The Legends of the Dark Knight

1. Batman
Legends of
The Dark
Knight
By: Jaclina Rush
Evil destroying evil.

2. • Mr. Whisper is back again, and this time he’s coming for Ottavio. Ottavio cleverly uses an inverted
Bat-signal to summon Batman. Batman was not pleased when he showed up to a roof full of
gangsters whom he believes ruin the city of Gotham. Ottavio attempts to make a deal with
Batman in exchange for his help, after informing him how dangerous Mr. Whisper, the man with
no shadow, is.
• Later that night, Bruce suffers a nightmare about the school children Mr. Whisper killed twenty
years ago asking him for help. Bruce remembered how much he hated his school days and the
headmaster Mr. Winchester who resigned after being involved in a “scandal”. After connecting
the dots, Batman realized who he was dealing with and that he must help immediately.
• Batman arrives on the scene just as Mr. Whisper is about to finish off Ottavio and his crew, but it
was too late. Winchester already got to them and they didn’t see it coming.

3. Haunting Past
• Bruce’s past comes to haunt him in more ways than one.
• His enemy seeks him out to help take down Mr. Whisper a.k.a.
Winchester.
• Bruce finds out what really got Winchester suspended all those
years ago, and now has to stop him from killing the “scum” of
Gotham City.

4. The shot of the cathedrals front is
the location where Mr. Whisper
resides. It occurs at the beginning
of a new scene with a different
setting than the pages prior to it.
The establishing shot
informs the reader that the
scene has changed. It also
sets the tone of the scene.

5. Persuading readers to be
involved in the story being
told, will sway them to stick
with the series
A stand off between
Batman and the people
he hates most in
Gotham city almost
seemed like a trap.

6. Choosing to draw close-ups versus far away,
and even giving the perception that the
reader is above or below the picture.
Batman claims his dominance and
respect from the “scum” of Gotham.
He has to deal with these men and the
harm they cause on a daily basis. So
why are they summoning him? Is it a
trap?

7. The panels chosen to depict the
story are crucial in moving the
story forward.
The author chose to use three
panels to describe Batman’s
emotions in the scene. The
scene also shows that Batman
is not in any danger based on
the other character's distance.
Again, These are the men that
Batman dislikes the most in all
of Gotham.

8. In this scene the first panel acts as a background layout
for the entire page. It is subtle due to the similar colors
and overlapping speech bubbles. In the scene Batman’s
enemy is asking for help to terminate Mr. Whisper, a man
from the past that seems to never go away.
The author has the freedom to
decide where panels lay on a
page, what shape, and their
order.

9. The free movement between the frames allows the
story to move at a faster pace. In this scene Batman
is intimidating his enemy so he will leave him alone.
The composition
of a page can
support a plot
line. It can also
help move the
story forward with
a little bit of
creativity.

10. In the scene Batman is angry and does not want to help his enemies.
He would rather they kill each other than to get involved.
This technique is used to tell a
story using as few panels as
possible.

11. ju
In the scene, the janitor in the
cathedral here’s a noise and follows it.
He must walk down the dark hallway
to find where the noise is coming form
A picture-specific scene does not use
many words. The picture tells the story.

12. The scene depicts Batman having a
nightmare after receiving some
surprising information that provoked a
bad memory.
Without the words in this type
of scene, the story may not be
as clear to the reader.

13. This scene is an example
of inner life, because it is
a flashback of Bruce’s
school days. The scene
helps the readers
understand how Bruce
once was, compared to
how he is presently.
Inner life takes place when
hints of the past or memories
of the characters past are
brought up, which explain to
the reader where a characters
point-of-view may be coming
from.

14. In this scene, young Bruce is being
punished by his headmaster, Winchester,
which he later finds out is Mr. Whisper.
Using a scene to scene technique
can inform the reader without
using too many similar panels.

15. The expression on Bruce’s face shows anger and
distrust and some confusion. His expression is depicted
using many shadows.
Expressive traits can
describe a characters
personality and tell
the reader how a
specific character is
most likely to react
to a certain situation.

16. The scene foreshadows the death of
Batman’s enemies through a
combination of words and image
placement.
The choice of image can help move a
story forward through the placement of
certain items in combination with the rest
of the scene.

17. Batman finally meets Mr.
Whisper, but he is already five
steps ahead of Batman.
Action to action scenes show
off the characters personality
and stance on a subject.

18. Without words in this scene,
the reader would not be
able to gauge exactly why
Batman is meeting with his
enemies on a rooftop. The
words provide extra detail
necessary to finish the story.
The words the author choses to use can make a
scene great or, just put it on a standstill.

19. The legend
of Gotham
City and the
haunting
past.