The Batman's Comeback | KnightsEnd (+ Knightquest: The Search)

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The final chapter in the Knightfall trilogy. The ending of the most successful Batman storyline ever. This is KnightsEnd! In this video we explore the return of Bruce Wayne to the role of Batman during Knightquest and his final confrontation with Azrael. A video about this epic tale and a small channel update at the end.
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• Batman: Knightfall
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[@feenix219]

I just realized that Bruce waiting for Azbats in the manor is a mirror of Bane waiting for Bruce.

[@loganwendigo937]

I just love the ending to KnightsEnd. Batman finding a way to stop Azrael without a 90s action climatic fight. He realizes JPV is just a poor brainwashed kid and manages to save him. Also I have to mention that the Nightwing vs Azbats issue was the first comic I ever read, the event holds a special place in my heart for that reason

[@jakeproven256]

I think the bat family was shattered in 1984 when Dick quit being Robin and the bat family was finally reunited in 1994 during knightsend.

[@AceLM92]

That is probably the best description of the bat family

[@john_WayneRidesAgain]

And then was shattered again with death of the family

[@moonknightish]

@@john_WayneRidesAgain New 52 isn't canon

[@bujilou]

Nobody talks about this part of the story, superman can just "come back" but Bruce had to really train to gain back that mental and physical edge that makes him, truly, the one and only BATMAN.

[@Xrodthegrandmaster]

Exactly because he is not god not should he be

[@saidi7975]

Except that is not what happens with Superman. Clark has to struggle powerless and armed to take down Hank and Mongul.

[@rusher9644]

So glad I’ve been part of your journey. I’m thankful that you got me to read Batman comics other than “The Killing Joke” and “The Dark Knight Returns”. Thanks to your videos, I love Batman way more than before and I finally found my favorite Batman comic. Hope your break is satisfying and I can’t wait for the videos you have in store for us when you come back.

[@TsukiCondor]

Everyone can talk all day about Killing Joke or DKR. But everyone and there Grandpa has heard about them, theres more the Batman than meets the eyes

[@22Gugoo22]

No matter what you decide for the future of the channel. I trust your decision and I'm in

[@SalazarKnight]

And that means the world to me!

[@tthheettrraasshhppiitt]

I've been a Batman fan for as long as I can remember, but it was reading Knightfall and all of its subsequent chapters from cover to cover that really helped give me a deeper understanding and appreciation for the character

[@MutantsInDisguise]

Man, do I love Knightfall. Bit I love this finale even more. Current Batman fans, who want him to be a savage and moralless asshole, would be scared to see him trying to calm Jean-Paul down.

[@tvmaniac78]

I hope you will be covering Podigal Son run where Nightwing takes over as Batman

[@SalazarKnight]

I will, but there are other videos I wanna make first.

[@darthtenebrous8750]

This really opened my eyes to elements of the Knightquest/Knightsend that a never considered before and gives me a whole new appreciation for these stories, I saw you also made the Prodigal and Trokia stories, whats the possibility that you'll also do a video on Azrael's Knightfall aftermath through the Azrael: Fallen Angel storyline?

[@SalazarKnight]

I might review the entire Azrael series in one single video in the future.

[@oms.7103]

such an underrated channel. bro you deserve more

[@moonknightish]

So why do people say that Alfred resigning in Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises is out of character when it was literally taken out of the pages on Knightfall?

[@Regenmacher175]

It never felt out of character to me tbh.

[@Batmanfan5]

I love Knightfall its such a good batman comic with the 1970's suit!

[@gabro.s_art]

in the last 2 weeks i have recovered all your videos. I was blown away by the care and passion you put into every single video. a passion that I rarely see among bat fans (at least in Italy, where I live). you were the first one who has the same thoughts as me on the work of frank miller and the 2 burton’s films i would just like to say THANK YOU and please continue with this plan. they are my venom. I can't wait for the next videos

[@ryiin]

I love all of the knight fall saga.

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Great conclusion video to a great story arc! KnightsEnd really wraps everything up perfectly. I love how Bruce manages to defeat Azrael non-violently with his wits, in a massive contrast to what Azrael himself did as Batman. And yet, Bruce can’t find it in himself to blame Jean-Paul, knowing that he himself is partially at fault and knowing that JPV was bound by the System. Great stuff!

[@vaderfett3229]

Bruce IS Batman! Great Video Sal. Cheers!

