Saw it at 50$ today and pulled the trigger. Before I did I watched this video. Love the channel and I also love how whenever I’m on the edge of buying an omnibus, I can come here and a review is already out!
Really glad you like it, it's an awesome series. Waaaay better than The Clone Saga, but I'm biased!Oddly enough, I never drew a parallel between Knightfall and The Clone Saga, but it's really obvious when you think about it! Really enjoying your channel, thanks!
Honestly I’ve never read to much Batman comics but after watching this video and seeing the story in review in omnibus format that I thought no video might want to read this now, thanks Gem 💎 😁
I don't have these omnibuses but DC is releasing the same material in 9 trade paperbacks, so that's what I've been reading. I'm probably in the middle of the Knightquest portion, which would be the second omnibus. I'll disagree with you and say that I do like the Knightquest portion so far. It's definitely a step-down from Knightfall. Everything in the prelude to Knightfall and Knightfall portion are great in my opinion, except for the Two-face story, which I don't feel meshes well with the rest of the series at all and maybe it would've been better as a stand-alone Two-face story. I'm not sure. Knightquest is a lot more uneven in the quality of the stories. The Joker film-maker story for whatever reason just didn't work for me, mainly because I couldn't get past the idea that he was working with successful Hollywood staff who went along knowing that someone was actually going to be killed. Just seemed like silver age silliness to me. Maybe if it were an underground snuff film crew or something, or bitter Hollywood rejects I might have bought into it a little more. Other stories might have worked better if they were longer and had more room to breathe. I think that was a major problem with quite a few of the stories I've read up to this point. I did enjoy the Catwoman/eco-terrorist story a lot, though and the Scarecrow story was cool, too. I'm not going to lie: Jean Paul Valley made an interesting Batman substitute to me. Obviously, I'm glad he didn't permanently replace Batman. 8 months worth of issues is enough for him. But the whole point was that he didn't have the mental discipline, the emotional and moral fortitude to be the true Batman the way Bruce Wayne did and that Batman doesn't work as a 90s antihero. With that in mind, I found him to be an engaging character in his own right and enjoyed reading his internal monologues, his struggles against his conditioning and delusions and his gradual descent into madness, despite some things getting a bit repetitive after a while. He's a very complex character here. He has good intentions, but good intentions definitely don't make him a good person. I have not gotten to the Knightquest The Search parts yet. I've heard terrible things about it, but I'm still looking forward to reading it. I used to own the original trades for Knightfall, and it always used to piss me off that in the third one, Batman just comes back and he's healed and can walk again, no explanation and I couldn't understand why DC wouldn't collect the issues that explains how Batman is able to heal a spinal fracture. So, regardless of the quality, I'm glad to have it so I can know for myself how everything played out and of the quality of the story.
Gem, I'm a huge batman fan and this saga has to be my all time favorite story of batman..Especially the intro of Azrael...man I love that character Azrael! Especially his yellow and red suit as Azrael and Azrael in that cool batman suit! Bro 90s where my favorite in comics. I'm going to have to hunt these three hard covers down. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. You know what would be dope?! A statue of Azrael (red and yellow suit) or hot toys quality figure. Man I'd pay super top dollars for that! *****oh and I hella enjoyed this story or saga better than the spiderman clone saga...dont get me wrong..I love spiderman!! But this batman saga was and still is off the chain imo.
Cheers for the review. I’m thinking of picking up the trade paperback version. 1-3. They are a lot cheaper. Do you know is there much missing from them. Would you think it’s better to inverts in the onnibus. Just at the moment they cost a lot more. The tpb are thick too so I’m hoping would be ok.
I love that this story has lasting power. I remember reading and collecting these issues off the stand, and decades later I'm reading and collecting the omnibus (omnibi?) of these stories... Great video. I watched it again because I was curious if you mentioned the book stand here. I picked up one from Barnes but it's not working quite well.
Definitely would like this omni collection. This review did it in for me and I'll grab it soon...I need this set, still need to find a copy of the Avengers omni Volume 1 by Hickman, I waited too long .
I just finished the first two omni's last week and cracking the third one open soon. I did enjoy the first volume better than the second and looking forward to reading and completing the third
hi there,, I see the Paperbacks for these omnibuses miss out a lot of issues. Wondering if I read the papperbacks only would they be leaving out important parts? Cost Wise Id save 50% buying the paperbacks
Great video, thanks Gem! I was wondering what are the main differences between the TPB's and the Omni's since I want to pick this story up and can't really decide lol.
