The sequel to that film the dark knight grabbed heavily from this particular graphic novel. I took images from one of my favorite comics and animated them. Nov 10, 2015 batman white knight joker good guy, batman the villain full story comicstorian duration. After a years worth of labor the team of jeph loeb and tim sale is. The long halloween had anything to do with batman begins except that christopher nolan was reading way too many batman trade paperbacks. Batman the long halloween viewcomic reading comics. The long halloween is a batman miniseries that ran from 1996 to 1997, produced by the creative team of jeph loeb and tim sale. Year one, involves a number of intertwining plotlines.
Other good detective ones are court of owls and the black mirror. A place to discuss the batman and all things batman. In it, the caped crusader joins with police captain jim gordon and district attorney harvey dent to get the goods on mob boss carmine falcone. The long halloween is a story set shortly after the events in batman. With troy baker, eric bauza, steve blum, janell cox. Meanwhile, a mysterious serial killer targets members of falcones gang. Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. As for the story, i didnt know how it would end, until the last page. Gothic is also good, if you dont mind horror being mixed in with the mystery. This thrilling story features some of the most deadly and cunning members of batman s rogues gallery and a dramatic retelling of the origin of the tragic villain twoface. May 10, 2009 the long halloween is more than a mystery story, showing how gotham shifted from regular corruption to a town run by freaks. Its something of an early years of batmans time as he deals mostly with the mob and an avenger named holiday who kills people during almost any holiday. Its a complex murder mystery, but its also a batman story.
What is gilda harveys wife saying at the end of batman. The joker is aided in his halloween quest to render modern technology useless and take over gotham city by solomon grundy, silver banshee, clayface and scarecrow. From the early days of batmans crimefighting career, this new edition of the classic mystery involves a killer who strikes only on holidays. In television, his many credits include smallville, lost and heroes and in film, teen wolf and commando in comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partnerincrime tim sale on batman. She did it in order to reduce the harvey work so that she can start a family with him. In sir michael caine s opinion, heath ledger beat the odds and topped jack nicholson s joker from batman 1989. Jeph loeb works best when he is setting his stories in a theme, like hush is nursery rymes and. But further murders were done by alberto and harvey with. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. Batman the long halloween, a prestige format series by the highly acclaimed and eisner awardwinning team of jeph loeb and time sale. From the early days of batman s crimefighting career, this new edition of the classic mystery involves a killer who strikes only on holidays.
It was originally published by dc comics in 1996 and 1997. Buoyed by a film noirish plot that features a gothic twist on the. In television, his many credits include smallville, lost, and heroes, and in film, teen wolf and commando. This ambitious batman caper ran for months, from halloween 1993 to halloween 1994. Every subsequent retelling of the harvey dent arc is derivative from this book. In television, his many credits include smallville, lost and heroes and in film, teen wolf and commando. Dark victory is the direct sequel to long halloween, and theres also hush and haunted knight. To begin with, a serial killer is targeting members. Legends of the dark knight halloween specials which were reprinted in batman.
With batman and catwoman in full force at the beginning of the story, and the only rogue we see for the first time here being twoface, where does the shift actually happen. Given that i havent read this one in about eleven years, i well, this is a rarity. The long halloween, superman for all seasons, and catwoman. Its unlikely that the batman would be a completely faithful adaptation of the long halloween, and maybe the movie would go so far as to. The long halloween is more than a mystery story, showing how gotham shifted from regular corruption to a town run by freaks. The long halloween has the style and mood of a film noir. I bought the trade way earlier on in the year and never decided to read it. In sir michael caines opinion, heath ledger beat the odds and topped jack nicholsons joker from batman 1989. Jeph loebs tale begins as batman takes on crime boss carmine the roman falcone, finding allies in captain james gordon and d. Batman white knight joker good guy, batman the villain full story comicstorian duration. Any future film trying to capture a comic book batman story but still make it relatable to real life needs to check out batman the long halloween.
Hes a lovely guy and his joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in. Jeph loeb has created one of the most influential batman stories, showing that gothams villains can be sinister while maintaining what makes them unique. The miniseries came out of the duos semiregular yearly batman halloween specials that they did for dc comics the series, which is a pseudosequel to batman. Oct 20, 2015 jeph loeb has created one of the most influential batman stories, showing that gothams villains can be sinister while maintaining what makes them unique. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl. Batman the long halloween 012 1998 viewcomic reading. Why robert pattinsons batman movie should definitely adapt the. The long halloween is a issue american comic book limited series written by jeph loeb with art by tim sale.
Panning helicopter shot of the gotham city skyline, it pans into the streets, it passes by homeless people and drug addicts, the shot ends when it comes out the alleyway revealing a movie theater that the young bruce wayne and his. Heaths gone in a completely different direction to jack, hes like a really scary psychopath. This was one of the three batman comics which influenced the making of the movie batman begins. The miniseries came out of the duos semiregular yearly batman halloween specials that they did for dc comics. Working with harvey dent and lieutenant gordon, batman races to discover who holiday is. Jun 29, 2015 the long halloween achievement in batman. This is my second spot for a concept film adaptation of the jeph loebtim sale masterpiece of the same name.
The long halloween and no mans land hush is a 20022003 dc comics comic book story arc that ran through the batman monthly series. This video is about batman the long halloween and just being here is hands down my favorite batman story i have ever read. This thrilling story features some of the most deadly and cunning members of batmans rogues gallery and a dramatic retelling of the origin of the tragic villain twoface. The long halloween tells this story and sets the stage for batman s ongoing struggle with its themes. Who was the holiday killer in the batman story the long.