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Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 1

Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 1

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Two of Gotham City's edgiest heroes， Red Hood and Grifter， cross paths with Batman himself in this collection of stories from the new anthology series Batman: Urban Legends。

Two top comics writers， Matthew Rosenberg and Chip Zdarsky， enter the world of Gotham City with new tales of Batman， Red Hood， and Grifter in the first volume collecting stories from the thrilling new anthology series Batman: Urban Legends。

First， writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Eddy Barrows chronicle Red Hood's investigation of a new drug in Gotham City called Cheerdrops。 But this night will NOT go as planned--and as a result， he will end up back in Batman's crosshairs！
Then， writer Matthew Rosenberg joins forces with artist Ryan Benjamin for a new tale of Cole Cash--better known as Grifter。 Picking up story points from recent Batman issues， readers will learn why Cole is in Gotham to begin with。 Plus， discover the truth about the mysterious organization known as HALO， and witness round two of Batman versus Grifter。

This title collects stories from Batman: Urban Legends #1-6。

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Molly™☺ ，

60% | C+ | Good"Guns are a coward's weapon。。。and we will not be cowards"Two separate stories， one featuring Red Hood investigating a new drug called Cheerdrops， the other a story revolving around Cole Cash A。K。A Grifter。 The first story featuring Jason Todd is bloody brilliant。 It's an exploration of the relationship between Bruce and Jason， whilst also serving as a character study for Red Hood。 Unfortunately， the second story centred around the Grifter does not live up to the standard that is s 60% | C+ | Good"Guns are a coward's weapon。。。and we will not be cowards"Two separate stories， one featuring Red Hood investigating a new drug called Cheerdrops， the other a story revolving around Cole Cash A。K。A Grifter。 The first story featuring Jason Todd is bloody brilliant。 It's an exploration of the relationship between Bruce and Jason， whilst also serving as a character study for Red Hood。 Unfortunately， the second story centred around the Grifter does not live up to the standard that is set。 Sometimes Batman stories with very little to no Batman work， sometimes they don't。 This is the latter。 Cole is not an interesting protagonist， and his story is extremely forgettable and somewhat bland。 A book definitely worth reading for the Red Hood story alone， but be prepared for a let down if you plan on reading the whole thing。 As a complete sidenote， WildC。A。T。S is an awful team name and I know it was made before High School Musical， but my brain keeps thinking of Troy Bolton。。。 。。。more

A。J。 Anders ，

This is a weird collected edition， as it only collects the 6 Red Hood issues by Chip Zdarsky， and the 6 Grifter issues by Matthew Rosenberg。 None of the other Urban Legends stories make it through， so if you want to read Tim Drake coming out， you’ll have to track down the single issues。The main reason I got this was Zdarsky’s Red Hood series， which doesn’t disappoint， and is reason enough to buy this collection。 Jason Todd is finally given a decent story with some proper character development， w This is a weird collected edition， as it only collects the 6 Red Hood issues by Chip Zdarsky， and the 6 Grifter issues by Matthew Rosenberg。 None of the other Urban Legends stories make it through， so if you want to read Tim Drake coming out， you’ll have to track down the single issues。The main reason I got this was Zdarsky’s Red Hood series， which doesn’t disappoint， and is reason enough to buy this collection。 Jason Todd is finally given a decent story with some proper character development， which is a blessing because between that terrible nonsense by Scott Lobdell， or Geoff Johns making him an incel in Three Jokers， Jason has frankly been shafted over the years。 For the longest time， I thought he should just go back to being a Batfamily villain， like he was during Grant Morrison’s run， but this book has shown why Jason can still work as a hero。 Thank you Zdarsky。Now the grifter story is honestly pretty forgettable。 I read this collection this morning and honestly couldn’t tell you a single thing that happens in this story besides Grifter fighting Batman at one point。 Pretty forgettable， which is a shame because I usually like Rosenberg， and the wildstorm characters aren’t completely uninteresting， but this story is。4。5 stars for the Red Hood story， and 2 for the Grifter one。 。。。more

