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Cover: Kelley Jones

Batman #498

Aug 1993 · DC · 1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.70 GBP

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“Knights in Darkness [Knightfall 15]”

Part 15 of the Knightfall saga, this August 1993 issue presents one of the arc's most striking cover images: a massively muscled Bane looms at center, wrenching Batman's cape in both fists while a kneeling Catwoman looks on in the foreground — the whole scene bathed in an ominous red gradient. Kelley Jones's cover art captures the raw power imbalance at the heart of Knightfall with bold, almost unsettling anatomy. Doug Moench, Jim Aparo, and Rick Burchett bring "Knights in Darkness" to life inside, making this a compelling chapter in one of DC's most ambitious Batman storylines.

writer Doug Moench · artist Jim Aparo · inker Rick Burchett · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Richard Starkings · cover Kelley Jones

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (NM) $7

CGC 9.8 · 121 in census $49

CGC 9.6 · 71 in census $34

CGC 9.4 · 33 in census $34

CGC 9.2 · 10 in census $20*

CGC 9.0 · 11 in census $20*

CGC 8.5 · 7 in census $20*

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CGC 8.0 · 11 in census $20*

CGC 7.5 · 4 in census $20*

CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $20*

CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $20*

CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $20*

CGC 5.5 none in existence

CGC 5.0 none in existence

CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $20*

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Full credits

writer Doug Moench

artist Jim Aparo

inker Rick Burchett

colorist Adrienne Roy

letterer Richard Starkings

cover pencils, inks Kelley Jones

Reprints

Reprinted in Batman: Knightfall #2 (1993), Batman #63 (1994), Batman #2 (1995), Batman #2/1996 (1996), Batman: Knightfall #2 [2000 Edition] (2000), Batman: Knightfall #1 (2012), Batman: Knightfall Omnibus #1 (2017), Batman: Knightfall: 25th Anniversary Edition #2 (2018), DC Comics - A Lenda do Batman #23 (2020)

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