DC Comics – The Legend of Batman
Editor | Ben Robinson |
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Frequency | Fortnightly |
Format | Hardback book format |
First issue | 2017 |
Company | Eaglemoss Collections |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Website | Official Website |
ISSN | 2514-9822 |
DC Comics – The Legend of Batman[1] was a fortnightly partwork magazine published by Eaglemoss Collections and DC Comics. In 2024, FanHome—a popular subscription based collectible company—announced they would begin rereleasing Eaglemoss's original books and release new content with the collection[2][3]. The series was a collection of special edition hardback graphic novels, that tell Batman's life story from beginning to end. The series follows the success of the DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection, which itself began in 2015 with the Batman story Hush.
The collection started in countries like France,[4] but with a different order and contents. The debut issue, Batman: Zero Year Part 1, was released in the U.K. on 27 December 2017 at the special price of £1.99 and £6.99 for the first order (including 1 free book), before rising to £9.99 per issue. In February 2019 the price was increased to £10.99 and August 2020 saw another increase to £11.99 (post Brexit).
In January 2021, Eaglemoss Collections notified subscribers that, due to its success, the collection would be extended to 100 issues.
In September 2021, a flyer was included with issue #98 ("Blood of Heroes") that confirmed a further extension of 20 issues, bringing the collection to 120 books. Of which is only available if you resubscribe and not in stores (mentioned on their website).
Eaglemoss announced they were bankrupt on 11 July 2022, the Webshop is no longer accessible and to date there have been no new subscription deliveries since December 2021. Due to this, issues 106-116 have never been released; the final release was issue 105.
List of books
Regular issues
Below is a list of the books which have been released as part of the collection.
Issue/Volume | Chronological Order | Title | Pt | Collected material | Release date |
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1 | 1 | Batman: Zero Year | 1 | Batman (vol. 2) #21–26 | 27 December 2017 |
2 | 2 | 2 | Batman (vol. 2) #27, 29–33 | 10 January 2018 | |
3 | 57 | Born to Kill | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #1–8 | 24 January 2018 | |
4 | 55 | Faces of Death | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #1–7 | 7 February 2018 | |
5 | 79 | The Dark Knight Returns | The Dark Knight Returns #1–4 | 21 February 2018 | |
6 | 53 | The Court of Owls | Batman (vol. 2) #1–7 | 7 March 2018 | |
7 | 54 | The City of Owls | Batman (vol. 2) #8–12 | 21 March 2018 | |
8 | 40 | Batman Reborn | Batman and Robin (vol. 1) #1–6 | 4 April 2018 | |
9 | 48 | Golden Dawn | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 1) #1–5 | 18 April 2018 | |
10 | 28 | Joker | Joker | 2 May 2018 | |
11 | 75 | Endgame | Batman (vol. 2) #35–40 | 16 May 2018 | |
12 | 31 | Detective | Detective Comics #821–824, 826 | 30 May 2018 | |
13 | 59 | Knight Terrors | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #1–8 | 13 June 2018 | |
14 | 58 | Pearl | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #0, 9–14 | 27 June 2018 | |
15 | 5 | Haunted Knight | Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 – Choices, #2 – Madness, #3 – Ghosts | 11 July 2018 | |
16 | 37 | Private Casebook | Detective Comics #841–845 | 25 July 2018 | |