Charles Dwyre ，

This comic was my first time venturing into the DC comics world， and I was thoroughly impressed。 Before reading this comic， I had only read x-men comics。 In a mission to be more like the person I imagined when I was younger， I have been opening the doors to the comic world for myself for the first time since middle school。 I went into this looking for an intro to the more recent Tim Drake plot， which I am not sure it did for me， but I did enjoy the reading。 Reading this is an excellent introduct This comic was my first time venturing into the DC comics world， and I was thoroughly impressed。 Before reading this comic， I had only read x-men comics。 In a mission to be more like the person I imagined when I was younger， I have been opening the doors to the comic world for myself for the first time since middle school。 I went into this looking for an intro to the more recent Tim Drake plot， which I am not sure it did for me， but I did enjoy the reading。 Reading this is an excellent introduction back into the world of comics and understanding how to read comics and into DC， specifically Jason Todd's storyline。 The art is fantastic。 The story also got me to like Jason Todd as a character， which was pretty much impossible prior。 。。。more

Blindzider ，

I primarily picked this up because I've been enjoying most of what Zdarsky has been doing over at Marvel。 This volume contains two 6 part stories， one by Zdarksy and the other by Rosenberg。Zdarksy's stars the Red Hood and Batman。 It primarily delves into some of Jason's history and difficulties with Bruce all while both are investigating a new villain and a new drug that is killing Gothamites。 The first three issues explain a lot about Jason's past and just what is making him pursue the sort of I primarily picked this up because I've been enjoying most of what Zdarsky has been doing over at Marvel。 This volume contains two 6 part stories， one by Zdarksy and the other by Rosenberg。Zdarksy's stars the Red Hood and Batman。 It primarily delves into some of Jason's history and difficulties with Bruce all while both are investigating a new villain and a new drug that is killing Gothamites。 The first three issues explain a lot about Jason's past and just what is making him pursue the sort of "justice" which puts him at odds with Batman。 Zdarksy writes some strong stuff when it comes to the personalities of the two， however， the main plot had a few incongruous moments that didn't flow well。 The character stuff was excellent but the crime plot needed some polishing。Rosenberg's story mostly deals with Grifter。 Batman is in it a minor bit and there is reference to their previous meeting（s） which I had not read or was aware of。 He writes a small bit of background on Cole and showcases Grifter's attitude and "humor"。 It also serves as a reintroduction of the WildCATS to the DCU。 Overall， it's。。。ok。 I just don't care about the character so it didn't interest me that much。 Fans of the character will probably like it though。 From what I can tell the WildCATS still didn't get brought back。 The art isn't bad though。 。。。more

Mya ，

One of my favourite Batman comics！ I love the relationship between Bruce and Jason！ So good！

lucy ，

giving it five stars solely for the red hood & batman portion。 i was a little less interested in the grifter story personally。

Paxton Holley ，

Not bad。 This was an anthology series with 3-4 different mini-stories in each issue。 The main story was a 6 part Red Hood story by Chip Zdarsky。 It featured a new villain named Cheer that used a modified version of Scarecrow’s fear toxin。 It was good。 I liked it。 Focused a lot on Jason and Bruce’s relationship。 The other story I read was a Grifter story by Matt Rosenberg。 It wasn’t bad。 Grifter toes the line of being funny and annoying。 Other stories featured The Outsiders， Tim Drake， and The Ba Not bad。 This was an anthology series with 3-4 different mini-stories in each issue。 The main story was a 6 part Red Hood story by Chip Zdarsky。 It featured a new villain named Cheer that used a modified version of Scarecrow’s fear toxin。 It was good。 I liked it。 Focused a lot on Jason and Bruce’s relationship。 The other story I read was a Grifter story by Matt Rosenberg。 It wasn’t bad。 Grifter toes the line of being funny and annoying。 Other stories featured The Outsiders， Tim Drake， and The Batgirls。 。。。more

