Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #114

Legends of the Dark Knight (1989)

by James Robinson, Dan Brereton (cover, penciler), Tim Bradstreet (inker)

When an error in judgment finds an inexperienced Dark Knight wounded and fighting for life in the unfamiliar streets of Chicago, his only hope of survival may be the strange denizens of the city's darkest slums.

Genres: Batman

Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

James Dale Robinson is a British writer of American comic books and screenplays.

Reviews

[Renan Fontes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great art, strong dialogue, love seeing an inexperienced Batman get hunted. Homeless angle feels a bit dated, though.

[drown_like_its_1999 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Batman follows the trail of a hitman from Gotham to Chicago, and finds himself becoming prey of this hunter as he navigates unfamiliar slums while nursing a gunshot wound. He soon comes to rely on the less fortunate of this windy city neighborhood to help apprehend the man trying to take his life.

Short and semi-sweet, this is an enjoyable "hunter becomes hunted" narrative that sadly doesn't make much use of its new setting or characters beyond some surface level exploration. The art is enjoyable but unexceptional with a style similar to Peter Gross but with a little less detail and personality.