Legends of the Dark Knight (2021-) #1

Legends of the Dark Knight (2021)

by Darick Robertson, Diego Rodríguez (Colorist)

BAD NIGHT, GOOD KNIGHT begins! Legendary Creator Darick Robertson (The Boys, Happy) crafts a horrifying night in Gotham City that will change Batman forever. A new player in the city is selling a deadly chemical and all of Batman's villains want to buy. Batman is going to have to stop the chemical from being sold, and stop a deadly stand-off between The Penguin and Mr. Freeze!

Genres: Comics, Batman, Dc Comics, Comic Book

23 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 2, 2021

About the author

Darick Robertson is an American artist best known for his work as a comic book illustrator. Highly prolific, Robertson has illustrated hundreds of comics in his twenty plus years in the industry. His body of work ranges from science fiction characters of his own creation to headlining on renowned classic characters from Marvel and DC Comics. Robertson is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the biting satires TRANSMETROPOLITAN and THE BOYS.

In January of 2010 he wrote and illustrated CONAN: THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN for Dark Horse Comics.

Darick currently lives in California with his wife and two children. When he's not drawing comics, which is almost all the time, he creates custom action figures, writes music, sings and plays guitar.

Original art for sale can be found at tinyurl.com/DarickR

Reviews

[Mr. Cody · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ain’t nothing wrong with a straightforward Batman caper.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great start

The art was very good, reminded me of older comics art and the story is great so far. Just a good old fashion Batman story with a mysterious bad guy at the center. I also like that this is bringing in these older versions of Batman's villains. Really hope this continues.

[Rangga Sukmawijaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gas beracun memakan korban jiwa para penjaga keamanan di pelabuhan kota Gotham. Batman melacak penjualan gas itu sambil mengira-ngira siapakah salah satu di antara musuh bebuyutannya yang terlibat dalam kasus ini. Ia memergoki Cobblepot sedang bertransaksi dengan penjual gas sarin mematikan, hanya sayang si penjual itu memakai masker gas sehingga tidak bisa dikenali. Penjual itu berhasil lolos ketika Batman sibuk meringkus Mr. Freeze dan Penguin. Satu-satunya petunjuk: kasus ini memiliki keterkaitan dengan Rusia.

[Gordon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved that. It's a very familiar type story, but done so well. The art has a very Boland look to it too, which is always a plus for me. I'd say this was a better Batman story than any of the main-line Bat books in 2021.

[Etienne · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5/5. Interesting and entertaining, but far from being original in any way. Just feel like a big déjà-vu!

[Nick LeBlanc · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good classic art style, writing and story are meh.

[Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice, straightforward Batman story. And no Cultural Marxism for a change.

[minnal · Rating 4 out of 5]

i started reading this thinking it was something else... i thought it was the one from the 80s or whenever... but omg i really like this actually

[Rob S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Did someone not get the memo? LOTDK is supposed to feature fresh stories set in Batman's early years. Thus the "Legends" part of the title. A lot of the original 214-issue run most often had the Dark Knight handling street level criminals instead of the heavies from the rogues gallery... filling in and building up lore from Batman's early days... roughly Years One through Five.

This first arc has Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and Scarecrow, and Commissioner Gordon (instead of Lt. or Capt. Gordon). It's a new Bat book telling contemporary stories, and it misses the mark.