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Batman: Long Halloween (Batman) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Category: Book
This item is no longer available
Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 2609604
Format: Import
Media: Paperback
Pages: 388
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1840230541
EAN: 9781840230543
ASIN: 1840230541
Publication Date: October 29, 1999
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 A Must-Read for Batman Fans January 7, 2009
This has become one of my favorite Batman stories of all time, and I've been reading Batman for 35 years.
The story-telling is crisp. The artwork is beautiful. And this builds a great foundation under the Batman mythos that has grown over the past decade.
Since this story is built around Batman's encounters with the Falcone and Moroni mob families, I love the homage paid to our greatest mob movies (The Godfather I & II, and Goodfellas). I re-read the book just to see how many scenes and lines I could connect to those movies (as well as its tribute to another of my favorite movies: The Silence of the Lambs).
This really shows us the descent of Harvey Dent into the psychopath known as Two-Face, but we root for him anyway.
One of the all-time best!
 the best out of the 3 January 6, 2009
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
 Vastly overrated comic January 2, 2009
"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.
So Good December 24, 2008
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.
Semi-sneaky December 17, 2008
The mystery regarding the holiday killer's identity was relatively neat and made for a good read.
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