Carnage - Yugioh gotcha, I'll pick up the trade paperbacks then, thanks! And I already have a hardcover edition of the kelley jones and doug moench run that comes right after, all in all should be a fun read!
Finished vol 1 a week ago. Easy read. Quick. A bit broad on the tie ins. Aside from the Bane intro, a lot of the first 375 pages very loosely tie IMO. Not really necessary - could’ve done with about 25% of it. Explaining he’s tired and worn down even prior to the Bane gauntlet. But I enjoyed it all the same.
@@187Wretched Look into the story for all 3 Vol. Also the art. Both can be a mix post-Vol 1. There's a ton of other high quality comics out there...spending $150 on all 3 of these may not be worth it to you. Unless diehard batman fan. Could just pick them up used if necessary.
I own and have read all three volumes/omni's (for lack of better terms if you will, instead of saying omnibuses) of Geoff Johns GL run and I can say that those are really good and consistent. These Batman omni's are good too but you can find yourself liking one over the other or having that "can't wait to get through this" kind of feeling. But imo these Batman omni's and definitely the GL ones are great to have
Id say Green Lantern. It's the most accessible. Sandman is not for everyone, not sure the type of reader you are. It can be a bit dense and far out there. GL is a stronger run than Batman.
This storyline for me was the first real comic run where the story got interesting dark and serious gone was the goofy 80s style drawing and stories that made no sense to me as a kid
Bane is such a great Villain. Sometimes Hardcore Villain, sometimes Antihero he's a great add to the Batman gallery
Knight fall is one of my favorite Batman stories, I have the single issues but you've inspired me to get those omnibus
Just bought and started reading them today
It's all about the double and triple dips.
"Attention teachers and students" made me LOL! hilarious callback to SNL
Brian Holder haha
Hiw this compares to 2012 edition? Different paper, or some more issues inside?
Saw it at 50$ today and pulled the trigger. Before I did I watched this video. Love the channel and I also love how whenever I’m on the edge of buying an omnibus, I can come here and a review is already out!
Really glad you like it, it's an awesome series. Waaaay better than The Clone Saga, but I'm biased!Oddly enough, I never drew a parallel between Knightfall and The Clone Saga, but it's really obvious when you think about it! Really enjoying your channel, thanks!
Honestly I’ve never read to much Batman comics but after watching this video and seeing the story in review in omnibus format that I thought no video might want to read this now, thanks Gem 💎 😁
I don't have these omnibuses but DC is releasing the same material in 9 trade paperbacks, so that's what I've been reading. I'm probably in the middle of the Knightquest portion, which would be the second omnibus. I'll disagree with you and say that I do like the Knightquest portion so far. It's definitely a step-down from Knightfall. Everything in the prelude to Knightfall and Knightfall portion are great in my opinion, except for the Two-face story, which I don't feel meshes well with the rest of the series at all and maybe it would've been better as a stand-alone Two-face story. I'm not sure.
Knightquest is a lot more uneven in the quality of the stories. The Joker film-maker story for whatever reason just didn't work for me, mainly because I couldn't get past the idea that he was working with successful Hollywood staff who went along knowing that someone was actually going to be killed. Just seemed like silver age silliness to me. Maybe if it were an underground snuff film crew or something, or bitter Hollywood rejects I might have bought into it a little more. Other stories might have worked better if they were longer and had more room to breathe. I think that was a major problem with quite a few of the stories I've read up to this point. I did enjoy the Catwoman/eco-terrorist story a lot, though and the Scarecrow story was cool, too.
I'm not going to lie: Jean Paul Valley made an interesting Batman substitute to me. Obviously, I'm glad he didn't permanently replace Batman. 8 months worth of issues is enough for him. But the whole point was that he didn't have the mental discipline, the emotional and moral fortitude to be the true Batman the way Bruce Wayne did and that Batman doesn't work as a 90s antihero. With that in mind, I found him to be an engaging character in his own right and enjoyed reading his internal monologues, his struggles against his conditioning and delusions and his gradual descent into madness, despite some things getting a bit repetitive after a while. He's a very complex character here. He has good intentions, but good intentions definitely don't make him a good person.
