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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $10.25
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781563894695
ISBN: 1563894696
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher: DC Comics
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: 1999-11-01
Studio: DC Comics
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Summary: the best out of the 3
Comment: Amazing fun and deep read. Tons of Twists a must for any batman fan. Excellent take on the Harvey Dent plot line
Art is great amazing characters
READ THIS BEFORE YOU READ DARK VICTORY
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Summary: Vastly overrated comic
Comment: "The Long Halloween" is way too long and marred by a detective plot, that just doesn't add up in the end. On the positive side it has great, moody art-work and some very decent character descriptions of central figures in the Batman-cast, however it is not a satisfying read.
Jeph Loeb is obviosly in love with his idea of a killer using the holidays to mark his murders, but he hasn't got the ideas to keep the plot fresh for long. Therefore he turns to throwing the classic super-villains from Arkham at Batman. This only provides utterly unnecessary action-scenes and distracts from the main plot o hunting down the holiday killer and Harvey Dent's attempt to convict "The Roman". If Jeph Loeb had written a stunningly surprise finale to the very thin plot he might have pulled of a decent comic, but instead we are left with a showdown in an office (how epic is that...) between Batman, Catwoman and super-villains galore. And... tadaaaa... three different characters claiming to be the holiday killer. It doesn't add up. And what's with the appearences of Catwoman. A mystery throughout the book and a mystery at the end. Very sloppy script. Avoid this one unless artwork is all you care about. The art is great.
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Summary: So Good
Comment: One of the best (if not the best) graphic novels ever. The writing and art is terrific in this, and the story gets the reader hooked so easily that it's nearly impossible to put it down. Another thing I liked was seeing how much it inspired Nolan's current Batman films. All in all, this is a must have for anyone who likes DC, Batman, or comics in general.
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Summary: Semi-sneaky
Comment: The mystery regarding the holiday killer's identity was relatively neat and made for a good read.
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Summary: A Great, Far-Reaching Mystery From Early In The Batman's Career
Comment: Not long after Batman's arrival in Gotham City, he, Captain Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent are making slow progress in cracking the criminal empire of Carmine 'the Roman' Falcone, whose reach extendeds into seemingly every nook of the city from the alleys to the courtrooms and boardrooms. Into this a new player mysteriously enters on Halloween night, an unseen killer who comes to strike on nearly every major holiday, taking out someone else close to the Roman or his empire. The mystery of the identity of this 'Holiday killer', and the events triggered by the killings, are the main focus of The Long Halloween, while subplots involving many of Gotham's most famous denizens are woven in seamlessly.
The Long Halloween, taking a full year of comics time to unfold, occurs in and around other events that took place early in the Dark Knight's career. Suspects and motives for the killings are in plentiful supply, and among the suspects are the three main figures on the side of good, Batman, Gordon, and Dent, who have to entertain the possibility that one of their allies could be the suspect they're all searching for. Adding to the tension of the situation, not all of the murder victims are criminals; being close to Falcone is enough to get you killed, and not all of Falcone's immediate family are members of his 'Roman Empire'. Falcone, his family, associates and rivals are probed in depth here. One of the most interesting things in The Long Halloween is the dicotomy between different aspects of the same person. Carmine Falcone, for example, is both a devoted, generous family man, and a guy who tried to have his nephew assasinated when he thought the nephew was going to testify against him. Falcone's pain at the deaths of his friends and family members over the year is real, but he himself doesn't hesitate to rob others of their lives and family with the activities of his crime empire. In one of the most memorable scenes in a tale full of memorable scenes, the Batman even confronts Falcone with this.
In The Long Halloween, you see the transition from Gotham as a crime-ridden city under the thumb of a traditional mafia-style organization - the Roman's Empire - to the Gotham of 'today': full of monsters, costumed madmen and assorted other 'freaks'. The transition was gradual; Batman didn't just show up into a normal city one day and then the next week busloads of freaks abruptly arrived. Gotham had been 'weird' for a long time (Solomon Grundy, for example, has periodically wreaked carnage in and and around Gotham for years prior to Batman's first appearance) but in The Long Halloween you see the transition accelerating; even the Falcone syndicate is on some level aware that things are irrevocably changing as they find themselves forced to turn to costumed figures such as the Riddler for help in trying to figure out Holiday's identity. There's a fantastic double page shot on Pages 342-343 that illustrates this 'transition' brilliantly.
Writer Jeph Loeb and artists Time Sale are at the top of their games here. Loeb expertly fills in a lot of blanks about the history of Gotham and some of its best characters; Sale's artwork is some of the most distinctive in comics and suits the tale perfectly; Gregory Wright's colors are the perfect complement to Sale's art.
Random pluses and minuses: the way most of the issues reprinted herein (Long Halloween # s 1-13) end on big events or cliffhangers is good, and so is the touching scene just before the end of issue two. Speaking of individual issues, I'm glad they're separated by the cover arts to each issue, instead of gathering the covers at the back; I wish DC would present all their collections this way. One negative is that, in the investigation of the Holiday killings, we see very little of the actual detective work being done, we don't follow with the investigation to see what clues are and aren't left, forensics-wise, for example. If it had been, it could have added to the fun in every whodunit of trying to figure out the killer for oneself. One thing that could be viewed as a negative, but that I don't, is the fact that Batman - a non-superhuman - manages to get the best of Solomon Grundy during their encounter. The reason I don't think this is a negative is this: it's been established that Grundy's temperament and intelligence vary with his different incarnations; it's become just as obvious by now though that his physical parameters vary to a much Greater extent with each incarnation. Presumably, Batman would have been much harder pressed against an incarnation of Grundy that can go blow for blow against Superman. And another great positive - the definitive, detailed origin of one of Batman's greatest enemies, who I'll refrain from naming, is in here.
'The Long Halloween' is essential DC - longtime fans will love how so many different elements and characters come together in a great tale, and for people who've never read a Batman comic in their life this is an excellent place to start - back close to the beginning, with lots of the main characters, and leaving you hungry for more.
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It's refreshing when you find a Batman story that both is epic and successfully explores the core of a resolutely explored character. Taking as its catalyst a sub-plot from the seminal Batman: Year One, the story revolves around murders occurring on national holidays, the victims connected to Mob boss "The Roman." Dubbed "Holiday," the killer uses an untraceable handgun and leaves small trinkets at the scene. Plenty of suspects are available, but the truth is something the Dark Knight never suspected. This series scores two major coups: it brilliantly portrays the transfer of Gotham rule to the supervillains and charts the horrific transformation of Harvey Dent from hardened D.A. to the psychotic Two-Face. Both orbit around the sharply portrayed relationship between Dent, Commissioner Gordon, and Batman: a triumvirate of radically different perceptions of Justice. It is always great to see the formative incarnation of Batman, drenched in noir here.Jeph Loeb's writing is keenly aware that Batman is a detective, and Tim Sale portrays a Gotham that is a fertile breeding ground for corruption and madness. Here, Batman is coming to terms with the potent image he projects and the madness it attracts. There are many fine Batman stories, but the ones that capture the spirit with extreme clarity are few. On this alone, The Long Halloween comes highly recommended. Masterfully executed, this is an excellent chance to revisit the world of Batman as fresh as in the summer of 1939. --Danny Graydon
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