A review by magik_the_cat
Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2: Knightquest by Alan Grant, Chuck Dixon

4.0

This is a big boi to read and not quite as good as vol 1. In vol 1, John Paul Valley takes over for Bruce Wayne as Batman and I don't like it one bit. He is nuts! At the end of vol 1, Bruce leaves Robin in charge of Batman. As if a boy who isn't even old enough to have a license (he gets a special one because his dad is in a wheelchair) can keep a mentally unstable adult man in check. Even if he IS Robin, that means nothing when the mentally unstable adult man is a brainwashed assassin who struggles daily to not fall into the trap of his brainwashing. Like, Bruce, what's your deal?? I know you are broken because of Bane but like, your mind is fine. What made you think that was a good idea? And then there are some parts with Cat Woman and I have never read Cat Woman or watched much with her in it aside from the cartoons and whatever live action movies she is in so I was fully unprepared for the overly sexual way she was drawn. Like, it was clear a man drew her and wrote her because the gross thoughts John Paul Valley was having about her. They were creepy stalker/creepy evangelical right wing nut job and it made me super uncomfortable to read that part. Some of the comics after that point were better than the ones before it. Like the Abbatoir arc was interesting because (without spoiling anything) it changed some people's opinions on Batman.