Jeph Loeb’s writing is a lot more hit and miss. The Halloween specials are...fine. Nothing too special or noteworthy, aside from the debut of Loeb’s version of the Scarecrow —- who inexplicably speaks in nursery rhymes only when Jeph Loeb writes him. My second Jeph Loeb Tim sale book about Batman, hmmmmm what do we have here. Oh 3 short stories about batsie. Cool. 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.

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. Later There was a part, where Bruce had a dream that he died and there he questions his own choice that was it really worth to choose that path and become batman and sacrificing his happiness? Because doing so, he lost his own self - Bruce Wayne. Batman the haunted knight" is a comic written by the legendary Jeph Loeb and drawn by the incredible Tim Sale. This comic is actually separated in three independent chapters that were made for Legend of the dark knight Halloween specials in 1993, 1994 and 1995.Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale - This story focuses on a series of murders yet again occuring on holidays (one year after TLH) but this time with more supervillains and mob drama. Taken independently the story is entertaining if not a rather simple pastiche of well trodden mob drama and supervillain plots. However, as a series with so much similarity to TLH the more repetitive, stale, and underwhelming qualities become more glaring. Overall it was still a breezy read saved by Sale's immersive art and delivers many entertaining moments even though the story is rather unoriginal. 7.5/10

Madness" tells the story of Captain James Gordon's daughter, Barbara, being kidnapped by the Mad Hatter and forced to participate in a twisted tea party with other kidnapped children. Batman and Gordon finally save Barbara and bring down the Mad Hatter. Batman by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale Omnibus is a wonderful collection of the works of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sales and is recommended to those that love their work. It is safe to say that this omnibus is the definitive tome for this Dynamic Duo team. 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 onCATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME takes place concurrently with DARK VICTORY, and features Catwoman on her own adventure that ties into the other stories only tangentially. The story probably doesn’t deserve 6 issues, and neither mystery (there are two central ones) is particularly interesting. Loeb writes Catwoman like a teenage boy who doesn’t talk to girls —- there’s a lot of “wouldn’t it be naughty if she said/did THIS?” energy in this story. The primary mystery —- the question of Catwoman’s parentage —- could have been much better with only a little more work, but that time was spent on an unnecessary supervillain subplot instead. The artwork leans into cheesecake at times, but is overall the most impressive work Sale produces in this volume. 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) First part is about Bruce meeting a lady named Jillian maxwell who is actually a secret CIA agent. In this part we see how Bruce has a deep desire to have a happy life with his beloved women. But on the other hand he doesn't have any choice to do that because he already lost his choice on the day his parents died.

And finally there is the Penguin, and yet more discrete hallucinations and nightmares. Bruce's father shows up wrapped in chains and informs him of three more ghosts to follow this night. The three ghosts are Poison Ivy's, the Joker's and the ghost of a zombie Batman. I have no idea why those three or what it is that they are trying to say (if anything at all). 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" 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. 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.

Catwoman and the Riddler takes a trip to Rome where Catwoman meets The Blonde, a hit-man, who sets us a meeting between Selina and the capo of the Italian mob – Don Verinni. However, he is murdered by Joker's Venom and Catwoman is blamed for the act. Throughout her adventure in Rome, Catwoman eventually deduced the truth – The Riddler has betrayed her, because he thinks Catwoman knows the answer the greatest riddle of all – who is the person under the cowl of Batman. Catwoman would eventually return to Gotham City with no proof of her ancestry. The graphic novel reprints Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1 (1993), Batman: Madness - A Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special (1994), and Batman: Ghosts - A Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special (1995) written by Loeb and art by Sale respectively. These stories were specials and spin-offs of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series. Batman: Haunted Knight - A pretty standard collection of three specials involving Batman foiling supervillain plots on Halloween. Like most Loeb works the characterization is the strongest aspect of these stories but the writing is often repetitive and clunky with dialogue that's a bit wooden. I enjoyed the Alice in Wonderland inspired middle special but not much else was particularly interesting. Sale's art is enjoyable but not as dynamic or cinematic as his later Batman work. 6.5/10 My thoughts (the good and bad) - the first story with scarecrow was good, the second one with mad hatter shows you the struggle of being a parent mostly in the eyes of Jim Gordon which I really enjoyed and the last about Bruce Wayne finding out that in the future he will be forgotten. I’m still getting used to Tim sales art but it’s overall pretty good, and the stories in this are pretty good. My problem was that sometimes during the stories I wouldn’t get attached and wouldn’t care. I also thought the scarecrow one was a bit boring but Jillian made it better. I was surprised to hear that DC was making this collection into an Absolute Edition. Not sure I would’ve called it a necessity. I imagine it’s for completists like me or to bookend the Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Nothing here that falls into the category of essential Batman, but a recommend to fans of Loeb and Sale’s other Batman work.

Madness gives us a story involving The Mad Hatter as he forces Batman to confront his unresolved issues surrounding his parents death. 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. This is not your traditional super-hero story. The Long Halloween is a realistic, noir, murder-mystery story about a killer the media calls Holiday who hits his preys on holidays. It is the best Batman story I have a ever read. Like Mr. Christopher Nolan said, it’s not only a comic book, it’s an epic tragedy, the crime drama of the century. There are many twists and turns, the reader is always left to guess who Holiday really is and it is beautifully told and drawn. Any fan of books in general should read this. It is a masterpiece. No wonder it’s a modern classic. 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.During the story "Madness", the villain Two-Face is referenced in the line "Joker. Scarecrow. Two-Face. Each has its own private madness that drives them". Two-Face does not appear in the Loeb/Sale series until the end of Batman: The Long Halloween, so this story cannot precede it.