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A review by justabookholic
Batman: Prelude to Knightfall by Chuck Dixon
2.0
2.5 stars
To be fair, I will say that the initial Bane origin story part of this collection was actually decent. It was a solid and actually had a surprising amount of depth. Granted, it was nothing profound but still, it was more than I expected for this run.
If this only gave you Bane's time in Pena Duro to his initial entry into Gotham, I'd rate it a 3.5 or maybe even a 4 star read. But instead, what is also included is so. much. pointless. exposition. with the flimsiest of connection to Bane. Two-thirds of this prelude could be covered with the compound sentence: Batman is exhausted, makes questionable decisions, and becomes bad at his job.
To be fair, I will say that the initial Bane origin story part of this collection was actually decent. It was a solid and actually had a surprising amount of depth. Granted, it was nothing profound but still, it was more than I expected for this run.
If this only gave you Bane's time in Pena Duro to his initial entry into Gotham, I'd rate it a 3.5 or maybe even a 4 star read. But instead, what is also included is so. much. pointless. exposition. with the flimsiest of connection to Bane. Two-thirds of this prelude could be covered with the compound sentence: Batman is exhausted, makes questionable decisions, and becomes bad at his job.