Nymphe ，

I have to say， that I really enjoyed this story。 The art in both stories looks so good。I'm in love with the Red Hood & Batman Story。 The writing was great and I was so happy to see the Flashbacks to Jason's time as Robin。The characters were perfectly in character and I liked how there complex relationship was written。But I enjoyed the Grifter Story as well。 This was the first time， that I read something about this character and it was fun。 You just didn't know， what the end goal was and I think， I have to say， that I really enjoyed this story。 The art in both stories looks so good。I'm in love with the Red Hood & Batman Story。 The writing was great and I was so happy to see the Flashbacks to Jason's time as Robin。The characters were perfectly in character and I liked how there complex relationship was written。But I enjoyed the Grifter Story as well。 This was the first time， that I read something about this character and it was fun。 You just didn't know， what the end goal was and I think， I still don't know。 Seems like I have to look for another comic。 ;）I will definitely re-read this comic。 。。。more

Jude ，

I’ve always found Jason Todd to be one of the most intriguing characters out of the BatFamily， and this collection was a great way of delving deeper into his character and seeing his relationship with Bruce。 This Volume collects two stories， the first being about Red Hood and the second being about Grifter。 Honestly， the Grifter story didn’t pique my interest as much， but Red Hood’s story alone is 5 star material。 I loved the flashback between Jason’s past and the present situation。 I’m excited I’ve always found Jason Todd to be one of the most intriguing characters out of the BatFamily， and this collection was a great way of delving deeper into his character and seeing his relationship with Bruce。 This Volume collects two stories， the first being about Red Hood and the second being about Grifter。 Honestly， the Grifter story didn’t pique my interest as much， but Red Hood’s story alone is 5 star material。 I loved the flashback between Jason’s past and the present situation。 I’m excited to read about more characters and their stories in the next volume。 。。。more

Andrew Shaffer ，

Enjoyed the Grifter story。 The Red Hood story， though…the dude straight up murders an unarmed man and Batman is like， “I wasn’t a good dad， so I’ll let it slide。” Bro， you are BATMAN。 Bruce “Guns Are Bad” Wayne。 Quit letting this punk off the hook。ALSO: This tpb doesn’t collect the entirety of Urban Legends 1-6。 Only two major arcs。

Emmett Spain ，

A 5-star Red Hood story and a 3-star Grifter story make for a 4-star collection。It’s worth emphasising that the Red Hood story really is outstanding。 Chip Zdarsky is crushing it lately， between this and his Daredevil run。 A great character-based story that stands amongst the best Red Hood stories ever written。The Grifter story is entertaining， with the main character being very well written， but the more it goes on， the less sense it makes， and criminally it doesn’t resolve at all。 There is also A 5-star Red Hood story and a 3-star Grifter story make for a 4-star collection。It’s worth emphasising that the Red Hood story really is outstanding。 Chip Zdarsky is crushing it lately， between this and his Daredevil run。 A great character-based story that stands amongst the best Red Hood stories ever written。The Grifter story is entertaining， with the main character being very well written， but the more it goes on， the less sense it makes， and criminally it doesn’t resolve at all。 There is also a lot of withholding around who is the voice in Grifter’s ear， which is revealed in a way that left me saying “Huh？” It just assumed a lot of knowledge of an obscure character that I didn’t have， so the reveal didn’t land on me at all。Two lines of Grifter’s dialogue from the final issue sum up the many dangling threads and lack of resolution nicely:When asked whether he’s working for a particular shadowy organisation: “… I was before … sort of。 Then I wasn’t … I was again now， but not really … it’s complicated。”And at the end: “I know this is obnoxious， but this will all make sense later。 You just have to trust me on this …”The more I think about it， the more 3-stars feels generous， frankly。 Thank goodness the Zdarsky story saves the day。 。。。more

