Batman: Haunted Knight

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Ghosts" is a Batman universe version of A Christmas Carol, with Bruce's father Thomas Wayne taking the place of Jacob Marley, and the three spirits being Poison Ivy (the Ghost of Christmas Past), the Joker (the Ghost of Christmas Present), and a Grim Reaper figure (the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) who turns out to be Batman's ghost. The message from the spirits is that Bruce should not let Batman take over his entire life. 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. First pre Robin encounter with Joker: The Man Who Laughs and/or Legends of the Dark Knight #50 (Images) 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.

As for the artwork, it is another slam dunk from Sale & Wright. There isn’t really a push for the Gothic outside of a briefly seen park bridge. The style takes the story to a more traditional cityscape in terms of Gotham and its buildings. We mostly see the inside of the Gordon home and Wayne Manor. Wright’s colors are magnificent. For being so bright and really bringing this world to life, he still goes for more muted tones except for the main sequences with the Hatter. It is all beautiful even when crawling under your skin. LIke ‘Fears’ this is a must read in the grand scheme of “Batman.” CATWOMAN: 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. 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. 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.Batman: Ghosts is a Halloween version of A Christmas Carol with Thomas Wayne taking the place of Jacob Marley, and the three spirits being Poison Ivy (Halloween Past), the Joker (Halloween Present), and a Grim Reaper figure (Halloween Yet to Come) who turns out to be Batman. The message from the spirit is that Bruce Wayne should not let Batman take over his entire life. 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.

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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. Films that incorporate holidays into their stories are typically meant to tap into a collective seasonal feeling, with the narrative’s biggest impact arriving while the real-life festivities are at their crest. People who enjoy films like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation at Christmas may still find it funny in June, but it doesn’t hit the same way it does for people who are actively in the midst of stressing out about buying presents and spending time with extended family. 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.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. The premise of fighting Scarecrow on a Halloween night had potential to make for a very interesting Batman story, but this story was dull and uninspired overall. The story-telling and characterization were poorly done, and for being a Scarecrow-Halloween story it barely had fear playing any major role. This story was mostly: Batman chasing after scarecrow or Bruce chasing after a girl. The first story is "Fears" in which Batman fights the Scarecrow and has to travel a maze while poisoned by Crane's fear drug. second story was about the mad hatter and it was inspired by alice in wonderland, it was a great story i specially liked the girl that jim gordon has adopted i never knew he had a girl from adoption before, maybe it happens in this story only i am not really sure as i am not an expert on all things batman.. Stars! Before the long holloween, there was Batman : Haunted Knight. Three tales of holloween in Gotham city.