Jeph loeb has created one of the most influential batman stories, showing that gothams villains can be sinister while maintaining what makes them unique. Jeph loebs tale begins as batman takes on crime boss carmine the roman falcone, finding allies in captain james gordon and d. The long halloween has the style and mood of a film noir. This is my second spot for a concept film adaptation of the jeph loebtim sale masterpiece of the same name. She did it in order to reduce the harvey work so that she can start a family with him. 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. This ambitious batman caper ran for months, from halloween 1993 to halloween 1994. In sir michael caines opinion, heath ledger beat the odds and topped jack nicholsons joker from batman 1989. Working with harvey dent and lieutenant gordon, batman races to discover who holiday is.
Batman the long halloween 012 1998 viewcomic reading. 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. Loeb has done this in other books and he has a gift for dwelling and expressing what lies within a characters mind. Dark victory is the direct sequel to long halloween, and theres also hush and haunted knight. Every subsequent retelling of the harvey dent arc is derivative from this book. A place to discuss the batman and all things batman. 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. This was one of the three batman comics which influenced the making of the movie batman begins. Nov 10, 2015 batman white knight joker good guy, batman the villain full story comicstorian duration. Batman the long halloween viewcomic reading comics. Year one, involves a number of intertwining plotlines.
In television, his many credits include smallville, lost and heroes and in film, teen wolf and commando. 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. Jun 29, 2015 the long halloween achievement in batman. The long halloween is a batman miniseries that ran from 1996 to 1997, produced by the creative team of jeph loeb and tim sale. With troy baker, eric bauza, steve blum, janell cox. I took images from one of my favorite comics and animated them. Legends of the dark knight halloween specials which were reprinted in batman.
This video is about batman the long halloween and just being here is hands down my favorite batman story i have ever read. Nov 30, 1997 back in august when i was scheduling my reads for october a. Batman the long halloween trilogy comic book movie. Jeph loeb works best when he is setting his stories in a theme, like hush is nursery rymes and. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl. Heaths gone in a completely different direction to jack, hes like a really scary psychopath.
In comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partnerincrime tim sale on batman. The long halloween centers around carmine falcone, in the midst of a blood feud with sal maroni, the two warring syndicates soon see death on both sides as many of their made men are being murdered. 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. Why robert pattinsons batman movie should definitely adapt the. 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. Buoyed by a film noirish plot that features a gothic twist on the. Gothic is also good, if you dont mind horror being mixed in with the mystery. To begin with, a serial killer is targeting members. In television, his many credits include smallville, lost, and heroes, and in film, teen wolf and commando. Meanwhile, a mysterious serial killer targets members of falcones gang. As for the story, i didnt know how it would end, until the last page. 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 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. The sequel to that film the dark knight grabbed heavily from this particular graphic novel.
In sir michael caine s opinion, heath ledger beat the odds and topped jack nicholson s joker from batman 1989. I bought the trade way earlier on in the year and never decided to read it. From the early days of batman s crimefighting career, this new edition of the classic mystery involves a killer who strikes only on holidays. Other good detective ones are court of owls and the black mirror. The long halloween had anything to do with batman begins except that christopher nolan was reading way too many batman trade paperbacks. 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 miniseries came out of the duos semiregular yearly batman halloween specials that they did for dc comics. Who was the holiday killer in the batman story the long. 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. The long halloween tells this story and sets the stage for batman s ongoing struggle with its themes.
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. Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. Aug, 20 the long halloween centers around carmine falcone, in the midst of a blood feud with sal maroni, the two warring syndicates soon see death on both sides as many of their made men are being murdered. It was originally published by dc comics in 1996 and 1997. From the early days of batmans crimefighting career, this new edition of the classic mystery involves a killer who strikes only on holidays. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server.
Batman the long halloween viewcomic reading comics online. 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. It tells the tale of batman, jim gordon, and harvey dent attempting to take down the biggest. 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. 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 is a story set shortly after the events in batman.
The entire series has been collected in trade paperback. What is gilda harveys wife saying at the end of batman. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. Hes a lovely guy and his joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in. The long halloween, superman for all seasons, and catwoman. Given that i havent read this one in about eleven years, i well, this is a rarity.
The long halloween is a issue american comic book limited series written by jeph loeb with art by tim sale. Loeb added a great noirish touch to the book by having the detective, bruce wayne, narrate the story and having the reader get into his head. Batman white knight joker good guy, batman the villain full story comicstorian duration. The long halloween and no mans land hush is a 20022003 dc comics comic book story arc that ran through the batman monthly series. Batman the long halloween, a prestige format series by the highly acclaimed and eisner awardwinning team of jeph loeb and time sale. After a years worth of labor the team of jeph loeb and tim sale is. This compelling, stylish film noir adventure set during batmans early crimefighting career introduces a mysterious serial killer known as holiday, who. But further murders were done by alberto and harvey with. Its a complex murder mystery, but its also a batman story.
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