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Eric W.H. Taft
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:32 pm |
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I just sold a small lot of Legends of the Dark Knight comics on eBay.
Boy, that was a good series. I really liked the approach. Three-part stories, each with a different creative team, no real worries about continuity, and usually set back some years. Some top notch talent worked on those books, and the results were almost always intersting.
Hell, if I didn't talk myself out of it I would have kept the run, filled in the (many) holds, and had it bound.
These were quality Batman comics.
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Jamie McCrimmon
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:18 pm |
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Consistently the best Bat-book for most of its lifespan, yes. Some definite dips and lurches in quality along the way, and it sagged after around #100 and never really recovered (some very good stories after that, but the consistency was gone), but back in the day, it was a damn fine read.
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:23 pm |
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I lasted the first 30+ issues of that book, I liked it alot.
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Dr. Chris Evil
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:24 pm |
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I liked it better when the multi-part stories were self-contained in the mag. When they began crossing over with the other Bat mags, not so much. I liked that it was outside continuity.
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Eric W.H. Taft
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:26 pm |
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I didn't know they started doing crossovers. Yeah, I would not have liked that. I liked that it was self-contained, too. I was reading it right around the time of all those insane Knightfall crossovers. Couldn't make heads or tails of the main Batman, but this one was just right.
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Jamie McCrimmon
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:32 pm |
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The crossovers started in the aftermath of Knightfall, I think - there was a short tie-in story to KnightQuest, or KnightsEnd, or somesuch bollocks. It didn't become a regular thing until much later, though.
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:34 pm |
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Pure Evil Gold!!
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Eric W.H. Taft wrote: I didn't know they started doing crossovers. Yeah, I would not have liked that. I liked that it was self-contained, too. I was reading it right around the time of all those insane Knightfall crossovers. Couldn't make heads or tails of the main Batman, but this one was just right. Yeah, I think it started with issue #27. They crossed over with a storyline appearing in the main two mags. And they used some designs by Anton Furst, who was the production designer on Tim Burton's first Batman film.
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Jamie McCrimmon
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:43 pm |
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Oh god, I'd forgotten about that one. It wasn't very good at all, although the new city designs were pretty good for the six months or so that writers/artists paid them any attention.
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:54 pm |
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Loved this series early on. The Bryan Talbot, Tim Sale and Matt Wagner arcs were tops. I should dig these out for a re-read.
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Eric W.H. Taft
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:59 pm |
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The Tim Sale was one of the arcs I sold.  Thing is, I knew if I kept them around I'd get the urge to fill in the holes. Better to sell it and kill the urge.
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:05 pm |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:08 pm |
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I had the whole run, then last January dumped off all the ones I was sure I would never read again* (about 1/3 of the series or slightly more). The rest are coming up soon in my pull out to reread schedule, after I finish Alias.
*I don't care about holes in the run, just the stories that are good.
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:06 pm |
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The Gil Kane artwork on Flyer was pretty good.
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:29 pm |
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MILFbait wrote: The Gil Kane artwork on Flyer was pretty good. I forgot about that one! Gotta do some digging!
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:04 am |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:05 am |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:07 am |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:09 am |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:10 am |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:11 am |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:13 am |
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Post subject: Legends of the Dark Knight was a good series Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:18 am |
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Dr. Chris Evil wrote: I liked it better when the multi-part stories were self-contained in the mag. When they began crossing over with the other Bat mags, not so much. I liked that it was outside continuity. Exactly my thoughts.
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