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Most of the stories featured in ''Legends'' are set in the early years of Batman's career, though a few have been set in the present and even the future. Stories set at the beginning of Batman's career are referred to as taking place during "Year One", meaning Bruce Wayne's first year of crimefighting as Batman. Again the title had been initially promoted as only doing stories from before Robin , Dick Grayson, the first Robin, did appear in issue 23, though he was still a circus performer. Some of the creative talent who have worked on the series include Dennis O'Neil , Grant Morrison , Mike Mignola , Bill Willingham , Matt Wagner , and Doug Moench . COLLECTED ISSUES Several of the stories from the title have been collected into Trade Paperback s including the following:
AWARDS Issues 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 125, and 126 of the series were parts of the '' No Man's Land '' storyline, which won the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Story for 2000. SPECIALS AND SPIN-OFFS There are three annual ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials'' written by ''. A short lived series ''Legends of the DC Universe'' was based on the concept of Legends of the Dark Knight but instead of Batman featured a rotating roster of other DC Superheroes . The ''Mitefall'' special used a modern version of Bat-Mite who first appeared in ''Legends of the Dark Knight'' to parody the Batman Knightfall storyline. TRIVIA Legends of the Dark Knight is also the title of an episode from The New Batman Adventures era of Batman: The Animated Series. The title refers to the Batman comic book of the same name. In the episode, three Gotham City children tell each other stories of Batman, which include: Batman and Robin comically foiling a heist by the Joker, inspired by the 1950s era comics and camp 1960s television show; An accurate recreation of Batman's fight with the Mutant gang leader from The Dark Knight Returns, complete with a tank-like Batmobile and Carrie Kelly as Robin; and a "dig" at the Batman movies of Joel Schumacher (and possibly a gay joke), in which another child (whose name is Joel) claims that Batman has "tight rubber armor" and a car that "can drive up walls" all while snuggling into the bright pink feather boa he is carrying with him. REFERENCES |
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