I have not gotten to the Knightquest The Search parts yet. I've heard terrible things about it, but I'm still looking forward to reading it. I used to own the original trades for Knightfall, and it always used to piss me off that in the third one, Batman just comes back and he's healed and can walk again, no explanation and I couldn't understand why DC wouldn't collect the issues that explains how Batman is able to heal a spinal fracture. So, regardless of the quality, I'm glad to have it so I can know for myself how everything played out and of the quality of the story.
What a dream to have those on the shelf! Beautiful!
Gem, I'm a huge batman fan and this saga has to be my all time favorite story of batman..Especially the intro of Azrael...man I love that character Azrael! Especially his yellow and red suit as Azrael and Azrael in that cool batman suit! Bro 90s where my favorite in comics. I'm going to have to hunt these three hard covers down. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. You know what would be dope?! A statue of Azrael (red and yellow suit) or hot toys quality figure. Man I'd pay super top dollars for that! *****oh and I hella enjoyed this story or saga better than the spiderman clone saga...dont get me wrong..I love spiderman!! But this batman saga was and still is off the chain imo.
Cheers for the review. I’m thinking of picking up the trade paperback version. 1-3. They are a lot cheaper. Do you know is there much missing from them. Would you think it’s better to inverts in the onnibus. Just at the moment they cost a lot more. The tpb are thick too so I’m hoping would be ok.
Carnage - Yugioh super. Thanks.
The Batman theme at the beginning was great
Hey 👋🏽 what’s up with Vol. 3 can’t find this one. Which sucks really want to pick these 3 up.
@@RustyBrickStudios nope looks like it’s completely sold out. Can only find it on eBay used. Weird that it’s just vol 3
The issue that got me hooked was Batman 494 (part 5). The cover with Joker and Scarecrow is awesome. After reading that I had to track down the rest.
I love that this story has lasting power. I remember reading and collecting these issues off the stand, and decades later I'm reading and collecting the omnibus (omnibi?) of these stories...
Great video. I watched it again because I was curious if you mentioned the book stand here. I picked up one from Barnes but it's not working quite well.
Definitely would like this omni collection. This review did it in for me and I'll grab it soon...I need this set, still need to find a copy of the Avengers omni Volume 1 by Hickman, I waited too long .
i own all three of em, but tbh only the first is really worth it
Gem you sold me on these!! I need to find them now lol 🦇
The batman knight fall siries 1-19 is bye far my favourite batman siries
Very good book. Brought it as a gift for a friend
I just finished the first two omni's last week and cracking the third one open soon. I did enjoy the first volume better than the second and looking forward to reading and completing the third
One of my all time favorite storylines. Still till this day Azrael is my favorite Batman. I can't wait until the movie, lol.
I'm not a huge Batman fan other than the movies and not so much then, but I like keeping in the now. So thx G-Man and have a wonderful day.
hi there,, I see the Paperbacks for these omnibuses miss out a lot of issues. Wondering if I read the papperbacks only would they be leaving out important parts? Cost Wise Id save 50% buying the paperbacks
there are thick trades that collect this...you can go that route for sure.
You always deliver bro !! Batman RocK'S !!!
I really liked this story glad you checked it out G. I've got the paper backs might have to upgrade now.
Dawn I got the Paperback collected editions in 3 volumes and there's so much missing, I've got to find the omnibuses
Great video, thanks Gem! I was wondering what are the main differences between the TPB's and the Omni's since I want to pick this story up and can't really decide lol.
Carnage - Yugioh gotcha, I'll pick up the trade paperbacks then, thanks! And I already have a hardcover edition of the kelley jones and doug moench run that comes right after, all in all should be a fun read!
Gonna add these to the in stock trades wish list. Now I hope they do contagion, cataclysm, and no man's land. Now that would be sick!
Just bought the 3 omnis in digital format and looking forward to start reading them.
That classic 90's batman! Love it!
Gem, you didn't mention about not in order pages in Volume 2, at least my copy has it. About 4 or 5 pages at the end of Vol. 2. Dropped a like.
Big bro.....is hardcover omnibus pages r trade paperback or normal paper????? Coz i took this omnibus in paperback its normal paper.....
