The Holiday Killer strikes on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and on and on, each time taking someone away from The Roman. Things only escalate from there with Dent's house being bombed the very same Halloween night.
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Thus begins the bloody reign of "The Holiday Killer," a serial killer who only kills on holidays and always leaves a holiday-themed token with the victim. 22 caliber pistol used to kill Viti is left behind by the murderer, along with a baby bottle nipple, which was used as a makeshift silencer, and a jack-o-lantern. It begins to look like the tide is turning on Falcone, but when Batman intimidates the president of Gotham City Bank into rejecting The Roman's bribes and he resigns from his position to avoid laundering money for the mob, Falcone has the man shot to death.Ī few months later on Halloween, Johnny Viti (The Roman's nephew and the hitman who executed the former bank president) is shot in the head while taking a bath. When Gordon and Dent convince a reluctant Batman to team up with a united goal of bringing The Roman down, the three men make a pact to one another to bend, but never break, the rules in order to achieve their goal.Īs Batman begins to supply Gordon and Dent with evidence acquired via vigilante methods and apply pressure to Falcone's corrupt business contacts, The Roman begins to push back. In the process of seeking to break Carmine "The Roman" Falcone's hold on the city, servants of justice are corrupted, a soldier is lost, and Batman’s rogues gallery replaces the common criminal element and ushers in the age of the supervillain in Gotham.Īs mentioned previously, The Long Halloween takes place after the events of Batman: Year One, focusing on the Dark Knight’s continuing struggle against the Falcone and Maroni crime families. He doesn't serve in an official capacity on the creative team, but comic book icon Mark Waid is often credited for suggesting to Loeb and Sale that they should focus on the early years of Dent’s time as District Attorney and his fall from grace.Īt its core, Batman: The Long Halloween is the story of Batman, Harvey Dent, and Commissioner Gordon forming an alliance to bring down the mob in Gotham City. Originally published in the mid-nineties as a thirteen-issue series, The Long Halloween has been collected in trade paperback and also released in DC Comics’ Absolute Edition hardcover format.
While Batman: The Long Halloween serves as a sequel to Batman: Year One, Loeb and Sale’s story can easily be read on its own with little lost from the intended experience. Intended to build off the seminal work of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Batman: Year One which depicted the caped crusaders’ first year in the cowl with a grounded and mature approach, The Long Halloween would continue the dark, crime noir interpretation established by the previous title and apply those elements to the story of Batman’s attempt to rid Gotham of the mob and the tragic price that came with that mission.
Written by Jeph Loeb and with art by Tim Sale, Batman: The Long Halloween is viewed by many comic fans and critics as one of the best Batman tales ever told and the definitive origin story of Gotham District Attorney Harvey Dent’s villainous and duplicitous alter ego, Two-Face. Introduction: Batman: The Long Halloween (and Two-Face)
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