This always felt like one of the biggest examples of missed opportunity.

>>87677548
The concept was so awfully flawed from the start
>Batman has contigency plans where he creates a gang war to destroy Gotham and then ensure total control through his manipulating a fake new ganglord
>this will not backfire.jpg
>Steph being so badly written she needs to start a gang war to show she can be "worthy"
>Steph dying but lol not really
>the awful characterization of Leslie Thompkins

They made the mistake of centering the story exclusively around Bat-characters, and to make Batman a huge asshole again.
It would have been so much better if the war had been caused by natural gang events, and Batman having to deal with all the political, social implications, as well as countering the issues gangwise.

>>87677672

To be fair, Stephanie dying was supposed to stick. Until, well fans kind kept egging DC at cons about, "Where's muh memorial case?!"

Honestly, the meltdown Willingham had at a panel over being called out on this story is more memorable than the actual story.

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>>87677548
What was it about this time period and so many forgettable bat crossover events? Were they trying to recapture the magic of NML?

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>>87677870

Batman has always had big bat family crossover events, usually they're forgottable, a few are just plain bad, and then there's gems like NML.

>>87677672
The story was written to prove Steph wasn't worthy to be Robin and to get rid of her. Unfortunately years later they decided that Steph shouldn't have Died and that she actually WAS worthy (of being bat-girl at least) making the story pointless.

The concept of Gotham erupting in a full out gang war wasn't bad, but the way it was handled in War Games was just the plot steamrolling everyone's actions so Steph could die and Tim come back as Robin.

>>87677746
>Honestly, the meltdown Willingham had at a panel over being called out on this story is more memorable than the actual story.
Do tell.

>>87677948
>Knightfall
>Contagion
>Legacy
>Cataclysm
>No Man's Land
>Bruce Wayne: Fugitive/Murderer
>War Drums/Games/Crimes

Am I missing any?

>>87678094
Officer Down

>>87678094

Knightquest\end, but that's sort of assumed with Knightfall.

Prodigal?

>>87677996
>>87677996
They literately told Horrocks that Steph dying was the point of the event and he quit

>>87678142
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0HxQohshgg