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Originally posted by KMT:
Dixon doesn't make the cut as far as I'm concerned. He's solid. I don't know if I've ever read a really bad Chuck Dixon story but I don't think I've ever read a great one either.
I thought Knightfall was pretty good, if not great.

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He also benefitted from a lack of competition. All he had to do was be better than Moench and Grant. And I think most people would say that Grant was the best of three.
Grant certainly had his moments, too, but I preferred Dixon(in his prime). I never really cared much for Moench.

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His biggest contribution to the Batman mythos would likely be Bane. And don't get me wrong, I love Knightfall, but c'mon. ... Bane hasn't had one iota of cool attached to him since Jean Paul beat the crap out of him. Now he's just a pussy.
I think what really killed Bane as a character was the utterly pathetic movie Schumacher movie rendition.

I still really liked Knightfall, though.

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He should have found Rucka an artist he was happy with. He shouldn't have forced Rucka and Brubaker to write crossover after crossover.
I agree that the crossovers hurt the Batbooks as a whole. They aren't like the Superman books, in that they each have their own unique identity, exploring different aspects of the Batman mythos and the Bat-family. For whatever reason, Shreck doesn't seem to care about that.