Batman: Haunted Knight

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Hugo Strange and the Monk: Detective Comics 31-36 and/or Batman and the Monster Men/ Batman and the Mad Monk and/or PREY (Legends of the Dark Knight) Una obra clásica que ha influenciado a las adaptaciones del murciélago en el cine, se ve que El caballero oscuro y The batman maman bastante de estos cómics. All “Legends of the Dark Knight” stories not yet referenced, except for crossovers with main titles, or including Robin, Batgirl or Ra’s Al Guhl (Shaman, Gothic, Venom, etc.). Include the Halloween Specials reprinted in “Haunted Knight” Gotta give Dave Stewart a huge shout out for his coloring on When in Rome. Had a nice water-colored look at times that was super smooth. Awesome stuff that really compliments Sale’s drawings and makes that story really stand out among the others in this collection.

Absolute Batman: Haunted Knight is a collection of The Long Halloween and Dark Victory “prequels” in which Loeb and Sale laid the foundation for their later collaborations. Fear is a Scarecrow story that was fun. I believe this was Jeph and Tim’s first Batman story together. Madness focuses on the Mad Hatter and it reminded me of the Mad as a Hatter episode of Batman the Animated Series. This is sort of the “vintage” Hatter story with the "Alice in Wonderland" flavor. Ghosts is a riff on A Christmas Carol. Probably my least favorite of the bunch. Bruce reflects on his life and considers his future. Eehh. first story is about the scarecrow and a woman who batman falls in love with but she turns out to be a rich husbands killer, scarecrow kept evading batman many times in this story.Another important aspect of the Haunted Knight is Alfred. I do appreciate when writers show the importance of this character, and Loeb definitely delivers here too. Alfred is both a father figure and a friend to Bruce. Without him who knows how Bruce would turn out. The Mad Hatter was portrayed really well in this story. Having his every line a quote from Alice in Wonderland (in one way or the other) just added to the creeps.

The first chapter is "Fears". In this story Batman fights Scarecrow while he starts having romantic feelings for a woman he met at one of his parties. This story focusses on the relationship between Bruce and Alfred but more importantly focusses on Bruce's fears and what makes him Batman. In this chapter Batman dives deep into his thoughts and he takes us with him. The conclusion of this story was Bruce deciding to open Wayne Foundation (but didn't that exist already? What was the function at the beginning of the story for then?) and giving children candy for Halloween. The second story is "Madness" and tells the story of how the Mad Hatter kidnapped Barbara Gordon, Jim Gordon's daughter. I haven’t read these issues since probably 2006 and man were they a great revisit. When I originally read them, I didn’t realize they were part of the fabulous 90s Legends of the Dark Knight series. I remember getting random LotDK issues in middle school and feeling really cool to be able to read this dark and brooding series. That is a series DC desperately needs to reprint. The two most highly regarded stories, being The Long Halloween and Dark Victory were both strong and competent noirish tales, although I couldn't help but feel they were hampered by the need to continuously include Gotham's superhero-esque characters throughout. The sporadic interspersing of the Batman baddies felt contrived and stale, especially after repeated cameo appearances. Whether Loeb wanted this himself, or editorial constantly forced them in, I don't know, although they would have been much better served on the side lines. I could continue to wax lyrical, although I will leave it there.

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Seeing Batman solving cases and going against criminals and villains is awesome. What's even better is the reason he does it. Why does multimillionaire puts on a Bat- suit and fights crime? I don't get what this comic is trying to say. Haunted Knight includes three unconnected stories happening in Halloween; non of them has a particularly satisfying conclusion, and they aren't particularly entertaining either. I know that topic was being brought dozens of times, but using similar lists and my own knowledge I've been trying to set some kind of timeline of modern Batman career for more advanced reader, with "Year One" as the starting point and with an important rule: comics must be collected in fairly available trades, physical or digital (with some exceptions where it's necessary). Thanks to similar attempts and help from other Redditors, now I'm sitting on

If it is not obvious, I am a huge Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale fan. Their combined work on Batman have produced some of the finest Batman stories around (Dark Victory, Long Halloween, etc). This is a superb collection of three individual short stories from the esteemed collaboration of Loeb and Sale.

