DC Comics – The Legend of Batman
DC Comics – The Legend of Batman is a fortnightly partwork magazine published by Eaglemoss Collections and DC Comics. The series is a collection of special edition hardback graphic novels, that tell 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 .
The collection started in countries like France, but with a different order and contents. The debut issue,, was released in the U.K. on 27 December 2017 at the special price of £2.99, before gradually rising to £10.99 per issue. 80 issues are planned so far.
List of books
Below is a list of the books which have been released as part of the collection.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 | Collecting | Release date | ||
| Special 1 | Batman Eternal | 1 | Batman Eternal #1-13 | ||
| Special 2 | Batman Eternal | 2 | Batman Eternal #14-26 | ||
| Special 3 | Batman Eternal | 3 | Batman Eternal #27-39 | ||
| Special 4 | Batman Eternal | 4 | Batman Eternal #40-52, Batman #28 | ||
| Special 5 | Batman and Robin Eternal | 1 | Batman and Robin Eternal #1-12, Batman Endgame Special Edition #1 | 10 March 2019 | |
| Special 6 | Batman and Robin Eternal | 2 | Batman and Robin Eternal #13-26 | 1 May 2019 | |
| Special 7 | The Batman Adventures | 1 | The Batman Adventures #1-12 | 1 September 2019 | |
| Special 8 | The Batman Adventures | 2 | The Batman Adventures #13-24 | 21 October 2019 | |
| Special 9 | The Batman Adventures | 3 | The Batman Adventures #25-36 | 16 February 2020 | - |
| Special 10 | 1 | Detective Comics #790-796, Robin #126-127, Batgirl #53 | July 2020 | - | |
| Special 11 | 2 | - |
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 | 01 | Detective Comics #742-753, Batman: Turning Points #1-5 | ||
| Upsell 2 | 02 | Detective Comics #755-766, Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure, Nightwing #65, Batgirl #24, Superman #168, Robin #98, Batman: Gotham Knights #25, Birds of Prey #39 | ||
| Upsell 3 | 01 | Detective Comics #767-770, Batman #599-602, Nightwing #66-68, Batgirl #27, Batman: Gotham Knights #26-29, Robin #99, Birds of Prey #40-41 |