Detective 666 – the new Batman faces Bane
Knightfall has its penultimate chapter in Detective 666 (Sept. 93), by Dixon, Nolan and Hanna.
Commissioner Gordon has his suspicions confirmed, that someone new is in the Batman costume, in a nicely done scene. Gordon’s proof is simply that Batman did not vanish in the middle of the conversation, waiting to see if Gordon had anything more to say.
Bird, Trogg and Zombie gets busted out of prison, and head for Bane, who they think was behind the breakout. In fact, it was one of Jean-Paul’s more intelligent moves, as he expected the henchmen to act exactly as they did.
So it’s rematch between Batman and Bane, but with a new Batman. Jean-Paul has added some ridiculous hi-tech gloves to the outfit, but still fails to take down Bane.
The story concludes in the following issue of Batman.