Batman: Urban Legends #2

All in all, this is a great book and really has a lot of value and story packed into it! Read Full Review

As someone who would love to see other characters get the attention Batman gets every week, I'm far more selective of my Batman reads. This one is worth checking out as it features four strong stories without a bad one in the bunch. Read Full Review

Batman: Urban Legends is the best Jason Todd stuff Red Hood fans have gotten in a long time. Joshua Williamson's work with the character in Future State was very good, but Chip Zdarsky and this team of artists " Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira and Julio Ferreira, with Marcus To on the flashbacks " have the character completely back on track. Read Full Review

Cheer is one of the best stories DC has going right now. It presents both central characters as complicated, flawed, and at odds because of their disparate approaches yet still struggling with the inevitability of it. Truly one of the best takes on Jason weve gotten so far. Read Full Review

The immediacy of the plot and its pacing are two of the things that make this story an interesting and entertaining read. There is great action and thrills throughout and Ryan Benamin's art is beautifully detailed and filled with energy. Read Full Review

Batman: Urban Legends #2 continues pushing the anthology series into must-read territory, with talented creative teams giving truly great, fun work. Read Full Review

Batman: Urban Legends #2 is exactly what an anthology comic should be. I grew up with books like this and I am thrilled to see DC take a risk and bring them back. The Katana, Red Hood and Oracle stories are all excellent. While the Grifter story is seemingly pointless and silly, I see the appeal and lots of people will most likely love it. I hope this series is here to stay and we get the chance to see more of the side characters get a chance to shine. Fingers crossed for some Spoiler action next month. Read Full Review

Pick this up, as it will be one of your favorite playgrounds for some time to come! The fact that these are continuing stories makes it so much a better ride. Read Full Review

Batman Urban Legends continues to surprise and impress me. The book looks great, and while I wish every story here were a winner, there are three really good ones and one stinker.   Read Full Review

Overall, another solid issue but only the first story feels like a classic. Read Full Review

Batman: Urban Legends #2 continues to explore the lives of the Dark Knights allies, particularly where Red Hood and the Outsiders are concerned. Next issue will see the end of The Caretaker story and while Ill be sad to see it go, I hope the remaining issues of Urban Legends continue to flesh out Gothams Guardians. Read Full Review

Much like the debut installment of this series, this entry is another mixed bag, starting off strong and getting progressively lackluster. Read Full Review

A stronger collection of stories than we got last month, Batman: Urban Legends #2 strikes some more emotional notes than the first issue. Time will tell if the longer arcs amount to great stories in the end, but for now, each creative team is approaching the characters through different lenses. You have a sympathetic look at Jason Todd, a quirky celebration of Barbara Gordon's genius, some romantic tension between two Outsiders, and about two degrees removed from a buddy comedy starring Grifter and Lucius Fox. It's an odd combination, but it works, so here's hoping the stories just get better going forward. Read Full Review

With the departure of a Harley story, this collection really only stands upon the "Cheer" story involving Red Hood. The Outsiders story is niche and only worth it if you are already following the Outsiders. The Oracle adventure is not good. And as the first chapter hinted, Grifter just isn't weighty enough of a character to merit this many pages. All that said, the Red Hood arc in "Cheer" is excellent, so if you love Red Hood, you might consider investing. Read Full Review

axdn

Apr 13, 2021

All the stories are pretty good! Grifter and Red hood parts were A M A Z I N G

daspidaboy

Apr 13, 2021

Great writing, pacing and characterization for Red Hood. Chip Zdarksy is one of my favorite writers out there!

Blackgirl

Apr 13, 2021

Red Hood made me cry so much. It was incredible. The Outlaws was exciting, Grifter great fun. The only thing that found him neither head nor tail was the history of the machine ...

fearUhavemeisenough

Apr 13, 2021

I insist here the main star is Hood and Zdarsky is with everything, I think that is why he asked for the writing of this character. He knows how to take advantage of all of Hood's pain, his mistake and what he's going through. For this story alone it's worth buying, it's the best DC has written this year.

Emma

Apr 13, 2021

Red Hood 10 Grifter 9.8 Outsiders. 9 Batgirl 0

Stormwrath

Apr 13, 2021

Zdarsky is a genius, and Barrows is also killing it

Afre

Apr 14, 2021

Zdarsky start writing Red Hood full-time already. Or Batman. Or both. Please do both.

