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Batman: Legacy

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The advertised book is "Batman: Legacy." However, the synopsis, and both customer reviews, are for an earlier graphic novel, entitled "Batman: Contagion." The aforementioned plague is released, confronted and eventually cured in "Contagion" and in "Legacy" the source is traced.

I'll try to review this without spoiling too much. This is basically the sequel to the Contagion Storyline. Apparently the cure found by Azrael in Contagion only makes the virus dormant and eventually mutates it into an even more deadly strain. The villain(I'm sure by looking at the cover you know who it is) is looking to spread even more viruses around the world including Gotham City. It's up to Batman, Nightwing, and Robin(Huntress steps in towards the end)to travel around the world and stop the bad guys from releasing the upgraded virus. The good thing about this book is that the story does not constantly shift from one subplot to another like Contagion. However it does have its weaknesses. After rereading it several times I still can't figure out Catwoman's role in the story. Basically she was captured and held at the villain's stronghold where he was planning his attacks. She escapes only to never be seen again in the story. Not only that, DC Comics makes it even stranger by not printing the whole story. Instead they print a couple pictures and some captions in an attempt to summarize it. Catwoman's appearance had no relevance at all. The only reason I can think why they put her in the story at the beginning was to show us the "wheel of plagues." But any reader would have figured out how the viruses were created because the wheel was reintroduced later on in the story. Overall it was still a good read. Maybe I read into it too much but I think Chuck Dixon was already teasing a Nightwing/Huntress love story. At one point she says to Nightwing: "Boys and their toys." Earlier on Nightwing tells Robin that he and Huntress are good at the "sneaky" stuff. I'm sure Dixon would have done a much better job if he was writing the Nightwing/Huntress story instead of Devin. This book is worth picking up if you can manage to find a copy. I managed to get one on Ebay for just $15. They should reprint this book considering they decided to the same to Contagion.

How many more deep blows to their collective souls can the good citizens of Gotham City take?

They weathered the outbreak of a lethal disease, an Ebola-like virus ("The Clench"), which has now returned...with a vengeance. And tragic times will bring unique alliances - for good and evil - with Batman and Robin teaming up with the likes of Nightwing, Oracle, Catwoman, Azrael and the Huntress to defeat the twisted genius of Ra's Al Ghul, Bane and The League of Assassins, who have a goal of unleashing a strain of the virus throughout the world.

From the streets of Gotham City to the expanse of the Middle East, the sequel to Batman: Contagion is a race against time, as an unbridled evil is prepared to destroy the world and place those "lucky" enough to survive into a test tube of servitude.

Ras Al Guhl plans to unless a deadly virus upon the world...and only Batman, Robin, Catwoman, and Nightwing can stop him! Awesome artwork and plot line.