[@Tecnicos-qj8pb]

Great work!

[@Jwksiuxbjeisk]

You're doing absolutely great work with you Knightfall series 👍. I'm really enjoying it so far.

[@tompinsonneault2072]

Thank you for the Knightfall retrospective, Salazar. Well done! 🦇👍🏻

[@andrev6216]

Excellent work.as always. The dedication passion and analysis is all first class

[@shoddyworkmanship4934]

Beautiful video, SK. You are able to find the real meat of a story, and you are a fine storyteller yourself. Good luck on your break!

[@DiegoGuzman-nf4im]

congratulations!!! i´m so happy to join this journey. and to see how your channel has growing, i´m glad to see all of the comments. Your work since de golden age has been incredible and deserves to be recognized. Keep going, i will always be looking for the new videos and sharing. cheers!

[@solar-monk]

Thank you so much for this. I wish you well in your next chapter and I can't wait for you to come back to Batman.

[@AceLM92]

And that was satisfying. I hope you enjoy your break dude and I look forward to the future videos you do even if they are not in chronological order of Batman comics as you've been doing. I like how you do your work even when you change it up

[@makisdimakis333]

Another great video !

[@danieladam6613]

Nice reviews man, you've earned yourself a new subscriber

[@aaronkiss936]

Awesome job sir

[@feliperisseto9113]

The Azrael comic that comes after this is really good. Jean Paul's arc is really well-done.

[@entertainmenttime9978]

I will read Knightsend soon. This was a great series, Sal! I am looking forward to more Legends Of The Dark Knight as that is my favorite Batman title.

[@donaldallen5748]

I do hope you'll pick up with the Batman stories that were published after the nightfall story.... You're doing such a fantastic job just keep on going

[@Publius7619]

I agree, Knightfall is and has been my favorite Batman story.

[@Tr3nchJDemonie]

Goddamn this was an enjoyable series, thanks for putting this out!

[@GothamKnight84661]

Outstanding job!

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you very much!

[@Roge9]

tbh this part of the story don't even seem that bad. I heard it kinda falls off in the later parts but I really like Bruce's character arc.

[@ernart]

Thanks been following your amazing channel

[@SalazarKnight]

And thank you for the kind words!

[@john_WayneRidesAgain]

Just saw this. Awesome video. I wish they would finally do animated films of these stories. Knightfall itself should be a two part film like dark knight returns

[@jasonlewis460]

Very nice. I wish you made the series a little longer.

[@joesalyers]

I was a Batman fan in the 90s when this was the main storyline but I forgot it was called KnightFall, KnightQuest, & KnightsEnd, I haven't read a comic since 1997 when I was still in High School. But this weekend we found my old box of comics I forgot I still had. I have every issue of all three sagas including the complete year prior and the prodigal storyline that ended the actual story. But I must have stopped around that time since it was only sporadic issues I have after that. I also just found out I can go back and read all of the issues from 97 up until now so I should have a ton of reading to catch up on. Your Channel has rekindled my love for Batman and his mythos. Thank you Sal!!!!

[@SalazarKnight]

I'm so glad my videos have reminded you of the best era of Batman, the 90s!!!

[@joesalyers]

@@SalazarKnight Keep up the great work!!

[@donaldallen5748]

I wish the Batman comic books of today were as good as these back in the day

[@thecapedcrusader6710]

Scott snyder has some really good stuff.

[@punkposerstyle]

I legitimately cannot wait to dive into No Man's Land with you all

[@MrZsasz25]

Hi, I enjoy your content very much and wanted to use the opportunity to say a few appreciative words + ask whether you will ever do a video on Shadow of the Bat #5-15 which you skipped in your chronological coverage of pretty much every other Batman issue from Crisis to Knightsend? Best wishes

[@SalazarKnight]

I definitely will. It's just that those issues happened during Knightfall, which is why I couldn't talk about them yet.

[@Bryce_Blank14]

Amazing video, I've always been a big fan of batman comics and batman in general, but not many people that cover comic stories go back to the 80's/90's, personally I those comics always looked really cool. I've only been a subscriber for a month or two but I can already tell this one of if not my favourite KZbin channel, can't wait to see what stories you cover next. P.S. since you have been cover the robin stories, do u think u will cover any of the nightwing comic?