C.V.R. The Bard

Apr 18, 2021

Just read the Red Hood story and wow did Hood look genuinely afraid of Batman's judgement in a few panels. And it was unique to see some of the panels be shaped like a Bat. Oracle did nothing for me in this story, especially after Three Jokers, I was fine on reading her solo story. I'd rather read Wildcats than another masked up superhero looking like a blood, so Cole Cash's story was a pass. And I'm still mad The Outsiders didn't have solo success like The Terrifics. So my selection was pretty simple, and it's easy to see why Zdarsky's story is getting top billing in this issues. Where else can I see Jason kill drug dealers as both a kid and an adult, and actually see the ramifications of such actions? Yeah, probably not in that Digital First series. - Audiomack.com/cvrthebard more

SenpaifenixJäger

Apr 13, 2021

This number left me with mixed emotions, on the one hand I love him on the other I do not hate him but there are things that I hate. There is excellent drama in between, it only reminded me of RHATO V2 25 with much better writing.And Jason isn't the Jay of the comics. there is something I hate about serial or movie adaptations and more when they are as bad as Titans and that is when they influence the comics. I don't know who is deciding the pairing of the character to the story but it's wrong. That is the reason why fans get upset when Jason is not respected by the canon by changing his death or when they copy it as in the case of Snyder cut who stole Jason's death to give it to Dick. The history of Red Hood is a hurricane of emotio ns, the fact that I do not like that they put Jason as a murderer at a young age does not mean that it is a bad story, there is a child unable to help his mother and a dealer who is poisoning apart from physical aggression, of course children born of violence react with violence. (I did not like it but it is justifiable in the plot). There are implicit things in reality, no matter how much people want to be and tolerance and all that I am afraid to tell you that the world is another. We do not know what happens inside that department when Jason is outside, if the child realizes what is happening or not, the violence that he has already experienced with Willis and surely he has put between them being beaten (because in reality it happens ) and it is a child, I have seen children push others out of anger and it is a valid reaction. There is something that makes me doubt that it was a murder "I never had a chance. Not for a second" I doubt I would have killed him. Obviously the writer is playing with our emotions and that is the great thing about this, it makes us feel and we want even more that it makes us angry. It is not boring, it maintains the tension, it makes us suffer, sigh. The part where Jason is looking down the stairs, enjoying his work that many of us twisted our stomachs and disgusted, is a message towards the hard life of an abused child, or the guy is hurt or Jason has not realized That he is dead or not is the first time he has seen a death or murder and it has been so constant that it is part of his daily life to the point of desensitizing him and that is very strong. Jason is having a bad time, the guilt is ending him and his despair is such that he thinks of Bruce as a caretaker (when it was Bruce himself who is responsible for his death and putting child soldiers in front Jason himself recognizes him during the fight as a failed father), however completely human reactions are being described Even in the fight with Batman, Jason knows he made a mistake, he looks for anything to defend himself. Tyler's intervention makes his heart ache. It's not difficult to predict that Tyler will be adopted by someone else or returned to his mother who might survive since now they have put the forgotten Drake as Robin and Damian as ... we really don't know, if Tyler stays with Batman he would be the next Robin And it would get in the way of the lot of misfortunes that they have prepared for him in Detective comics and it does not fit in Batman either (this is an anthology). With Jason impossible, DC would not allow him as they are engrossed in marking him as broken, murderous to pair him with their bad series Titans (hopefully it improves in the next season-I hate when series or movies influence the comics by messing everything up.) The other stories were good, pretty decent.Except for Barbara's story, what the hell was that, like Harley's was a fucking pointless filler, because they screw up a number with nonsense like this. DC sucks at decisions, it's like putting a bad apple among the good ones. Grifter is a story with funny nuances, he's a troublesome punk, I like him. I do not know what the confrontation with Red Hood came to, that if it is going to go to a special point, it was funny about the Post-it, however I will wait for the development of this part since it was only used as a springboard for the character of Grifter I'm going to hate this part, however if there is a development on it, this could lead to something interesting. more

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Phantom of Krankor - Apr 13, 2021

You gave this issue a 10 but you're description states that you didn't like a lot of the comic.

SenpaifenixJäger - Apr 13, 2021

MMh it might seem true ??? but it is not like that, I did not want to give many spoilers because it is worth buying the number. Thanks for making me see that.

Emma - Apr 13, 2021

It would be great if Jason stayed with Tyler. While the crying Mary Sue is doing nothing with her dog. Good review I am dismayed with Jaybaby

SenpaifenixJäger - Apr 13, 2021

I have verified your lack of activity Phantom of Krankor everything indicates that you are just a troll. Your comment sounded strange to me.