17 | 39 | R.I.P. | Batman #676–681 | 8 August 2018 | |
18 | 4 | Prey | Legends of the Dark Knight #11–15 | 22 August 2018 | |
19 | 67 | Graveyard Shift | Batman (vol. 2) #18–20, 34, Annual #2; Detective Comics (vol. 2) #27 | 5 September 2018 | |
20 | 41 | Batman vs. Robin | Batman and Robin (vol. 1) #7–12 | 19 September 2018 | |
21 | 6 | Dark Victory | 1 | Batman: Dark Victory #0–6 | 3 October 2018 |
22 | 7 | 2 | Batman: Dark Victory #7–13 | 17 October 2018 | |
23 | 61 | Death of the Family | 1 | Batman (vol. 2) #13–15; Catwoman (vol. 4) #13–14; Nightwing (vol. 3) #15 | 31 October 2018 |
24 | 62 | 2 | Nightwing (vol. 2) #16; Batman (vol. 2) #16–17; Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #15–17 | 14 November 2018 | |
25 | 45 | Batman and Robin Must Die | Batman and Robin (vol. 1) #13–16; Batman: The Return #1 | 28 November 2018 | |
26 | 10 | Batman Neal Adams | 1 | Batman stories from World's Finest Comics #175–176 and The Brave and the Bold #79–84 | 12 December 2018 |
27 | 52 | Gates of Gotham | Batman: Gates of Gotham #1–5; Detective Comics Annual #12; Batman Annual #28 | 26 December 2018 | |
28 | 60 | Cycle of Violence | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #0, 10–15 | 9 January 2019 | |
29 | 76 | Superheavy | Batman (vol. 2) #41–46, Annual #4; "The Rookie" story from Divergence FCBD Special Edition #1 | 23 January 2019 | |
30 | 77 | Bloom | Batman (vol. 2) #47–52 | 6 February 2019 | |
31 | 50 | Black Mirror | 1 | Detective Comics #871–875 | 20 February 2019 |
32 | 66 | Requiem for Damien | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #18–23 | 6 March 2019 | |
33 | 11 | Batman Neal Adams | 2 | The Brave and the Bold #85–86, 93; Detective Comics #395, 397, 400, 402, 404, 408; Batman #219 | 20 March 2019 |
34 | 8 | The Man Who Laughs & The Killing Joke | Batman: The Man Who Laughs; Batman: The Killing Joke | 3 April 2019 | |
35 | 26 | Officer Down | Batman #587; Robin #86; Birds of Prey (vol. 1) #27; Catwoman #90; Nightwing #53; Detective Comics #754; Batman: Gotham Knights #13 | 17 April 2019 | |
36 | 51 | Black Mirror | 2 | Detective Comics #876–881 | 1 May 2019 |
37 | 43 | Time and the Batman | Batman #682–683, 700–702 | 15 May 2019 | |
38 | 44 | The Return of Bruce Wayne | Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1–6 | 29 May 2019 | |
39 | 16 | Knightfall: Prologue | Batman: Sword of Azrael #1–4; Batman #488; Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 | 16 June 2019 | |
40 | 17 | Knightfall | 1 | Batman #489–494; Detective Comics #659–660 | 30 June 2019 |
41 | 18 | 2 | Batman #495–497; Detective Comics #661–664 | 14 July 2019 | |
42 | 19 | 3 | Batman #498–500; Detective Comics #665–666; Showcase '93 #7–8 | 28 July 2019 | |
43 | 73 | The Hunt for Robin | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #29–34; Robin Rises: Omega #1 | 11 August 2019 | |
44 | 12 | Batman Neal Adams | 3 | Detective Comics #410; Batman #232, 234, 237, 243–245, 251, 255 | 25 August 2019 |
45 | 33 | Death and The City | Detective Comics #827–828, 831, 833–834, 837 | 8 September 2019 | |
46 | 63 | Emperor Penguin | 1 | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #13–17 | 22 September 2019 |
47 | 70 | 2 | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #18–21 | 6 October 2019 | |
48 | 64 | Demon Star | Batman Incorporated (vol. 2) #0–5 | 20 October 2019 | |
49 | 65 | Gotham's Most Wanted | Batman Incorporated (vol. 2) #6–10, 12–13 | 3 November 2019 | |
50 | 72 | The Big Burn | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #24–28, Annual #2 | 10 November 2019 | |
