Comments on: Batman: Knightfall — A Medical Review

By: Nikki Hootman

Nikki Hootman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:18:39 +0000

Just for the record (since Knightfall is my favorite Batman storyline EVAR), Shondra Kinsolving is later found to have special healing abilities, which she has been using to help Batman recover. Ultimately, she is the one who completely heals him from a state of permanent paralysis/disability. So to the credit of the writers, they didn’t portray any of this as medically possible. It’s clearly a “miracle.”

(I’m not sure this part of the story made it into the Knightfall collections, as I have the original issues.)

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:04:10 +0000

I swear, if I ever do a comic of any kind, I’m gonna run any medical stuff past you first, Scott

By: TayJK

TayJK — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:39:05 +0000

With the Decadron, I think that was mainly to involved the GCPD, and specificly Gordan with Batman’s recovery. It’s not like Gordon would visit Batman’s bedside, so he had to do something. Also, it gave us Robin and Paul’s Drive By Drug Pickup scene.

By: Tooms

Tooms — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:12:09 +0000

“Of note, 95% of people with incomplete cord injuries regain some motor skills, though few of them take up fighting crime afterward”

The comment about fighting crime made my day doc. And that’s why I come to Polite Dissent everyday.