Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight sporadically in later issues. The series, for the most part, eschewed appearances by other DC Universe superheroes and focused on Batman and his closest partners Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner Gordon, and Batman's rogues gallery. The title was discontinued with issue #214 (March 2007) and replaced with a new Batman anthology series, "Batman Confidential", which focuses on more personal events in Batman's life (first encounters, building of new technology, etc.), rather than early crime-fighting tales. Some of the creative talent who have worked on the series include Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Archie Goodwin, Dennis O'Neil, Dwayne McDuffie, Doug Moench, Grant Morrison, Mike
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Mignola, Bill Willingham, Matt Wagner and Marshall Rogers. In 2012, DC Comics revived the series as "Legends of the Dark Knight", a digital-first weekly series. The series is similarly self-contained stories with revolving creative teams. The first issue "The Butler Did It" by Damon Lindelof and Jeff Lemire debuted in June 2012. The original series was published from 1989 to 2007, as "Legends of the Dark Knight" for issues #1–36 and "Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight" for issues #37–214. Seven "Annual"s were also published. Three one-issue Halloween specials, "Fears", "Madness" and "Ghosts", a fourth one-issue special based on the