Episode 156 – Batman: The Long Halloween

Our Batman two-parter concludes with a discussion of Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, published by DC Comics! This popular miniseries serves as a de facto sequel to Batman: Year One, despite marked differences in size, tone and style, as a serial killer known as Holiday terrorizes Gotham City's underworld over the course of a tumultuous year, providing the backdrop for a shift in the city's criminal power balance from organized crime toward garish supervillains like the Joker, Scarecrow and Poison Ivy. Can District Attorney Harvey Dent bring down Carmine "The Roman" Falcone with his sanity intact? (Spoiler alert: No.) And can this influential tale survive a night in that haunted house of crime capers known as ... The Comics Canon? In This Episode! The January Man The Godfather and other movie reverences Solomon Grundy not have salad fork! Batman: Dark Victory and Batman: Joker War The Penny Plunderers The Big Heat Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart Join us in two weeks as we get ready for Moon Knight on Disney+ with: The Moon Knight Episode! Until then: Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook! And as always, thanks for listening!