51 | 15 | A Lonely Place of Dying | Batman #440–442; The New Titans #60–61 | 24 November 2019 | |
52 | 74 | Robin Rises | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #35–40; Robin Rises: Alpha #1 | 15 December 2019 | |
53 | 3 | Year One | Batman #404–407; Batman Chronicles #19 | 29 December 2019 | |
54 | 20 | Cataclysm | 1 | Detective Comics #719–720; Shadow of the Bat #73; Nightwing #19; Batman #553; Azrael #40; Catwoman #56 | 8 January 2020 |
55 | 21 | 2 | Batman #554; Nightwing #20; Shadow of the Bat #74; Robin #52; Batman Chronicles #12; Batman: Blackgate – Isle of Men #1 | 29 January 2020 | |
56 | 22 | 3 | Batman: Spoiler / Huntress – Blunt Trauma #1; Catwoman #57; Detective Comics #721; Robin #53; Batman: Arkham Asylum – Tales of Madness #1 | 9 February 2020 | |
57 | 34 | The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul | 1 | Batman #670, Annual #26; Robin #168, Annual #7; Nightwing #138 | 16 February 2020 |
58 | 35 | 2 | Batman #671; Robin #169; Nightwing #139; Detective Comics #838–840 | 8 March 2020 | |
59 | 23 | No Man's Land | 1 | Batman: No Man’s Land #1; Shadow of the Bat #83, 87; Legends of the Dark Knight #119; Detective Comics #730, 734; Batman #563, 567 | 22 March 2020 |
60 | 24 | 2 | Shadow of the Bat #88; Legends of the Dark Knight #120; Detective Comics #735–736, 738–739; Batman #568, 571–572 | 2 April 2020 | |
61 | 25 | 3 | Shadow of the Bat #93–94; Legends of the Dark Knight #125–126; Detective Comics #740–741; Batman #573–574 | 16 April 2020 | |
62 | 46 | Batman Incorporated | 1 | Batman Incorporated (vol. 1) #1–5 | 30 April 2020 |
63 | 68 | Mad | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #16–21, Annual #1 | 9 July 2020 | |
64 | 47 | Batman Incorporated | 2 | Batman Incorporated (vol. 1) #6–8; Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes #1 | 23 July 2020 |
65 | 69 | Clay | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #22–29 | 6 August 2020 | |
66 | 29 | Under the Red Hood | Batman #645–650, Annual #25 | 20 August 2020 | |
67 | 30 | Face the Face | Detective Comics #817–820; Batman #651–654 | 3 September 2020 | |
68 | 49 | The House of Hush | Batman: Streets of Gotham #14–21 | 17 September 2020 | |
69 | 9 | Terror | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #137–141 | 1 October 2020 | |
70 | 13 | The Wrath | Batman Special #1; Batman Confidential #13–16 | 15 October 2020 | |
71 | 78 | Damian - Son of Batman | Damian: Son of Batman #1–4; Batman #666 | 29 October 2020 | |
72 | 80 | Year 100 | Batman: Year 100 #1–4 | 12 November 2020 | |
73 | 38 | Heart of Hush | Detective Comics #846–850 | 26 November 2020 | |
74 | 42 | Streets of Gotham | Batman: Streets of Gotham #1–4, 7, 10–11 | 10 December 2020 | |
75 | 56 | Scare Tactics | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #8–12, Annual #1 | 24 December 2020 | |
76 | 27 | Blink | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #156–158, 164–167 | 7 January 2021 | |
77 | 71 | Gothtopia | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #25–29 | 21 January 2021 | |
78 | 32 | Batman and Son | Batman #655–658, 663–665 | 4 February 2021 | |
79 | 36 | Black Glove | Batman #667–669, 672–675 | 18 February 2021 | |
80 | 14 | A Death In The Family | Batman #426–429 | 4 March 2021 | |
81 | 81 | Dark Detective | Batman: Dark Detective #1–6 | 18 March 2021 | |
82 | 82 | Knightquest | 1 | Batman #501–505; Catwoman (vol. 3) #6–7; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #25 | 1 April 2021 |
