DC K.O.: Knightfight #2

In this review of DC K.O.: Knightfight #2, Bruce begins the gauntlet run the the Batman of the future. Will he be successful?

DC K.O. KNIGHTFIGHT #2
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and Main Cover: DAN MORA
Variant Covers: GUILLEM MARCH, JORGE MOLINA, FABRIZIO DE TOMMASO
Page Count: 32 pages
Release Date: 12/3/25

This review contains spoilers

In his new world created by his loss in DC K.O., Batman confronts Dick as Batman. Batman baits Dick into the fight by taking out his army of Robins. Batman and Dick battle it out and Bruce sees that Dick has become a better Batman than him.

Batman tells Dick that he’s right and that he could never deal with the death of the Robins. Dick takes his hand and says how he will help. Batman takes advantage of Dick’s kindness and knocks him out cold. Batman says the Heart of Apokolips wants him to not hold back and before he can land a finishing blow he is transported to another world and comes face to face with a Red Hood Batman.

Jason calls him out for always telling lies about the world he came from. One where he had a Lantern ring, one where he has powers of Superman, and one where he was buff with a big axe (love those references). Jason thinks that this isn’t really Batman and that its Clayface. Batman breaks out of his shackles and he and Jason battle it out. 

Batman gets the upper hand on Jason and tries to escape Arkham but as he makes his way out he sees that Jason has put a giant red dome over the city to trap everyone. The dome is meant to keep Joker’s gas from getting out and keep everyone safe. Jason has been protecting Gotham for 20 years.

Jason keeps calling Batman “Basil” believing he’s Clayface and Bruce finally gives in to that and turns into Clayface and attacks. And that is where the issue ends.

Analysis

This is part of the K.O. event so the action is the driving force of the event and DC K.O.: Knightfight #2. And if you want great action, you get Dan Mora. More is the best artist going at DC right now. He was great on World’s Finest and has kept that great work going on Superman and Justice League Unlimited. He has been great on this book and I only hope that one day he gets a full go on a Batman book.

Williamson is equally as talented as Mora on the writing side. He has been terrific on Superman. For the Batman side of this event, he has been able to get into Batman’s head and tell the reader how Batman feels about Dick and Jason. DC K.O.: Knightfight #2 is a brisk read and more action based but Williamson has shown how Dick and Jason would be as Batmen in their dark future. Once again, hoping for Williamson on a Batman book in the future.

DC K.O.: Knightfight #2 is a fun, quick read and is a great sidekick to the main event. Batman ducked out early in the main K.O. event so this is a great idea to have this miniseries to have Batman duke it out in his own mini KO.

Here’s hoping this Williamson/Mora pair make their way over to a main Batman book someday soon.

BJ Shea

BJ has had two passions in his life: sports and comic books. Specifically Batman and Robin. Not a day has gone by where BJ hasn’t watched or read something Batman-related. Currently, his goal is to collect as many Dick Grayson (his favorite character) issues as he can. Doesn’t matter if he’s Robin or Nightwing or Agent 37, he wants them. Another goal he has is to collect the complete Robin run of Tim Drake’s classic series. Raised on reruns of Adam West and was there for the animated series, BJ is down for any version of Batman. The Dark Knight is his favorite movie ever. On any day, BJ is most likely watching sports, watching anything Batman, or The Office.