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Batman: the Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb

Batman: the Long Halloween

Jeph Loeb

DC Comics · Print & ebook · October 11, 2011

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Who it’s for
A holiday-linked murder mystery pairs Batman’s early days with the making of Two-Face.
Themes
Holiday murders, Crime investigation, Transformation into a villain
Pacing
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About this book

Christmas. St. Patrick's Day. Easter. As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. In a mystery taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, Batman: The Long Halloween is one of the greatest Dark Knight stories ever told.

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Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar 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. The magnificent creative team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale reach their apex in Batman: The Long Halloween. This edition includes original 13-issue series as well as four additional story pages cut from the original series, which are presented fully colored and restored to their place in the story. Also featured are sketches and an introduction by the director and writer of The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan and David Goyer.

Calendar of Clues

A holiday-linked murder mystery pairs Batman’s early days with the making of Two-Face.

Come here for

  • A holiday-by-holiday mystery that keeps the killer’s identity in play
  • Gotham crime tangled with Harvey Dent’s transformation

Expect

  • An early-career Batman story with a steadily tightening calendar
  • Restored story pages, sketches, and an introduction in this edition

Where it sits

Superhero Comics99%
Crime & Mystery Comics52%

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Publisher categories

  • Crime & Mystery Comics
  • Superhero Comics
Authors
Jeph Loeb
Publisher
DC Comics
Published
October 11, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Holiday murders · Crime investigation · Transformation into a villain
Reading lane
Crime & Mystery Comics