Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Jazz #1

Batman: Jazz

by Gerard Jones, Mark Badger (Illustrator)

Violence and the music of a mysterious street musician draw the Dark Knight into the underground world of Gotham City's jazz scene, where legendary musician Blue Byrd seems to have come back to life.

Genres: Comics, Batman

32 pages, Spine-stitch

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Gerard Jones is an award-winning American author and comic book writer. From 1987 to 2001, Jones wrote many comic books for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Viz Media, Malibu Comics and other publishers; including Green Lantern, Justice League, Prime, Ultraforce, El Diablo, Wonder Man, Martian Manhunter, Elongated Man, The Shadow, Pokémon, and Batman.

Jones is author of the Eisner Award-winning Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book (2004); Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Superheroes and Make-Believe Violence (2002), and Honey I'm Home: Sitcoms Selling the American Dream (1993). Jones is co-author with Will Jacobs of The Beaver Papers (1983), The Comic Book Heroes (1985, 1996), and the comic book The Trouble with Girls (1987-1993). From 1983 to 1988, Jacobs and Jones were contributors to National Lampoon magazine. He and Jacobs began writing humorous fiction again in 2008 with the online series My Pal Splendid Man and Million Dollar Ideas

Reviews

[Stephanie Markwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exactly what it says on the tin: mid 90's Batman edge, through the lens of jazz music & culture. Very fun short mystery with some memorable characters. Painfully obvious that it was written by a white guy, but retains the smokey jazz noir energy found in stuff like the Crow. Also, just lots of great character designs.

[mwr · Rating 5 out of 5]

It deliver exactly what it promises

[Sjoerd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm very biased because I don't like superheroes but do enjoy some Batman every once in a while and I'm a fan of jazz so this is the one superhero comic I actively sought out. I don't know how it holds up in superhero way but I really enjoyed the alternate timeline aspect of ya boi Parker