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Legends of the Batman (DC Comics)

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This is a reprint of earlier Greenberg anthologies, except that in this volume you get a story about each of the cover featured characters as a movie tie-in, both by Dennis O'Neill.

Legends of the Batman : 01 Bone - Will Murray
Legends of the Batman : 02 The Pirate of Millionaires' Cove - Edward D. Hoch
Legends of the Batman : 03 Those Were the Days - Jerry A. Novick
Legends of the Batman : 04 On the Wings of Angel - Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Legends of the Batman : 05 Help! I Am a Prisoner - Joey Cavalieri
Legends of the Batman : 06 The City That Could Not Breathe - Will Murray
Legends of the Batman : 07 An Unauthorized Biography - Brian M. Thomsen
Legends of the Batman : 08 Balloons - Edward Wellen
Legends of the Batman : 09 Going Straight - Laurie Sefton and Charles Von Rospach
Legends of the Batman : 10 The Cat's-Eye Crown - Kay Demijohn
Legends of the Batman : 11 Best of All - Marco Palmieri
Legends of the Batman : 12 Catwomen - Greg Cox
Legends of the Batman : 13 Double Dribble - George Alec Effinger
Legends of the Batman : 14 Seize the Night - Will Murray
Legends of the Batman : 15 Happy Birthday - Mark L. Van Name and Jack McDevitt
Mr. Freeze: The Early Years - Dennis O'Neil
Poison Ivy's Gift - Dennis O'Neil


Identity quest, tv style, with a bit of forensic modelling.

4 out of 5


Sea raider has all the trappings except the bird.

3 out of 5


The Birds, machined.

3 out of 5


Tough girl inspires cat curiosity and jealousy.

4 out of 5


Cartoonist forced into killing strip, clever with the ink.

4 out of 5


Pollution overload and catnapping = teamup.

4 out of 5


Sleazewriter factually lacking.

2.5 out of 5


Puzzles from the Grin Reaper.

3.5 out of 5


Bent security.

3 out of 5


Heist leaves hairy problem.

3.5 out of 5


Explosive rampage aims to break gang armistice.

3.5 out of 5


Multiple moggie mayhem.

3.5 out of 5


First point guard with green hair's basketball cover story.

4 out of 5


The Aztec Eagle has a thing for VIP abduction, and Volkswagens. Also some supernatural cycles of sacrifice. Luckily for one politician's daughter, there is a Bat around in Mexico.

4 out of 5


Chaos designed to push to the edge.

3 out of 5

Do not take me wrong. The tales in this book are really great, but the Batman that is portrayed there does not match the acual one, in psychological profile. There is much light for a set of Dark Knight adventures and, in addition, Bruce Wayne shows himself a lot, a thing Batman does not usually do. However, there are some great stories, as Thomsen's An Unauthorized Biography, Murray's Bone and, best of all... Palmieri's Best of All. If you are a true "batmanite", you may not like this book, but if you are for a good reading and don't care about a lot of "pre-pre-pre-crisis" stories, you may enjot it.

This book simply was amazing. I usually get bored reading, but this one i couldnt put down. the stories are dark and violent, and have this creepy feeling about them you just cant get from reading the comic book. Also, the stories dont require a vast knowledge of batman continuity.