219. Celebrating Batman Day with looking back on Batman: The Long Halloween

Show notes provided by Joe Peluso

Bruce Wayne/Batman is now in his 85th year! That's amazing! Thousands of tales have thrilled the legion of fans who have followed The Caped Crusader from the crime infested back alleys of Gotham to "apocalyptic" worlds populated by monstrous fire pits!
  Mobsters, super-villains, demons and aliens have all met defeat at
the gloved hands of The Dark Knight. On countless occasions, brains
over brawn has won the day for this fearless crimefighter. The
superstitious cowardly lot of deviants and skels fear his rage and
wrath, and quiver and quake at his awesome visage framed against an
unforgiving moon. He is an "urban legend" that melts into the shadows when his grim work is painfully accomplished.  But there was a time when this "creature of the night" was still learning how to hunt down his prey. A time in the shrouded past when his nights were fluid andfraught with decisions and actions that did not always lead to
victory.
   Join your host, James, Chris, and Joe as they explore one of The
Batman's seminal undertakings--the thirteen issue opus--"Batman: The Long Halloween"! The brainchild of writer/editor Archie Goodwin, this story is the direct sequel to "Batman: Year One". It is populated by a cadre of career criminals and freaky fiends who would turn Gotham into a warzone.Creators Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale weave a tale of villainy and viciousness, danger and deceit that will leave guessing to the very end!
   As the seasons come and go, leading from one harrowing holiday to
the next, the body count mounts and the fledgling Batman continues to be stymied by the Holiday Killer. Seamlessly and artfully accompanied by the stylish renderings of Tim Sale, "Batman:The Long Halloween" is a classic tale that builds to a fever pitch. It belongs on the bookshelf of all Batman aficionados.. It is one of the truly great
highlights in the 85 year career of The Dark Knight!