The Man Who Falls
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Cover of Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes (1989), trade paperback collected edition.Art by Brian Bolland.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | 1989 |
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| Title(s) | Secret Origins |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Dennis O'Neil |
| Artist(s) | Dick Giordano |
| Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes | ISBN |
"The Man Who Falls" is a 1989 comic book story by Dennis O'Neil and Dick Giordano. It is an overview of Bruce Wayne's early life, including his parents' murder, his time spent traveling and training throughout the world, and his return to Gotham City to become Batman. Sixteen years later, the story became the structural basis for Batman Begins, which rebooted the Batman film franchise in 2005.
The comic was initially published as the only original story in the Secret Origins trade paperback collection.
It was later included in the 2007 trade paperback, Batman: Secrets of the Batcave.
In 2004, DC Comics Group Editor—Mass Market Martin Pasko was DC's liaison to Warner Bros. Studios, vetting scripts as well as facilitating studio research by supplying comics and consulting on issues related to DC continuity. In this capacity, he suggested that the story be used as the structural basis for Batman Begins.
"The Man Who Falls" was reprinted in the Batman Begins tie-in graphic novel, which also included the film adaptation and reprints of other, more recent, Batman stories. The Deluxe Edition DVD of Batman Begins includes a miniature trade paperback that includes "The Man Who Falls" as one of three comics that "inspired the movie."
"The Man Who Falls" consists of a series of concentrated retellings of previously published Batman stories, including Detective Comics #33, which includes Gardner Fox and Bob Kane's first version of Batman's origin.
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