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The Haunted Knight Absolute Edition comprises of four stories. The first three, 'Fears', 'Madness' and 'Ghosts' were originally released as Halloween special issues of Legends of the Dark Knight between 1993 and 1995. These three issues later inspired the same creative team to create The Long Halloween. The fourth story in this book, 'Catwoman: When in Rome', is set parallel to the later issues of Dark Victory and showcase Catwoman's adventures during her absence after The Long Halloween and during the first half of Dark Victory. The short stories make up roughly a third of this book, while the latter two thirds feature Catwoman's miniseries. Jillian's words in Bruce's mind- "Did you ever have the feeling that you wanted to go? Did you ever have the feeling that you wanted to stay" Then a panel confirms all of this where Bruce's father appears in lots of chains and those chains were symbolic representations of his mistakes. THE LONG HALLOWEEN is the most famous of these stories, and it’s pretty engaging in the moment. Set shortly after the events of legendary Batman story BATMAN: YEAR ONE (published in 1987), this story attempts to dance between the raindrops of Batman’s comic book continuity to answer this question: “There sure were a lot of mobsters in Gotham in BATMAN: YEAR ONE. Whatever happened to those guys?” A murder mystery weaves throughout the story, where the victims are mostly taken from that classic 80s Batman tale, and it also features 6 or 7 of Batman’s classic rogues. At its best, this story focuses on the husband/wife and parent/child relationships. At its worst, it is a choppily plotted mess whose mystery plot falls apart under minimal scrutiny. It’s fun to read, but isn’t nearly as clever as it wants to be. I’m also not sure just how successfully it blends the supervillain and mobsters into a single narrative. This is technically a reread for me, having read the various parts many years ago at previous times.

Finally, we get When in Rome. I had hoped this would force Loeb to stop reusing the same ideas. In some ways it did, but not enough. Despite the change in hero and setting, we still get mostly reused villains. (Cheetah is an exciting but head-scratching addition.) The story is oddly paced and feels empty without the rich characters and setting of Gotham and very little to replace them. Invested as I have become in the complex dynamics between the Falcones and Maronis, I don't care at all about the "Mafia." In the end, transplanting so many ideas from Gotham to Italy only serves to make the Loeb version of the DCU feel smaller than ever. Perhaps this title will appeal to Catwoman fans in the audience, but I can't rightfully count myself among them and this entry did not make me a believer. Batman: Haunted Knight does everything you want in a Halloween special. It features the creepiest spooks in Batman’s already terrifying rogues gallery. It’s instantly accessible to a new reader. It showcases some of the best talent of the time. And on top of all that, it’s still a great exploration of the major themes of Batman through the lens of Halloween. Bruce's father : "These chains I wear, I forged in life. Link by link, yard by yard, I made this burden. Obsessed with my medical practice, I lost sight of what was truly important." Batman: The Long Halloween is a series written by Jeph Loeb with art by Tim Sale. It was the follow-up to three Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials (which were reprinted in Batman: Haunted Knight) by the same creative team. The series' success led to Loeb and Sale to reteam for two sequels, Batman: Dark Victory and Catwoman: When in Rome, which are set concurrently. This omnibus volume contains the complete set of graphic novels created by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale set in the Batman universe. These include the Haunted Knight trilogy, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory, and Catwoman: When in Rome. All are set in Batman's Year One era, although this is really more Years 3-5.The message they were all trying to tell Bruce was unclear and really confusing. Did they want him to stop being Batman? Accept Lucius Fox's offer? What? What does 'leave something for myself' mean? Regardless of how one feels about Loeb, we all know that The Long Halloween is a classic. And it truly is. It encapsulates everything Batman is. You have the gritty world of Frank Miller, the corrupt history of Gotham history, and the colorful villains of Batman's rogues gallery, all slotted together to create a fun and rewarding mystery fit for the Dark Knight Detective. There's a reason everyone knows about the Long Halloween. Madness gives us a story involving The Mad Hatter as he forces Batman to confront his unresolved issues surrounding his parents death. I also liked that this book showed Bruce's relationship with his mother. I was surprised to know that he was the one who requested her mother to wear that Pearls at that night. And we know very well that how this leads to Pearls shattering death of her mother which forever hunts him for rest of his life. Then there's that sweet part which shows how Bruce's mother used to tell him the story of Alice in wonderland on rainy nights. It started with the Penguin coming uninvited to one of Bruce's parties to rob the rich of their riches. After the Batman captured the Penguin, the Penguin was never heard of again throughout the story. Okaaay....