83 | 83 | 2 | Batman #506–508; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #26–28; Detective Comics #674–675 | 15 April 2021 | |
84 | 84 | 3 | Justice League Task Force #5-6; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #21–23; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #59–61 | 29 April 2021 | |
85 | 85 | KnightsEnd | 1 | Robin #7; Batman #509; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #29; Detective Comics #676; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62 | 13 May 2021 |
86 | 86 | 2 | Robin #8-9; Catwoman #12; Batman #510; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #30; Detective Comics #677; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #63; Showcase 94 #10 | 27 May 2021 | |
87 | 87 | Prodigal | 1 | Robin #0, 11; Batman #512–513; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32; Detective Comics #679 | 10 June 2021 |
88 | 88 | 2 | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #33–34; Detective Comics #680–681; Robin #12–13; Batman #514 | 24 June 2021 | |
89 | 89 | Troika | Robin #14; Batman #515; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #35; Detective Comics #682; Nightwing: Alfred's Return; Batman: Vengeance Of Bane II | 8 July 2021 | |
90 | 90 | Contagion | 1 | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48–49; Detective Comics #695; Robin #27; Catwoman #31; Azrael #15; Batman #529 | 22 July 2021 |
91 | 91 | 2 | Detective Comics #696; The Batman Chronicles #4; Catwoman #32; Azrael #16; Robin #28–29 | 5 August 2021 | |
92 | 92 | 3 | Robin #30; Batman #530–532; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #50–52 | 19 August 2021 | |
93 | 93 | Legacy | 1 | Detective Comics #697–699; Catwoman #33–35; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #53 | 2 September 2021 |
94 | 94 | 2 | Batman #533; Detective Comics #700; Batman: Bane of the Demon #1–4 | 23 September 2021 | |
95 | 95 | 3 | Catwoman #36; Robin #32–33; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #54; Batman #534; Detective Comics #701–702; Batman: Bane #1 | 7 October 2021 | |
96 | 96 | Icarus | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #30–34; Detective Comics Annual (vol. 2) #3 | 21 October 2021 | |
97 | 97 | Anarky | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #35–40; Detective Comics: Endgame #1; Detective Comics: Futures End #1 | 4 November 2021 | |
98 | 98 | The Blood of Heroes | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #41–47 | 18 November 2021 | |
99 | 99 | Gordon at War | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #48–52 | 2 December 2021 | |
100 | 100 | The Dark Knight Strikes Again | The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1–3 | 16 December 2021 | |
101 | 101 | Venom | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16–20 | TBC | |
102 | 102 | Blind Justice | Detective Comics #598–600 | TBC | |
103 | 103 | Monsters | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #71–73, 83–84, 89–90 | TBC | |
104 | 104 | Battle for the Cowl | |||
105 | 105 | Long Shadows | Batman #687–691 | ||
106 | 106 | Life After Death | |||
107 | 107 | Arkham Reborn | |||
108 | 108 | King Tut's Tomb | |||
109 | 109 | Ghosts | |||
110 | 110 | As the Crow Flies | |||
111 | 111 | Knight Out | 1 | ||
112 | 112 | 2 | |||
113 | 113 | The Cult | |||
114 | 114 | Eye Of The Beholder | |||
115 | 115 | Ten Nights of the Beast | |||
116 | 116 | Kings of Fear |
Special issues
The following 'special' books are due to be released as part of the collection with a UK retail price of £19.99. Subscribers get the Special issues at a discounted price of £18.99.
