Reviews

Batman: Dark Legends by Bryan Talbot, Mike Mignola, Bret Blevins, Arthur Ranson, Willie Schubert, Alan Grant, Dan Raspler, Denny O'Neil, Gaspar Saladino

gothicteletubby's review

3.5

The first two issues are a skip personally.

I'm not a huge Joker fan, but I liked this version of his and Batman's first meeting. Batman looking at Joker straight in the face and not having a single reaction is so funny, and I liked the idea of how the Joker-Gas came to be. I think Joker/Batman stories to be so violent and vicious and I don't like that at all, so this was a good read.

dieslaughing's review

2.0

A compendium of stories set in the early years of Batman's career, including a tale from Bruce's training in the Orient, a Dennis O'Neil imagining of the Dark Knight's first encounter with the Joker, a ghost story of sorts, and the requisite psychological wrangling of Bruce's childhood trauma. It's this last story that works the best, with Bruce projecting his own fears and assumptions onto those close to him (Alfred, Catwoman, etc.); just try not to over-think how contrived the set-up is. All in all, a very average collection, and the O'Neil contribution is particularly disappointing.