Batman: Knightfall Part One: Broken Bat

When all of Batman's greatest foes break out of Arkham at once, he must face them all in single combat, and last enemy he must battle is the deadliest, the mysterious and mighty Bane, who engineered the breakout.

Broken Bat is the first of two volumes collecting Knightfall, the much-talked about Batman storyline--much talked about because it was the story in which Batman gets defeated. The huge, muscle-bound villain Bane has but one goal in mind, to break Batman. The end of this volume is somewhat shocking compared to standard, mainstream comic book continuity.