Issue number | Title | Pt | Collecting | Release date | Ref. |
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Special 1 | Batman Eternal | 1 | Batman Eternal #1–13 | 5 May 2018 | [5] |
Special 2 | 2 | Batman Eternal #14–26 | 25 July 2018 | [6] | |
Special 3 | 3 | Batman Eternal #27–39 | 19 September 2018 | [7] | |
Special 4 | 4 | Batman Eternal #40–52; Batman (vol. 2) #28 | 16 December 2018 | [8] | |
Special 5 | Batman and Robin Eternal | 1 | Batman and Robin Eternal #1–12; Batman Endgame Special Edition #1 | 10 March 2019 | [9] |
Special 6 | 2 | Batman and Robin Eternal #13–26 | 1 May 2019 | [10] | |
Special 7 | The Batman Adventures | 1 | The Batman Adventures #1–12 | 4 September 2019 | [11] |
Special 8 | 2 | The Batman Adventures #13–24 | 27 November 2019 | [12] | |
Special 9 | 3 | The Batman Adventures #25–36 | 16 February 2020 | ||
Special 10 | Batman: War Games | 1 | Detective Comics #790–796; Robin #126–127; Batgirl (vol. 1) #53 | 13 May 2020 | |
Special 11 | 2 | Robin #128–129; Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure #1; Detective Comics #797–798; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182–183; Nightwing #96; Batman; Gotham Knights #56; Batgirl (vol. 1) #55; Catwoman (vol. 3) #34; Batman #631 | 27 July 2020 | [13] | |
Special 12 | 3 | Nightwing #97–98; Batman; Gotham Knights #57–58; Robin #130; Batgirl (vol. 1) #56–57; Catwoman (vol. 3) #35; Batman #632; Detective Comics #799; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184 | 27 October 2020 | [14] | |
Special 13 | 4 | Catwoman (vol. 3) #36; Batman #633–634, 642–644; Detective Comics #800, 809–810; Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 2005; Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins 2005 | 4 January 2021 | [15] | |
Special 14 | Batman: Black and White | 1 | Batman: Black And White (vol 1) #1–4; Batman: Black And White (vol 2); backup stories from Batman: Gotham Knights #1–16 | 13 April 2021 | [16] |
Special 15 | 2 | Backup stories from Batman: Gotham Knights #17–49 | 28 June 2021 | [17] | |
Special 16 | 3 | Batman: Black and White #1–6 | 13 September 2021 | [18] | |
Special 17 | Shadow of the Bat | 1 | Shadow of the Bat #1–12 | ||
Special 18 | 2 | ||||
Special 19 | 3 |
Subscriber exclusive issues
The collection offers subscribers the opportunity to receive additional gifts throughout the collection by paying £1 extra per volume. The exclusive Legends of Batman books are issued every 20 issues over the course of the collection.
Issue number | Title | Part | Collecting | Release date |
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Upsell 1 | Bruce Wayne: Murderer? | 01 | Detective Comics #742–753; Batman: Turning Points #1–5 | 19 September 2018 |
Upsell 2 | 02 | Detective Comics #755–766; Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure #1; Nightwing #65; Batgirl (vol. 1) #24, Superman (vol. 2) #168; Robin #98; Batman: Gotham Knight #25; Birds of Prey (vol. 1) #39 | 16 July 2019 | |
Upsell 3 | Bruce Wayne: Fugitive | 01 | Detective Comics #767–770; Batman #599–602; Nightwing #66–68; Batgirl (vol. 1) #27; Batman: Gotham Knights #26–29; Robin #99; Birds of Prey #40–41 | 5 May 2020 |
Upsell 4 | 02 | Nightwing #69; Birds of Prey #43; Batman #603–607; Detective Comics #771–775; Batgirl (vol. 1) #29, 33; Batman: Gotham Knights #30–32; Azrael: Agent of the Bat #91–92 | 4 March 2021 | |
Upsell 5 | The Dark Knight III: The Master Race | The Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1–9 | 22 October 2021 |
References
- ^ "DC Comics - The Legend of Batman". Eaglemoss.
- ^ "DC Legend of Batman Graphic Novels". www.fanhome.com. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Yaws, Jay (19 July 2024). "Fanhome announce The Legends of Batman collections". Batman News. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "DC Comics - La Legende de Batman". Eaglemoss (in French). Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Legend of Batman Special 1: Eternal 1". Eaglemoss.
- ^ "Legend of Batman Special 2: Eternal 2". Eaglemoss.
- ^ "Legends Of Batman: DC Graphic Novel Collection Special: Volume 3: Batman Eternal Part 3". Forbidden Planet. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Legends Of Batman: DC Graphic Novel Collection Special: Volume 4: Batman Eternal: Part 4". Forbidden Planet. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Legends Of Batman: DC Graphic Novel Collection Special: Volume 5: Batman & Robin Eternal Part 1". Forbidden Planet. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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