Late Halloween

Even though it has been over a month since Halloween and I probably should be ashamed of myself for not mentioning this comic book earlier, I still will write something about it. So here we are, switching to DC for a few posts but don't worry there is still a lot of Marvel comics to discuss. Previously, I indicated that if you haven't heard about Spider-Man you are defnitely a weirdo, well if you haven't heard about Batman...the answer is even clearer.

Batman: The Long Halloween was released as a 13-issue limited series  written by Jeph Loeb in cooperation with Tim Sale, who did awesome job with the arts. It first came out in 1996 and was obviously published by DC Comics. Originally it stood as a follow-up to Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials (later reprinted under a name of Batman: Haunted Knight). Loeb and Sale made Long Halloween such a success that their shared piece of work resulted in releasing two concurrent sequels: Batman: Dark Victory and Catwoman: When in Rome.

The action takes place during Batman's early crime fighting, although, in my humble opinion, it is Bruce Wayne/Batman at his finest. The atmosphere in Gotham during winter is absolutely astonishing in this one. You can nearly hear and feel everything the characters say and express. Not to spoil you the plot to much, let's just briefly introduce the it, so that you can check if you're interested (of course you are). It is a story about a serial, mysterious killer, who murders people on certain holidays, one in each month. Batman, along with district attorney Harvey Dent and  captain James Gordon, races against the calendar and tries to stop the crime war between two powerful family gangs of Gotham - Maroni and Falcone. However, you will encounter  famous Batman Universe villains, no worries.

Not only will you experience an unusual, mystery climate but the plot itself with the twists will absolutely fascinate and surprise you. This comic book could definitely called an iconic position on any Batman fan's list. It influenced other media too. Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy featured the story of Harvey Dent and DC Universe Animated Original Movies made an interesting full movie adaptation of it.  Video Games also touched the subject a couple of times, Batman: Arkham City, Arkham Origins and Arkham Knight feature certain elements of Long Halloween which works amazing.

You definitely need to checkout this comic book if you want to consider yourself a Batman fan. It is a must have on any geek's bookcase. See you in the next post!

Task for you: So...who's the killer?