They are like the pages of a tpb
@@GemMintCollectibles thnks big bro.....m frm india...n i love 2 watch ur channel...
This is a definite buy for me thanks bro. Question; what does the copper age mean? Bare in mind I'm new to all this thanks.
copper age is an era of comics. its the late 80's to early 90's.
Damn. I never knew there were omnis of this. I have all of these in single issues. So awesome.
lol wow I was just going to buy the first one too lol XD
Finished vol 1 a week ago. Easy read. Quick. A bit broad on the tie ins. Aside from the Bane intro, a lot of the first 375 pages very loosely tie IMO. Not really necessary - could’ve done with about 25% of it. Explaining he’s tired and worn down even prior to the Bane gauntlet. But I enjoyed it all the same.
Sounds like a good read ! I'll have to check it out soon!
My favorite hero of all time Batman. Was good my g🤘
Man that second volume was a struggle for me to get through lol
Carnage - Yugioh volume 3 is really good if you can push through.
yea same
It made me have second thoughts on getting the third volume
Whys that? Was looking into getting these eventually.
@@187Wretched Look into the story for all 3 Vol. Also the art. Both can be a mix post-Vol 1. There's a ton of other high quality comics out there...spending $150 on all 3 of these may not be worth it to you. Unless diehard batman fan. Could just pick them up used if necessary.
Anyone able to find Volume 3 anywhere? I am struggling...
Ebay has all 3 together at £161!!!
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Got all three need to smash a read up 😊👍👍
Dope review👍🏽. I like how you broke down the trilogy.
Great review. I enjoyed it.
I’m trying to decide what to get..Geoff Johns green lantern omnibus 1-3..Sandman omnibus..or this...I’m so conflicted lol
I own and have read all three volumes/omni's (for lack of better terms if you will, instead of saying omnibuses) of Geoff Johns GL run and I can say that those are really good and consistent. These Batman omni's are good too but you can find yourself liking one over the other or having that "can't wait to get through this" kind of feeling. But imo these Batman omni's and definitely the GL ones are great to have
Thanks everyone sounds like GL it is
Id say Green Lantern. It's the most accessible. Sandman is not for everyone, not sure the type of reader you are. It can be a bit dense and far out there. GL is a stronger run than Batman.
In weird way always looked at this as the sister story to death and return of superman.
Any upcoming local, on the road live show coming up? First round is on me
stonesour8 yea we’ll do something out here soon. Union or Alamo
This storyline for me was the first real comic run where the story got interesting dark and serious gone was the goofy 80s style drawing and stories that made no sense to me as a kid
I read de TP version of the volume one i really like the history of how bane becomes BANE, the art style of the 90's is great to
Rafael Albuquerque - are you the artist of American Vampire and All Star Batman?
i'm not him, XD
I'm near finishing Vol 3 Of Batman Knightfall.
Awesome Batman story 👏😊💖
How do you afford all of this stuff? By the way I enjoy your channel
it wasnt always like this. built up over time...side hustles, low debt to income ratio...
Nice, thank you.
Nice video like always
The "system" is called the order of St. Dumas. It's really interesting and you should check it out.
Gotta pick these up soon ...
Been planning to get these for a while
Bane was a beast. Better than the Spider Man clone saga. Saga got far fetched
I'm a new subscriber
Dank Planck welcome to the channel!
I have the paperback collections but I am currently working on getting the single issues
I was able to get vol 1 for 10 bucks on ebay
Godamnit. Spent around $50 for it on Amazon.
FYI Batman vs Bane part 2 happens in Batman Legacy
No doubt better then Spiderman
Dude, that's Lady Shiva
must be just after 420 bc someone looks......... Tired lol yea thats it :D
haha no but i was crazy tired when i made this
haha yea you look Tired AF lol :D
maybe a nitpick but its jean like jean val jean not like jean grey; it's french
I've read pieces of this story, but not the whole thing, great video, clone saga is better tho.
I’m buying this shit 👌✌️
Just got vol 1 man
I at least want to pick up vol 1
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do u like dc better?
athan336 no I tend to like marvel characters more
Can we get a gem mint video with your take on comicsgate?
not sure what that is.
I love azrael
I have never liked this story. Part 1 has a lot of brilliant moments. Once JP Valley comes in, the story loses my interest.