Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Special Edition #1

by Jeph Loeb

Just in time for Halloween, fans can get this FREE excerpt from the first chapter of the critically acclaimed graphic novel BATMAN: HAUNTED KNIGHT, which features dark tales of horror and intrigue featuring Batman facing off against his most demented and wicked foes. Taking place on the most evil of holidays, Halloween, the Dark Knight Detective confronts his deepest fears as he tries to stop the madness and horror created by Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter, the Penguin, Poison Ivy and the Joker.

Genres: Comics, Batman, Dc Comics, Comic Book, Superheroes

28 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2014

About the author

Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes, and formerly a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost.

A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.

Reviews

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this on ComiXology. Think Batman has is bad? Wait till Halloween comes around and he has to track down the Scarecrow. I thought it was pretty good. Bruce Wayne hasn't slept in days and to make matters worse he has to face off against Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow. The illustrations could have been a bit better in some parts but overall the storyline was very solid and you really felt for Batman as he let his feelings known and even some of his deep dark feelings. Also, even Gotham's beloved crimefighter and playboy needs sleep.

[Bianca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this one- it was only 36 pages but with the excellent graphics it was definitely an intriguing story. I was impressed that even with a lack of text there was so much depth in a story dealing with scarecrow and psychosis- I mean only a true artist could convey that in a few frames! Even the movies have to have a couple of scenes with a lot of dialogue.

[OinkFish Pigs · Rating 5 out of 5]

High 9.7

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I haven’t really read any of the Batman comics. We picked this up for free on Free Comic Book Day this past weekend. We thought it was odd that this comic store had so many Halloween comics, but when I looked closely, it appears there is a Halloween Comic Fest – which this was a part of.

I really enjoyed this story. I am fairly aware of who Scarecrow is from the Dark Knight movies and Gotham, tv show. I thought the comic did it really well drawing the fear that people see. I’m not sure how Batman didn’t inhale the gas. Good lungs, I guess?

Obviously this was way too short. But it was enough to make me want to read the graphic novels. My husband owns several of them, so I plan to pick them up in the next month or two, once we’ve read all our free comics!

If you’re a comic nerd, you should definitely keep an eye out for this event next year. We hit up 4 different comic book stores and while they all had a lot of the same ones (the 2016 releases), some had some from previous events left over, and another appeared to just be moving out some of their old stock. So we got a pretty good selection.

[Sarah Fairbairn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this on ComiXology and loved it. I decided i wanted to try to get into comics and through my love of batman would be a good way to start, i really wish i had somewhere decent near by to actually by comics as i found reading this online to be a bit of a challenge.
great story, action packed and full of batman awesomeness.

[G-E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Il est difficile d'avoir une opinion franche, c'est seulement un seul chapitre. J'ai trouvé ce début d'histoire intéressant. J'ai particulièrement aimé les clins d'oeil lorsque que les convives se sont déguisés (Hobbes, Où est Charlie, Bone, Magicien d'Oz, Peter Pan).

[Drew Ames · Rating 4 out of 5]

My standards for review ratings are different for comics than they are for books, but this was a good story, nevertheless. I plan on getting all the issues that make up this story arc as the graphic novel, "BATMAN: HAUNTED KNIGHT."

[Greta is Erikasbuddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son picked this up for me from Bud's Place in Leeds, Alabama for Halloween ComicFest 2014.

Totally made me want to read more.

[Tim Kretschmann · Rating 2 out of 5]

Done before it began.

[Dee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't realize this was an excerpt of something I'd already read.
But I loved the part they chose to give out.

The dynamic duo, Sale and Loeb, and of course our man, Batman!

[Daniela H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. I love and always will love the batman series.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scarecrow out in Gotham on Halloween night stirring up trouble and it falls to The Caped Crusader to reign him in.