DC Comics – The Legend of Batman

DC Comics – The Legend of Batman[1] was a fortnightly partwork magazine published by Eaglemoss Collections and DC Comics. In 2024, FanHome—a popular subscription based collectible company—announced they would begin rereleasing Eaglemoss's original books and release new content with the collection.[2][3] The series was a collection of special edition hardback graphic novels, that tell Batman's life story from beginning to end. The series follows the success of the DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection, which itself began in 2015 with the Batman story Hush.

The collection started in countries like France,[4] but with a different order and contents. The debut issue, Batman: Zero Year Part 1, was released in the U.K. on 27 December 2017 at the special price of £1.99 and £6.99 for the first order (including 1 free book), before rising to £9.99 per issue. In February 2019 the price was increased to £10.99 and August 2020 saw another increase to £11.99 (post Brexit).

In January 2021, Eaglemoss Collections notified subscribers that, due to its success, the collection would be extended to 100 issues.

In September 2021, a flyer was included with issue #98 ("Blood of Heroes") that confirmed a further extension of 20 issues, bringing the collection to 120 books. Of which is only available if you resubscribe and not in stores (mentioned on their website).

Eaglemoss announced they were bankrupt on 11 July 2022, the Webshop is no longer accessible and to date there have been no new subscription deliveries since December 2021. Due to this, issues 106-116 have never been released; the final release was issue 105.

List of books

Eaglemoss regular issues

Below is a list of the books which were released as part of the initial Eaglemoss collection.

Eaglemoss special issues

The following 'special' books were released as part of the initial Eaglemoss collection with a UK retail price of £19.99. Subscribers get the Special issues at a discounted price of £18.99.

Eaglemoss subscriber exclusive issues

The initial Eaglemoss collection offered subscribers the opportunity to receive additional gifts throughout the collection by paying £1 extra per volume. The exclusive Legends of Batman books were issued every 20 issues over the course of the collection.

FanHome regular issues

Below is a list of the books which have been released as part of the FanHome rereleased collection.

FanHome special issues

The following 'special' books were released as part of the FanHome collection.

References

  1. DC Comics - The Legend of Batman Eaglemoss^
  2. DC Legend of Batman Graphic Novels www.fanhome.com, retrieved 2024-07-20^
  3. Jay Yaws. Fanhome announce The Legends of Batman collections Batman News, 2024-07-19, retrieved 2024-07-20^
  4. DC Comics - La Legende de Batman Eaglemoss, retrieved 2018-08-21^
  5. Legend of Batman Special 1: Eternal 1 Eaglemoss^
  6. Legend of Batman Special 2: Eternal 2 Eaglemoss^
  7. Legends Of Batman: DC Graphic Novel Collection Special: Volume 3: Batman Eternal Part 3 Forbidden Planet, retrieved 2018-09-29^
  8. Legends Of Batman: DC Graphic Novel Collection Special: Volume 4: Batman Eternal: Part 4 Forbidden Planet, retrieved 2018-09-29^
  9. Legends Of Batman: DC Graphic Novel Collection Special: Volume 5: Batman & Robin Eternal Part 1 Forbidden Planet, retrieved 2019-01-19^
  10. Eaglemoss^
  11. Eaglemoss^
  12. Eaglemoss^
  13. Eaglemoss^
  14. Eaglemoss^
  15. Eaglemoss^
  16. Eaglemoss^
  17. Eaglemoss^
  18. Eaglemoss retrieved 27 August 2021^