Oh man this will be hard lul. Year one for me is untouchable, but i will say that the way Loeb and Sale managed to expand everything from Year One is just mindblowing. This could have been such a huge disaster since there are so many things happening and a lot of characters being part of this, and yet it's flaweless because of what it manages to achieves with it's main characters.
Batman: The Long Halloween Collected
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| Writer | Jeph Loeb |
| Artist | Tim Sale |
Taking place during Batman's early days of crime-fighting, this new edition of the classic mystery tells the story of a mysterious killer who murders his prey only on holidays. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the clock as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman's deadly enemy, Two-Face.
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This just might be my favourite Batman story ever.
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M.A.S.T.E.R.P.I.E.C.E. Now on to Dark Victory!
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DC's version of The Godfather, mixed with a great detective and a lot of cats and bats, "The Long Halloween" is one the greatest Batman stories ever - and it shows why.
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This is a classic story and should be read by every Batman fan. It's a murder mystery with many familiar Bat-Rouges. This is also the most accepted origin of one of my favorite villains, Harvey Dent, AKA Two-Face. The only issue I had was the reveal of Holiday at the very end of the book. The series is a fun concept with each issue representing each holiday over the course of a year and seeing Gotham's Crime families is something here that's missing in most modern Batman stories. My personal favorite issues were Christmas (Issue 3), New Year's (Issue 4), and Punishment (Issue 13, Final). I absolutely recommend this as a can't-miss story and a masterpiece from Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale.
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A great story with twists and turns page after page - crime, detectivey stuff, gangs, mafia, villains, romance, explosions, alliances, backstabbings - it's all great stuff. The back cover, it's list of celebrity recomendations, along with decades of accumulated, worldwide praise have made picking up this book feel like I was pulling the mighty Excalibur out of the rocky peak of Mt. Doom. But getting from the first panel all the way to that back cover was a series of letdowns and whimpers that left me completely baffled and puzzled. By far my biggest gripe in my time with The Long Halloween was the way it looked. Altogether it was just flat-out ugly. Which to some may be a small hurdle, but to others - clearly a minority - a red flag sapp more
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A great detective novel set in the early days of Batman, much like the recent "The Batman" movie. It was a great page turner, but I must say I watched the Animated adaption afterwards and - while similar and faithfully adapted - the animated movie's story is even better! So this almost comes across as an original movie script for the animated movie.
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