Batman: Knight Out

Chuck Dixon brings readers Batman: Knight Out, a brilliant and beautiful collection of tales featuring villains like the Riddler!

Batman will have to rely on the help of his team--Robin, Alfred, and Oracle--if he wants to stand a chance against The Riddler, assassins, and Gearhead with a hit out on him!

Batman and Robin are forced to solve the Riddler's puzzles and threats in order to protect the citizens of Gotham, but as always--the Riddler's plans are not that easy to decode. The Riddler has a few tricks up his sleeve for Batman and the Boy Wonder. Will the pair be able to put the Riddler back where he belongs in Arkham Asylum? Or will he escape in a cloud of confusion?

When wealthy Gotham citizen declares his dying wish is for all the wealthy people in Gotham to be killed--assassins descend on the city. Namely, Deathstroke, GunHawk, and GunBunny. And these three will stop at nothing to collect their payments.

Batman comes face to face with Gearhead again--but this time, Gearhead has a thirst for revenge. With the complete belief that Batman is to blame for how his life looks, Gearhead is ready to face death in order to get rid of Batman...for good.

Collects Detective Comics #703-715, #717, and #718

Chuck Dixon's resume includes thousands of scripts for iconic characters like Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Iron Man, the Punisher, the Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, G.I. Joe and many others. He is (along with artist Graham Nolan) the creator of the Batman villain Bane, the first permanent addition to the Dark Knight's rogues gallery in forty years, and for which he won 1993's Wizard Fan Award for best new character. His graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit is a perennial bestseller worldwide. His unprecedented 100 issue run on DC Comics' Robin is considered to be a classic in the comics medium. Chuck's contributions to Marvel Comics' The Punisher are widely acknowledged as integral to that character's development.