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7. To Kill a Legend

Detective Comics # 500 (1981)

Alan Brennert owns so hard.

He’s just an incredible DC writer whose every story is a masterpiece. And this one especially. In the story, The Phantom Stranger arrives to Batman and Robin to give Batman a gift. On an alternate earth, tonight is the night the Waynes are murdered and Batman can stop it. He sends the duo to this earth and after some struggles, Batman saves Thomas and Martha Wayne at last.

In the final page, we see this world’s Bruce Wayne, inspired by the Batman he saw save his parents, embark down his own heroic path. And one unmarked by tragedy. I’m fascinated by and love this ending. It’s such an interesting concept to play around with all in all.

One of the Greatest Batman Stories of All Time?: Yes. Very much so.