DC Comics – The Legend of Batman
DC Comics – The Legend of Batman 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. 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, 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, 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.
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 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.
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.| Issue number | Title | Collecting | Release date | ||
| Special 1 | Batman Eternal | 1 | Batman Eternal #1–13 | ||
| Special 2 | Batman Eternal | 2 | Batman Eternal #14–26 | ||
| Special 3 | Batman Eternal | 3 | Batman Eternal #27–39 | ||
| Special 4 | Batman Eternal | 4 | Batman Eternal #40–52; Batman #28 | ||
| Special 5 | Batman and Robin Eternal | 1 | Batman and Robin Eternal #1–12; Batman Endgame Special Edition #1 | 10 March 2019 | |
| Special 6 | Batman and Robin Eternal | 2 | Batman and Robin Eternal #13–26 | 1 May 2019 | |
| Special 7 | The Batman Adventures | 1 | The Batman Adventures #1–12 | 4 September 2019 | |
| Special 8 | The Batman Adventures | 2 | The Batman Adventures #13–24 | 27 November 2019 | |
| Special 9 | The Batman Adventures | 3 | The Batman Adventures #25–36 | 16 February 2020 | |
| Special 10 | Batman: War Games | 1 | Detective Comics #790–796; Robin #126–127; Batgirl #53 | 13 May 2020 | |
| Special 11 | Batman: War Games | 2 | Robin #128–129; Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure #1; Detective Comics #797–798; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182–183; Nightwing #96; Batman; Gotham Knights #56; Batgirl #55; Catwoman #34; Batman #631 | 27 July 2020 | |
| Special 12 | Batman: War Games | 3 | Nightwing #97–98; Batman; Gotham Knights #57–58; Robin #130; Batgirl #56–57; Catwoman #35; Batman #632; Detective Comics #799; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184 | 27 October 2020 | |
| Special 13 | Batman: War Games | 4 | Catwoman #36; Batman #633–634, 642–644; Detective Comics #800, 809–810; Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 2005; Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins 2005 | ||
| Special 14 | Batman: Black and White | 1 | Batman: Black And White #1–4; Batman: Black And White ; backup stories from Batman: Gotham Knights #1–16 | ||
| Special 15 | Batman: Black and White | 2 | Backup stories from Batman: Gotham Knights #17–49 | ||
| Special 16 | Batman: Black and White | 3 | Batman: Black and White #1–6 | ||
| Special 17 | Shadow of the Bat | 1 | Shadow of the Bat #1–12 | ||
| Special 18 | Shadow of the Bat | 2 | |||
| Special 19 | Shadow of the Bat | 3 |
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.| Issue Number | Title | Collecting |
| Special 1 | Flashpoint | Flashpoint #1-5; The Flash #139; Batman: Knight of Vengeance #1-3; Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Greysons #1-3 |
| Special 2 | Year One: Robin & Batgirl | Robin: Year One #1–4; Batgirl: Year One #1-9 |
| Special 3 | Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper/When In Rome | Catwoman #1–4; Catwoman: When in Rome #1–6 |
| Special 4 | Trinity War/Forever Evil | Trinty of Sin: Pandora #1; Justice League #22–23; Justice League of America #6-7; Justice League Dark #22–23; Forever Evil #1–7 |
| Special 5 | Nightwing: Year One/The Giant Leap | Nightwing #101–106 & #147–153 |
| Special 6 | Kingdom Come/The Kingdom | Kingdom Come #1–4; The Kingdom #1–2 |
| Special 7 | Dark Knights Metal/Dark Knights Rising | |
| Special 8 | Battle For the Cowl | |
| Special 9 | Catwoman by Brubaker | |
| Special 10 | Crisis on Infinite Earths | |
| Special 11 | Infinity Crisis | |
| Special 12 | Final Crisis | |
| Special 13 | Identity Crisis | |
| Special 14 | Gotham Central 1 | |
| Special 15 | Gotham Central 2 | |
| Special 16 | Gotham Central 3 | |
| Standalone | Batman Cover Art: 1939 - 2017 | An oversized hardback book featuring the cover art from a selection of 100 Batman comics published between 1939–2017 |