DC Comics – The Legend of Batman
| Editor | Ben Robinson |
|---|---|
| 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] is a fortnightly partwork magazine published by Eaglemoss Collections and DC Comics. The series is a collection of special edition hardback graphic novels, that tells 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,[2] but with a different order and contents. The debut issue, Batman: Zero Year Part 1, was released in the UK on 27 December 2017 at the special price of £2.99, before gradually rising to £9.99 per issue. 60 issues of the partwork were planned but have been already extended to at least 80 issues (see list below).
List of books
Below is a list of the books which have been released as part of the collection.
| Issue | Volume | Title | Pt | Collecting | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Batman: Zero Year | 1 | Batman (2011) #21-26 | December 27, 2017 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Batman (2011) #27, 29-33 | January 10, 2018 | |
| 3 | 57 | Born to Kill | Batman & Robin (2011) #1-8 | January 24, 2018 | |
| 4 | 55 | Faces of Death | Detective Comics (2011) #1-7 | February 7, 2018 | |
| 5 | 79 | The Dark Knight Returns | The Dark Knight Returns #1-4 | February 21, 2018 | |
| 6 | 53 | The Court of Owls | Batman (2011) #1-7 | March 7, 2018 | |
| 7 | 54 | The City of Owls | Batman (2011) #8-12 | March 21, 2018 | |
| 8 | 40 | Batman Reborn | Batman & Robin (2009) #1-6 | April 4, 2018 | |
| 9 | 48 | Golden Dawn | Batman: The Dark Knight (2009) #1-5 | April 18, 2018 | |
| 10 | 28 | Joker | Joker OGN | May 2, 2018 | |
| 11 | 75 | Endgame | Batman (2011) #35-40 | May 16, 2018 | |
| 12 | 31 | Detective | Detective Comics (1937) #821-824, 826 | May 30, 2018 | |
| 13 | 59 | Knight Terrors | Batman: The Dark Knight (2011) #1-8 | June 13, 2018 | |
| 14 | 58 | Pearl | Batman & Robin (2011) #0, 9-14 | June 27, 2018 | |
| 15 | 5 | Haunted Knight | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (1993), Batman: Madness - A Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special (1994), Batman: Ghosts - A Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special (1995) | July 11, 2018 | |
| 16 | 37 | Private Casebook | Detective Comics (1937) #841-845 | July 25, 2018 | |
| 17 | 39 | R.I.P. | Batman (1940) #676-681 | August 8, 2018 | |
| 18 | 4 | Prey | Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #11-15 | August 22, 2018 | |
| 19 | 67 | Graveyard Shift | Batman (2011) #18-20, 34, Batman Annual (2011) #2 and a story from Detective Comics (2011) #27 | September 5, 2018 | |
| 20 | 41 | Batman vs. Robin | Batman & Robin (2009) #7-12 | September 19, 2018 | |
| 21 | 6 | Dark Victory | 1 | Batman: Dark Victory #0-6 | October 3, 2018 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | Batman: Dark Victory #7-13 | October 17, 2018 | |
| 23 | 61 | Death of the Family | 1 | TBA | October 31, 2018 |
| 24 | 62 | 2 | November 14, 2018 | ||
| 25 | 45 | Batman and Robin Must Die | November 28, 2018 | ||
| 26 | TBA | Batman Neal Adams | 1 | December 12, 2018 | |
| 27 | Gates of Gotham | December 26, 2018 | |||
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special 1 | Batman Eternal | 1 | Batman Eternal #1-13 | May 5, 2018 | [3] |
| Special 2 | 2 | Batman Eternal #14-26 | July 25, 2018 | [4] | |
| Special 3 | 3 | Batman Eternal #27-39 | September 19, 2018 | [5] | |
| Special 4 | 4 | Batman Eternal #40-52 | December 16, 2018 | [6] | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upsell 1 | Bruce Wayne: Murderer | 1 | Detective Comics (1937) #742-753, Batman: Turning Points #1-5 | September 19, 2018 |
References
- ↑ "DC Comics - The Legend of Batman". Eaglemoss.
- ↑ "DC Comics - La Legende de Batman". Eaglemoss (in French). Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ↑ "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 2018-09-29.
- ↑ "Legends Of Batman: DC Graphic Novel Collection Special: Volume 4: Batman Eternal: Part 4". Forbidden Planet. Retrieved 2018-09-29.