The Dark Knight Trilogy | Behind-The-Scenes Comic book storylines such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Long Halloween served as inspiration. The Dark Knight’s story also sees comic influences inspired by The Long Halloween, and it’s sequel Dark Victory. The film also has elements of The Killing Joke & Joker’s Five Way Revenge. The Dark Knight Rises storyline has been compared with the Batman comic book series’ story arc “Knightfall” (1993), “Legacy” (1996-97) which showca