A review by kaipitain
Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 1 by Chuck Dixon

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

My god this was a drop in quality after Knightfall. Jean Paul is so goddamn annoying and I cannot stand the edgy batman. But then again, this all being shit and not fun to read was the intention of the editors at the time. 

The Knightfall Saga is meant as a critique for the overexessive, edgy, and violent comics of the early 90s. People wabted an darker Batman and DC wanted to show that that it's not what they really want. The Batman we love is broken and replaced by this steroid pumping macho machine who is as insufferable for me to read about as it is for the characters to be around him. The point that an ultra violent Batman isn't what people really wanted was made clear during Knightfall already and I feel like that theme could have been developed by showing the character be unlikable, while still being somewhat interesting to read. 

All that said, there's some pretty good art in here and some of the storylines were quite interesting so I wouldn't consider it a waste.