!
Yup, Wolverine was very much a random character idea that turned into a huge deal. You never know.
Those Bat- summits sound extremely fun!
Thanks mr Dixon!
Chuck, if you appeared in a funny animal comic, what animal would you be and what would be your name? What got me pondering this was an old issue of Captain Carrot with the cover featuring funny animal versions of the creators like Roy (Thomcat) Thomas and Dick (Duck) Giordano. So what would it be? "Chick Duckson" maybe?
While I always have been and always will be a HUGE fan of Azreal, that first O'Niel/Quessada mini was face kicking.
Hail, Chuck! 🤘🏻💀🥃
I am reading comics from you pretty much every day lately -- all 30 year old stuff from both Marv and The Distinguished . . .a pile of Frank and Bruce lol :)
Thanks for answering my question! Awesome video sir!
I'm currently reading Knighfall, just started Knightsend
Amazing! Thanks for the stories.
I’ve listened to 95% of Chuck’s Q&As and I still loved every second of this.
Bane breaking the bat both physically and mentally makes Knightfall one of my all time favourites
Loved this ! 😎
Knightfall was brilliant! Areal is Batman as Iron Man! He's still my favorite Batman to this day! He's much more interesting than the Bruce Wayne Batman! Another great thing about the storyline is to this day it contains the best Catwoman fight in comics! When she fought Azreal it was the most brutal I've ever seen Selina Kyle!
Bro you don't owe us any particular length.
The thing is, I believe that Azbats would have lasted longer in the eyes of readers if they knew for sure he was temporary. It was the idea that you replaced batman with this loon that upset readers so much, I am confident.
Oh I think JPV was the only choice to take over and face Bane. Bane would have snapped Nightwing like a twig.
So happy that I got to meet Archie Goodwin. Such a great guy. “The nicest guy in comics” 🙂
With your work on the Bat-Family being so seminal to my growing up with comics, this was a really cool and intriguing bit of insight into one of, if not the most famous of Batman stories! Thanks, Chuck!
This was a great extra episode, thanks!
Can't wait to listen on my drive home
The one note with the overall "Knightfall" arc that struck me as hollow was how Batman's depression and exhaustion came on almost instantly, so that it felt forced on the character rather than organic. See BATMAN #484: In the prior issues it was business as usual, but with Bruce Wayne's first appearance in #484, we get, "For a moment, he actually feels he can't go on, can't function anymore. Living two lives with enough stress for ten but less than enough sleep for one," etc., etc. (Reading the comic month to month at the time, it was easy to miss how heavy-handed was the introduction of his exhaustion, but it's easy to pick up on during a binge-read.)
The only other time I noticed an unwelcome change so abrupt is when Robin started calling Alfred "Alfie" -- I believe Doug Moench was responsible for that alteration, starting with BATMAN #486 or thereabouts. I always felt "Alfie" diminished the respect Tim previously showed Alfred.
The other thing that bothered me about "Knightfall" was how Jean-Paul's descent into madness wasn't really his fault. He had all of this Order of St. Dumas programming that he couldn't overcome. Had he been someone who trained alongside Bruce for a while, taken on the Batman role, and then fallen down a darker path because of philosophical differences about crimefighting, for example, that would have felt like a much more emotional conflict than, "Oh, here's a Mary-Sue character who was never supposed to be Batman in the first place -- of *course* he's going to fall down on the job." That's probably why readers had such a negative reaction to JPV that "Knightsend" had to be moved up -- he didn't become murderous by choice so much as by compulsion, plus there was no backstory to him that could anchor him as a person in addition to being the substitute Batman.
Last bit about Batman's post-Knightfall costume: Nothing screamed incompetence louder than making Batman's new costume essentially a black body-stocking that had to be supplemented (I'm guessing after massive reader complaints) with gloves and boots when the four-part "Troika" storyline was over instead of just bringing back the traditional gloves and boots right away. It really made me feel like the Batman titles had slipped off the rails, and my primary Batman collection actually ends with "Troika".
One positive thing I can say is how well Bane suited Batman as an archetypal villain despite being so fresh on the scene. We could totally believe that Bane was a match for Batman despite never having directly fought him before. His entrance didn't feel nearly as contrived as Doomsday's did: "Oh, there just happens to me a monstrous killing machine buried on Earth for no particular reason" (the actual reason, I suspect, being that no one wanted to give the kill credit to any of Superman's traditional villains -- not even Luthor, though heaven alone knows why...unless a certain individual with the initials "CD" does, of course).
Your comments are well thought-out, though I disagree on your exhaustion point. It worked for me because Batman's real exhaustion came from tirelessly rounding up all the Arkham escapees, and for me it felt like an organic part of the story.
@@wtk6069 The Arkham escape occurred in BATMAN #491, but Batman's exhaustion and depression had already been inserted into his character (as if by force) in BATMAN #484.
Bane is by far the best Batman villain