Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight — Faith
{4.5/5} “‘Organizing teams of vigilantes, terrorizing citizens, undermining public trust in the police. We have laws against that sort of thing.’ ‘And do they apply to the Batman as well, captain?'”
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight — Faith by Mike W. Barr, published in 1991
A junkie named John is rescued by Batman and decides to rethink his life. While he’s in the hospital he has a terrifying dream about Batman, and in the dream Batman asks John to serve him. He checks himself out, confident he knows what to do. He forms his own group, who model themselves after Batman, beating up bad guys and leaving them for the cops.
How many stories are there of Batman fighting drug dealers? It seems to be a theme. After it got going, though, I found it more interesting.
One of Bruce’s close acquaintances finds out that he’s Batman.
The artwork by Bart Sears and Randy Elliott is good, slightly more stylized than the previous set — Bruce has a lot of muscles now.
I’ve read a few Batman and Star Trek comic books by Barr, and he contributed one of the sections of the joint novel Star Trek: Mere Anarchy.