Alek Hill ，

My last comic book read of 2021！I've read a couple of the Batman: Urban Legends issues with my DC Universe app。 For the most part they were interesting。 A handful of stories centering on certain Bat-Family characters。 But I was really only interested in one story arc， so I never felt like buying the book。 That is until I found out that this book only contains the 2 main stories in the collection。 "Cheer" and "The Long Con"。"The Long Con" is a very entertaining Grifter story that is a build up to My last comic book read of 2021！I've read a couple of the Batman: Urban Legends issues with my DC Universe app。 For the most part they were interesting。 A handful of stories centering on certain Bat-Family characters。 But I was really only interested in one story arc， so I never felt like buying the book。 That is until I found out that this book only contains the 2 main stories in the collection。 "Cheer" and "The Long Con"。"The Long Con" is a very entertaining Grifter story that is a build up to introducing the WildC。A。T。S。 into the current DC continuity。 I don't know enough about the Wildstorm Universe to fully understand most of these characters。 But I was thoroughly entertained with Grifters interactions with the Bat-Fam。Now the main reason why I got this book is for the "Cheer" story。 A Red Hood and Batman team up story that literally had me hooked from issue 1。 This story was far better， and did far more for the character of Red Hood， than anything that's been published since his debut in "Under the Red Hood"。 After years of pointless plot lines by Scott Lobdell seemingly undoing everything that made Jubb Winnick's character great; this was like a godsend for Red Hood fans。 I really hope Chip Zdarsky gets put in charge of Red Hood for the foreseeable future。 。。。more

Wren Worthington ，

The red hood storyline was fantastic but the art choices and personality of the main character in the grifter storyline really drag the book down。Edit: I've considered my thoughts on this comic more and actually the red hood storyline was kind of shit and horrifically out of character for Jason。 I only even marginally enjoyed it because of Jason and Tyler's dynamic and Marcus to's art for the flashbacks The red hood storyline was fantastic but the art choices and personality of the main character in the grifter storyline really drag the book down。Edit: I've considered my thoughts on this comic more and actually the red hood storyline was kind of shit and horrifically out of character for Jason。 I only even marginally enjoyed it because of Jason and Tyler's dynamic and Marcus to's art for the flashbacks 。。。more

Clint ，

The Red Hood story in the first half is great。 I’ve never really cared about Jason Todd as a toss-in margin filler in the various BatFamily stories I’ve read， but Zdarsky writes a funny， emotionally compelling story for him+Batman that I loved。 Barrows’s art has a flat grit to it that wasn’t my favorite when I first saw it in Tynion’s Detective Comics run， but it’s grown on me and I enjoyed it here。The Grifter story that fills the back half of this double-length collection is much less interesti The Red Hood story in the first half is great。 I’ve never really cared about Jason Todd as a toss-in margin filler in the various BatFamily stories I’ve read， but Zdarsky writes a funny， emotionally compelling story for him+Batman that I loved。 Barrows’s art has a flat grit to it that wasn’t my favorite when I first saw it in Tynion’s Detective Comics run， but it’s grown on me and I enjoyed it here。The Grifter story that fills the back half of this double-length collection is much less interesting。 Maybe someone with deep nostalgia for Wildcats would appreciate it for that， but as someone who just thought Grifter’s costume design was very cool in the 90s and has no stronger feelings， his story here is a dud。 The story’s own dialogue sums up my feelings pretty well:“Do people find this detached-tough-guy act funny？” “Not really。”“I know this is obnoxious， but…”The Red Hood story is borderline 5 stars in my opinion and worth picking this up for， but honestly just pretend it’s not a double-length collection and ignore the bonus Grifter story。 。。。more

