No one can make actions scenes like Miller and Mazzucchelli, holy shit. Miller at his prime was such a master of writing the characters thoughts, Batman and Gordon thought's are perfect, if we hadn't any dialog between characters we would still know what was going on, that's how good Miller and Mazzucchelli are. Batman is surrounded, is hurt, lost most of his gadgets, has few escape possibilities, and still he manages to find a way of evening the odds in a manner that feels authentic and not a coincidence. Also, when he calls the bats.....come on man, it's just so badass.

I have read this arc i don't know how many times already and it just gets better. I remember that one the things i love about The Long Halloween is how Loeb and Sale were developing multiple plot points at the same time and all of them were beautifully made, and i never gave much attention here but good god, the way Miller and Mazzuchelli in 4 issues builds Batman and Bruce's character, Gotham, Gordon, Selina is just phenomenal. more