WhistleBlower

Apr 13, 2021

lol Red Hood fans are SALTY AS HELL over at CBR. They want their Mary Sue back. edit: lol my stalker is back

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Blackgirl - Apr 13, 2021

And your comment that has to do with the review?

fearUhavemeisenough - Apr 13, 2021

Why do you only put stupid things in your comments? If you don't have a decent review to put up, just limit yourself to putting your rating along with all your ghost accounts.

Emma - Apr 13, 2021

I think it refers to the Mary Sue from Nightwing, it is a series that I have been waiting for more than a year to improve, but nothing happens. This is the guy who has been very hot for a long time with those who like Red Hood. I don't know why the fans don't do anything about it with this guy it's completely useless.

WhistleBlower - Apr 13, 2021

Holy shit Emma has some weird obsession with Batgirl LMAO

WhistleBlower - Apr 13, 2021

Incels gonna incel

Boudi

Apr 14, 2021

Red Hood's story is still amazing. Oracle had an alright story with amazing artwork Outsiders is getting better and interesting Grifter is still cool, but Grifter beating Red Hood is laughable

Spacey Medicine

Sep 17, 2021

This score is mostly for the bookending stories tbh.

ICC

Apr 24, 2021

Oracle bit was lame but the rest is fun

Merlyn

Apr 13, 2021

I'm glad to see that this book gets so many good reviews and this is for sure one of the best books DC puts out at the moment. That being said, as a Red Hood fan, I do have some problems with it. First of all, if Zdarsky read any earlier comics with Jason, he would not put that scene in this book. Sure, Jason had some rough edges and he was a bit of a troublemaker as a little kid but not in that dark way, to push a dude downstairs. It seems to me like Zdarsky took inspiration more from Jason Todd from the Titans show, I do see that Jason doing that. But comic Jason? Neah, as a kid he knew right from wrong, he reached out to Batman when he knew Ma Gunn was up to no good with those kids. Yes, he did kill a dude who got away with stuff he sho uldn't have but that was when he grew up (he was a teenager at that point) and the anger kept bubbling up. So, that's strike one for Zdarsky. Strike two is Jason's anger at Batman for the fact that "his moral code stops at the border". That just doesn't make sense, the other option for Batman would be to chase Red Hood across the country to bring him in and he doesn't want to do that. So if anything Jason should be grateful or at least understanding that Batman allows him to operate in Gotham under these conditions and doesn't chase him when Jason's killing people outside Gotham. All in all, I loved the scenes with Batman chasing those criminals, he's never been this menacing in comics for a long time. Castellucci's story is pretty weird, the Outsiders is okay as long as you're cool with Jefferson and Katana's thing and the last one is good too, though Grifter would never win one in one against Jason. more

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SenpaifenixJäger - Apr 14, 2021

I also have a lot of problem with that topic, Zdasky's writing is good but making a murderous Jaybaby has made me uncomfortable. I do not know I do not like the insistence on the subject of Jason murderer and / or beaten already seems redundant and does not lead anywhere. On the one hand I love what Chip does and on the other I hate him.

Psycamorean

Apr 23, 2021

I really do regret giving this issue such a low score because I immensely enjoyed the Red Hood story. That was a 10/10 for me. The Grifter story wasn't quite on that level but it wasn't far behind. The Outsiders story wasn't quite so spectacular, but still was a pretty good time. The Oracle story is what is sinking this ship. It is really, really dumb. I could get into why, but it's honestly not worth it. I really hated it. Cecil Castellucci seems incapable of writing Barbara Gordon. I don't understand why DC keeps giving her the character despite the quite unfavorable response to her Batgirl run. But yeah, that story aside, this would be a very solid anthology.

RKS

Apr 18, 2021

The Red Hood story was decent, the rest were garbage.

Batfamily Renegade

Apr 23, 2021

Reviewing the Red hood story here. I feel like this is a case of changing your character to fit your story instead of the other way around. Jason is incredibly inconsistent with how we've seen him in the past and finds himself in a constant state of trying to be badass while also trying his best to make you feel sorry for him. It's kinda giving me whiplash. This is also just an incredibly on the noes story to put him in. I'm hoping this will bring a solid status quo for the character moving forward though. I really dislike the art. It feels too sketchy and messy at times and the faces need a whole lot of work. Overall I felt like I would've had a better experience having someone explain the comic to me rather than actually reading it.

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Batfamily Renegade - Apr 23, 2021

Uh oh. I should've given this around a 4 my bad.