James DeSantis ，

So this was two big stories in one。 The first deals with Red Hood。 Interesting way of how Jason views Bruce。 How his anger gets the better as him。 Dealing with that and going back and forth between his child life， it was pretty interesting to see。 Also to see Bruce have a heart is always a plus。 Together they must stop the villains and it works well for character growth。 Second story is about Grifter who kind of comes off really。。。boring。 Overall the first half is pretty solid though it felt lik So this was two big stories in one。 The first deals with Red Hood。 Interesting way of how Jason views Bruce。 How his anger gets the better as him。 Dealing with that and going back and forth between his child life， it was pretty interesting to see。 Also to see Bruce have a heart is always a plus。 Together they must stop the villains and it works well for character growth。 Second story is about Grifter who kind of comes off really。。。boring。 Overall the first half is pretty solid though it felt like a little "Been there done that" for me。 But the second half really soured the book and I got really bored by the second half of the second story。 A 3 out of 5。 。。。more

Khurram ，

A good book。 It contains the six issues of the Urban Legonds mini seties。 The main story is the now and then between Jason/Robin and Bruce/Batman and the now relation between Red Hood and Batman。 A new drug is hitting the streets of Gotham it will force Red Hood to face issues he long thought buried。 Jason always felt second best as Robin now the rebel the bad boy of the Bat family he needs once again prove himself again and also punish and help some people along the way。The second story， （I am A good book。 It contains the six issues of the Urban Legonds mini seties。 The main story is the now and then between Jason/Robin and Bruce/Batman and the now relation between Red Hood and Batman。 A new drug is hitting the streets of Gotham it will force Red Hood to face issues he long thought buried。 Jason always felt second best as Robin now the rebel the bad boy of the Bat family he needs once again prove himself again and also punish and help some people along the way。The second story， （I am glad the separated them two so each one could be read as a whole）， is about Grifter。 I was surprised to see Grifter in the main DC universe。 I did not follow Wild C。A。T。S but he seems to be a great fit。 Big thing to come。A good book with two good story arcs and both can be built on in the main books。 Good artwork and good character development。 。。。more

Wolverinefactor ，

More like a 2。5The first set of stories was excellent。I absolutely hated my entire time with Grifter for 5 issues。

Laura ，

I *really* dont like the art on this for the most part but the plot is all I’ve ever wanted since I discovered how much I freaking love Jason。10/10 will recommend 🤩

Chris Lemmerman ，

DC are collecting this in some bizarre ways。 This first volume only includes the Red Hood and Grifter stories that ran through the first few issues of the run， rather than everything， which is a shame because it's definitely lopsided in terms of quality as a result。The Red Hood story is absolutely brilliant。 Chip Zdarsky's deep-dive into Red Hood's past and the simple-yet-effective story land extremely well， and it looks beautiful since the artwork's shared between Eddy Barrows and Marcus To。 Ba DC are collecting this in some bizarre ways。 This first volume only includes the Red Hood and Grifter stories that ran through the first few issues of the run， rather than everything， which is a shame because it's definitely lopsided in terms of quality as a result。The Red Hood story is absolutely brilliant。 Chip Zdarsky's deep-dive into Red Hood's past and the simple-yet-effective story land extremely well， and it looks beautiful since the artwork's shared between Eddy Barrows and Marcus To。 Batman and Red Hood have some actually meaningful conversations and breakthroughs as well， and there's still some good ol' fashioned superheroics involving Mister Freeze。The Grifter story however is utterly naff。 I just couldn't bring myself to care， because it goes around and around in circles。 Cole moans about Lucius， Lucius moans about Cole， there's some shooting， and then we do it all again next time。 It's unnecessary， and it's boring。 Ryan Benjamin's art is serviceable， but nothing to write home about。Urban Legends is an anthology series so you're always going to get some good and some bad。 It's just a shame that the good in this volume is so good because it makes the bad look even worse， which is a mean feat。 。。。more

sanika ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 miss when jason todd killed people sexily 。。。 dc's back and forth with jason and the batfam is one of the most tiring and infuriating part of his character and what's stunting his development miss when jason todd killed people sexily 。。。 dc's back and forth with jason and the batfam is one of the most tiring and infuriating part of his character and what's stunting his development 。。。more

