With Batman preoccupied, his deepest, darkest, most dangerous secrets are about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The guest list is strictly villains only, and the outlaw Red Hood fits the bill--putting him on a collision course with Batman's deniable black-ops team, the Outsiders! With Lazarus Island spawning wild-card superpowers across the globe, the stakes could not be higher. Jason Todd, Black Lightning, and Katana will have to put aside their differences to save Batman's legacy--and with it, the world. That's assuming they don't kill each other first!
This is a well-paced one shot, packed with action, introspection, and a compelling plot. I hope that there's much more to come. Read Full Review
Fans of Red Hood, Bane, or recent DC continuity can't miss Batman: Legends of Gotham. Diggle has a great handle on the voice of these characters while the plot connects to recent stories and develops new ones in the process. Read Full Review
As a double-sized focus on some heroes in the Batman universe that don't always get the spotlight, this was a fun standalone worth checking out for Red Hood, The Outsiders and wider Batman scope fans. Read Full Review
When a random one-shot comes out, I'm usually not expecting muchit's often an inventory story. So I was pleasantly surprised by this issue by long-MIA DC writer Andy Diggle, which not only takes place in current continuity but feels like a really good pitch for a new Outsiders series. Read Full Review
Batman: Legends of Gotham #1 is a magnificent comic. It is action-packed and energetic and filled with a dark soul. It uses the stories that have been told before to try and wrap some of them up, an epilogue for Jason Todds recent adventures. Diggles script is fantastic and intelligent, brought to life by a tremendous art team that really generates fun. Read Full Review
Great visuals across every page and panel of this issue. Mostert not only creates great visual character moments, but also awesome action. Read Full Review
Batman: Legends of Gotham is generally a fun comic that new readers can just pick up and enjoy. It explains what you need to know and if it left out the very end, it'd be so much better. But, it clearly leads into something in the future. I have no idea what as I haven't been keeping up with things, which is a bit frustrating. Because, without that little segment, this would have been a far better one-shot. Read Full Review
All the characters in this book have a lot of promise, and it's in safe hands with Diggle and the art team. I was impressed with what I read and look forward to any further installments. Read Full Review
Batman: Legends of Gotham #1 is an adventure where Red Hood infiltrates a criminal lair. It's a fun premise that mostly works, but is brought down by long-winded dialog/exposition, some questionable narrative logic, and an unsatisfying ending that seems to be meant to tie into some other unnamed story. Pick it up if you want more Red Hood stories, but this doesn't do much to set itself apart for a character in need of a clear direction. Read Full Review
For a story about the Outsiders that is not written by Brandon Thomas, this is a surprisingly well-crafted and well-sequenced book. Read Full Review
Batman: Legends of Gotham #1 offers nothing new and is ultimately best skipped by all but the most dedicated of completionists. Read Full Review
I'm really perplexed why this issue really exists. It's kind of a stupid question, I know. DC either commissioned this creative team to make this story happen for some larger plans at play, or Andy Diggle and Karl Mostert really had a story to tell about... this. But nothing here really makes this issue worth reading. It's very dull, and I wish I just skipped it.
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