[@SalazarKnight]

I would love to, but the KZbin algorithm won't be happy about it. I will try to make some Nightwing content, but probably not as much as I would like to. Thanks for the comment!

[@daviddyster4145]

I wish you all the best Salazar Knight, you are the best Bathistorian.

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you! Also I should've named my channel "Bathistorian". Oh well :)

[@daviddyster4145]

@@SalazarKnight No, I love the name Salazar Knight, it sounds heroic.

[@Facade953]

Azrael feels like a mix of Moon Knight and the Winter Soldier. A schizophrenic, violent and brutal creature of the night with a subliminal programming which turns him into the ultimate assasin.

[@aargomemnon]

The best childhood memories

[@leomarlonestrada5954]

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kos8571]

Just wow

[@feenix219]

I wish we had gotten an entire year of Azbats.

[@jakeproven256]

As Owen said in his video I think knightfall was supposed to be a mild commentary on how the typical hero was in the 90's. I think the death of superman can be looked at in the same way. I think overall DC was basically showing it's readers what makes their characters so enduring and why they've aged far better than crap like Gen 13 and Youngblood.

[@entertainmenttime9978]

Shssh, we don't talk about those characters around here. There are better characters from other companies besides Marvel and DC.

[@jakeproven256]

@@entertainmenttime9978 Me and my big moulth.

[@baki484]

The book I really wanted

[@albertogalvan2444]

Excelente canal cuando podrás sacar más vídeos en tu canal en Español ti fan tu canal saludos 🤘🤘🤘

[@SalazarKnight]

Quizás me anime y publique un par de videos en AK.

[@mehdinazari8126]

knightfall was great

[@entertainmenttime9978]

I just read Knightsend, here are my thoughts: An enjoyable conclusion to the Knightfall trilogy with great action and drama for the most part, but, not without its flaws; the Catwoman stuff felt forced and didn't really progress the story forward, and felt like she was only there to coincide with every Bat-titile that was published at the time, and there was also a random cyborg enemy that mirrors Image-ness who didn't really need to be in the story. Other than that, this was a great chapter/conclusion in the Knightfall trilogy.

[@ChristopherProspero]

I can see how poetic the ending was but training with shiva only to have a lukewarm ending where batman didn't fight Azrael was pretty disappointing to me. What was the point of training with Shiva if they were going to make a non physical ending? After bane, training with shiva all we had at the end was batman going into a tight space for him to remove his armor? Alfred could've done that then shot Azrael lol

[@kforcer]

My least favorite parts of Knight's End are the parts where Nightwing is easily dispatched by Shiva and Azrael. It always boils my blood to see Dick Grayson's skill level depicted as relatively middling. I think he should be second only to the Batman and then, only by a hair. And at some point, he should become his mentor's equal or even superior. After all, there's no better martial arts instructor than Batman himself.

[@sjskeklsd421]

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[@germaholic]

Are you going to talk about other superheroes or other stuff in general, out of curiosity. Maybe it is a good time for a break, since the Contagion story is probably coming soon after Prodigal and Troika, and while that's a pretty solid Batman story and a fun read, maybe not the best one to talk about or read right now? I don't know. At what point do you feel you stopped getting as much enjoyment out of the Batman stories and you feel like the writers had forgotten the true essence of the Batman character?

[@SalazarKnight]

That happened in the early 2000s when they changed creative teams and editors. The new people didn't really understood Batman. Also, I'm not gonna switch away from Batman. That would be a big risk for this channel.

[@saidi7975]

​@@SalazarKnight oh I do agree. Funny thing is, nostalgia has nothing to do with it. I got into the comics pretty late despite being familiar with the Batman overall thanks to BTAS and The movies and I still hold the O'Neil editorial Era as the best and richest Bat comics, warts and all...

[@entertainmenttime9978]

Sal, besides Batman, who are your other favorite superheroes?

[@SalazarKnight]

I'd say Spider-Man and the X-Men. Those are like my two favorite franchises besides Batman.

[@entertainmenttime9978]

@@SalazarKnight Good choices! I'd add in some other characters like Hulk, Wonder Woman, Captain America, etc.

[@Facade953]

​@@entertainmenttime9978I grew up reading both DC and Marvel my all time favourite super heroes will always be Batman and Spider-Man.😊

[@aidanhever3369]

More like The End and the New Beginning.

[@michaelparker1348]

Lex Luthor Is Better than Batman