Hunter ，

There was an interesting mixture of stories in here。 I don’t think an anthology like this is ever going to get 5/5 from me， simply because the stories are so disjointed。 It might help to read them in Trade from so at least the different parts would be lined up。The two main stories in this are Cheer and Sum of Our Parts。 The former is about Batman/Red Hood hunting down a new drug that makes people too happy （think reverse fear toxin）， and Red Hood has to come to terms with the results of his viol There was an interesting mixture of stories in here。 I don’t think an anthology like this is ever going to get 5/5 from me， simply because the stories are so disjointed。 It might help to read them in Trade from so at least the different parts would be lined up。The two main stories in this are Cheer and Sum of Our Parts。 The former is about Batman/Red Hood hunting down a new drug that makes people too happy （think reverse fear toxin）， and Red Hood has to come to terms with the results of his violence。 The latter is about Tim Drake rescuing a bunch of teens （including his best friend） from a cult; and coming to terms with some stuff of his as well。 These two were both pretty good。 The other stories are a jumble， the next longest is about Grifter working for some secret organization and wording his way into Lucius Fox’s confidence。 The story was fine， but I know nothing about Grifter and I wasn’t sure the context of the story so it lost much of its meaning。 And there were a bunch of one-off stories too。I may keep getting these each month， we’ll see。 。。。more

Simon ，

I could take or leave most of the one-off stories but Zdarsky's Red Hood/Batman tale is great and so is the Grifter story。 As for the Robin one， it was pretty average but it did inform me that Tim Drake is apparently bi？ That's pretty neat。 I could take or leave most of the one-off stories but Zdarsky's Red Hood/Batman tale is great and so is the Grifter story。 As for the Robin one， it was pretty average but it did inform me that Tim Drake is apparently bi？ That's pretty neat。 。。。more

victoria ，

3。5

Jordan Stewart ，

Red Hood & Batman story: 5/5Grifter story: 2/5I’ve been reading the singles and as far as I can tell， the other stories will be published in another volume。 The highlight of these others has been the Tim Drake story， the rest have been quite hit & miss。

Subham ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Just rating the Chip Zdarsky story Red Hood and Bats: Cheer！It starts with Red hood investigating some new drug named Cheerdrops and he comes across this boy Tyler and he saves him and finds his dad and does some extreme things to him and then its Bruce vs Jason in an epic fight because of his action and then team up and they investigate connection to fear gas， coming of Mr Freeze and a new villain named Cheer and we follow what he does， his origin and the ultimate rescue of Bruce。 Meanwhile in Just rating the Chip Zdarsky story Red Hood and Bats: Cheer！It starts with Red hood investigating some new drug named Cheerdrops and he comes across this boy Tyler and he saves him and finds his dad and does some extreme things to him and then its Bruce vs Jason in an epic fight because of his action and then team up and they investigate connection to fear gas， coming of Mr Freeze and a new villain named Cheer and we follow what he does， his origin and the ultimate rescue of Bruce。 Meanwhile in the past we see Jason and Bruce's father-son dynamic and in the present when he is changed because of his adoptive father and I love the way Chip writes him， he redeems the character in such a great way！This story was so good and like heartful and impacts and hits in the right places and tells about this weird and brutal history of JASON and Bruce but by the end redeems him and even Bruce to a bit， when he is kidnapped it is Jason who rescues him and finally after all this time of being secluded he accepts the family and thats such a great and natural change and I love the way Chip does it。 And the art is next level。 Eddy has always been good but here he unleashes it all and its just a blessing to read it。 One of the best modern day Batman stories ever！ 。。。more

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TJ ，

The Jason Todd story alone makes this 5 stars。 Easily the best Red Hood story I’ve read so far！ 5/5 stars and a new favorite graphic novel。

isa ，

four stars just for tim drake and his new boyfriend！！

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