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Sale's art is enjoyable but not as dynamic or cinematic as his later Batman work.

I enjoyed the Alice in Wonderland inspired middle special but not much else was particularly interesting.

Like most Loeb works the characterization is the strongest aspect of these stories but the writing is often repetitive and clunky with dialogue that's a bit wooden. Definitely recommend checking these stories out of you haven’t already.īatman: Haunted Knight - A pretty standard collection of three specials involving Batman foiling supervillain plots on Halloween. Flew through this one but still enjoyed it none the less. But Catwoman is no slouch and can hold her own. Artwork continues to be great as we follow Catwoman on a heist and of course watch Riddler double cross her. Here Selina goes to Rome, with Riddler in toe, to learn some info about her past. The final story was Catwoman: When in Rome. Plus once again, I had no idea the killer was who they turned out to be. The sub plot with Harvey continues here as Gordon and Bats once again race to try and find this new killer. More great crime/detective story beats here. The book rolls right into Dark Victory where we have sort of a copy cat serial killer. By the end of the story we learn who the Holiday killer is after Loeb throwing you for a loop guessing who it could’ve been. While all this was going on, there was a great secondary plot going on dealing with Harvey Dent.

Had a great time with watching Batman do what he does and Gordon working his angles as they tried to find this killer. This person was killing someone every month on a holiday and so the papers dubbed them the Holiday Killer. Long Halloween found Batman and Gordon dealing with a serial killer. Tim Sale’s artwork gave this a 1940s Noir vibe that fit perfectly with this crime story Loeb was telling. I was pleasantly surprised when I learned that it was just one through story. I always thought Long Halloween and Dark Victory were two separate stories. Been wanting to read Long Halloween forever. After that is where this books takes off.