Legends of the Dark Knight



Legends of the Dark Knight is published by DC Comics. Current Price per issue is $3.99.

Last Issue

 * Legends of the Dark Knight #3: 20 Jul 2021

Current Issue

 * Legends of the Dark Knight #4: 17 Aug 2021

Next Issue

 * Legends of the Dark Knight #5: 21 Sep 2021

Status
A new digital first series started April 2021, with print following in May 2021. Final issue is #8.

Main Characters

 * Batman

Allies

 * James Gordon
 * Alfred

Enemies

 * Joker
 * Harvey Dent (Two-Face)

Trade Paperbacks

 * Batman: Gothic - Collects vol. 1 #6-10. "The Dark Knight Detective must defeat an immortal killer while dealing with a terrifying horror from Bruce Wayne's youth. While plagued by nightmares about a headmaster from his childhood, Batman investigates the murders of the major crime bosses in Gotham. Discovering the culprit is a serial child killer whom the mafia had drowned years ago, the Dark Knight Detective goes after the mysterious Mr. Whisper. But when Batman confronts the macabre killer he realizes that he is actually the headmaster who used to torment Bruce Wayne as a boy. Encumbered by adolescent fear, the Caped Crusader must find a way to stop this unkillable man from unleashing a lethal plague on Gotham." - -  -


 * Batman: Prey - Collects vol. 1 #11-15, 137-141. "Batman must confront the sinister Dr. Hugo Strange, a man with a deadly secret who is determined to kill the Dark Knight. Who is the fearsome Night Scourge, and what is his link to the GCPD? And how does Catwoman fit into all this?" - -


 * Batman: Venom - Collects vol. 1 #16-20. "After Batman fails to save a young girl, he becomes addicted to Venom – and his entire life begins to spiral out of control." -


 * Batman: Collected Legends of the Dark Knight - Collects vol. 1 #32-34, 38, 42-43. -


 * Batman International - Collects vol. 1 #52-53, plus Batman: The Scottish Connection. "When a string of bizarre murders hits Barcelona, The Dark Knight makes it his top priority." -


 * Batman: Going Sane - Collects vol. 1 #65-68 & 100. "After a life-and-death struggle, The Joker seemingly kills Batman. Faced with the loss of his nemesis, the insane Joker can only retreat… into sanity." -


 * Batman: Monsters - Collects vol. 1 #71-73, 83-84, 89-90. "First, Batman investigates murders that seem to have been committed by a werewolf. Then, he must battle bio-engineered soldiers turned killing-machines. And in the final story, Batman faces Clayface." -


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – Conspiracy - Collects vol. 1 #86-88, plus Detective Comics vol. 1 #821. "A rash of ritual murders sends Batman on cross-country search for the source, even as the cult begins fashioning its own line of defense."


 * Legends of the Dark Knight – Marshall Rogers - Collects vol. 1 #132-136, plus Detective Comics vol. 1 #468, 471-479 & 481; DC Special Series #15; Secret Origins #6; and Batman: Dark Detective #1-6. -


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – The Demon Laughs - Collects vol. 1 #142-145. "Ra’s Al Ghul teams up with the Clown Prince of Crime for the first time. Their mission: Destroy the Dark Knight and take over the world!"


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – Bad - Collects vol. 1 #146-148, 179. "Jordy is big and simple. Hewould never use his enormous strength to hurt someone – but inside him lurks something bad. Can Batman remove the demonic Bad without destroying Jordy?"


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – Blink - Collects vol. 1 #156-158, plus Action Comics vol. 1 #847. "A blind man who sees through the eyes of others taps into the mind of a killer, propelling Batman into a citywide conspiracy."


 * Batman: Blink - Collects vol. 1 #156-158 & 164-167. "When a blind man with the power to see through the eyes of other men accidentally taps into the mind of a serial killer, Batman finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that reaches from the streets of Gotham City straight up into its cathedrals of power." - -


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – Don't Blink - Collects vol. 1 #164-167. "Blink, the blind man who can see through the eyes of whomever he touches, is back."


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – Urban Legends - Collects vol. 1 #168, 177-180. "When Catwoman tries to crush a human slave trade run in Gotham City, it draws the attention of Batman."


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – Irresistible - Collects vol. 1 #169-171, plus Hourman #22. "The Dark Knight encounters Frank Sharp, an exceptionally ugly man who has the ability to make people do whatever he wants just by shaking their hand. Sharp is out to make a name for himself in Gotham City’s worlds of politics and crime — if Batman doesn’t stop him first."


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – The Secret City, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #180-181 & 190-191. "Batman and Oracle must solve a string of murders in a part of Gotham City no one knew existed, leading Oracle into a world of her greatest dreams – and nightmares. Plus: Batman tangles with Mr. Freeze!"


 * Batman: Snow - Collects vol. 1 #192-196. "A stirring story that tells the origin of the deadly Batman foe Mr. Freeze from a new perspective... A family tragedy forges the obsession of a super-villain, and a young Batman must assemble a strike force to help him deal with the fallout!" -


 * DC Comics Presents: Batman – Blaze of Glory, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #197-199 & 212. "A criminal with something to prove stalks Batman, and a young man takes his date to a Gotham City rooftop to look for the Dark Knight."


 * Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 2 #1-5. - -  -


 * Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 2 #6-10. - -  -


 * Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 2 #11-13 & vol. 3 #1. - -  -


 * Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, vol. 4 - Collects vol. 3 #2-3. -


 * Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, vol. 5 - Collects vol. 3 #4-5. -

Hardcovers

 * Batman: Gothic Deluxe Edition - Collects vol. 1 #6-10. -


 * Legends of the Dark Knight: Matt Wagner - Collects vol. 1 #28-30, plus Batman and the Monster Men #1-6, Batman and the Mad Monk #1-6, Batman/Riddler: The Riddle Factory #1, and Batman vol. 3 #54. -


 * Tales of Batman: Archie Goodwin - Collects vol. 1 #132-136; plus Detective Comics vol. 1 #437-443 & Annual #3; & Batman: Night Cries -


 * Tales of Batman: J.H. Williams III - Collects vol. 1 #86-88 & 192-196, plus Batman vol. 1 #526, 550, 667-669 & Annual #21, Chase #7-8, & Detective Comics vol. 1 #821. - -

Omnibus Hardcovers

 * Batman: No Man’s Land Omnibus, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #116-121; plus Batman: No Man’s Land #1, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-88, Batman vol. 1 #563-568, Azrael: Agent of the Bat #51-57, Detective Comics vol. 1 #730-735, The Batman Chronicles #16-17, Young Justice in No Man’s Land #1, Robin #67, Nightwing vol. 1 #35-37, and Catwoman vol. 2 #72-74. - - (forthcoming, October 2021)

Publishing History

 * Volume 1: #1-214, 1989-2007
 * Volume 2: #1-13, 2012-2013 (Reprints stories from the digital-first series)
 * Volume 3: #1-5, 2014-2015 (100-Page Super Spectaculars)
 * Volume 4: #1-8, 2021 (Reprints stories from the digital-first series)

Future Publication Dates

 * Legends of the Dark Knight #5: 21 Sep 2021
 * Legends of the Dark Knight #6: 19 Oct 2021
 * Batman: No Man’s Land Omnibus, vol. 1 HC: 26 Oct 2021
 * Legends of the Dark Knight #7: 16 Nov 2021
 * Legends of the Dark Knight #8: 21 Dec 2021

Links

 * DC Comics