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Originally posted by Animalman:
I thought Knightfall was pretty good, if not great.
The Knights trilogy always struck me as Denny O'Neil's baby. I know O'Neil didn't write the majority of the stories but. ...

And up until Knightsend I thought Moench's contributuions were every bit as good as Dixon's. Grant, who I've always considered vastly overrated -- which is not to say he isn't good, he just isn't as good as people make him out to be -- was the only one of the three whose stories were consistently disappointing.

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Originally posted by Animalman:
Grant certainly had his moments, too, but I preferred Dixon(in his prime). I never really cared much for Moench.
I'd say Prey is one of the 10 best Batman stories ever written. You read Prey, and even Terror, and then you read the stuff Moench was producing for Batman and it's hard to believe they're written by the same guy.

Kelley Jones didn't help matters anyway.

I agree with Steve T. when he says that Dixon's work was better on the supporting characters.

And it's not like I dislike his stuff. I just don't think he's as good a writer as Brubaker or Rucka. Based on his consistency I'd certainly rank him higher than Moench or Grant.

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Originally posted by Animalman:
I think what really killed Bane as a character was the utterly pathetic movie Schumacher movie rendition.
Can't even get through the opening sequence of Batman and Robin.

I don't know what it is about Bane. Even when he was breaking Batman in half, he was still pretty lame. Is there any doubt that Bruce wouldn't have dispatched Bane in under 10 seconds if Bane hadn't thrown the entire rogues gallery at him and worn him down first?

And I know that shows he's smart, but it also shows him to be a pussy. I mean, he has superhuman strength, but he can't take Batman unless Batman's on the verge of a total emotional and physical breakdown.

And he's so visually uninteresting.