Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
The artwork is good. The concept is admirable, but I find the plot and the characterization to be superficial. There is none of the trademarks of what makes Batman Batman, the “detective aspect” or the real drama, the descent into madness and horror… The Long Halloween suggests pathos, and presents us with ‘dramatic scenes’ but the presentation is simply there. There is not much build up, things just happen. And then, the comic ends just as it begun. Unsatisfyingly. We don’t see anything about what Catwoman sought, or see that Poison Ivy or the Scarecrow are really that dangerous; somehow the mob keeps them in line just by paying them. So, as a Batman comic it really lacks the hallmarks we expect from a great story.
