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Batman : The Long Halloweenis getting one concluding sequel this year , releasing in time to honor the lateTim Sale , the creative person of the original series . Fittingly titledThe Last Halloween , the story will act as a finale to Sale and writerJeph Loeb’stale of Batman tag the Holiday cause of death , contribute a tale begun twenty - five years ago to its epic stopping point .
harmonize toDC.com , Batman : The Long Halloween : The Last Halloween#1 will be arriving this September , and will run for ten issues . Each issue will feature a different artist in memory of Tim Sale , with Eduardo Risso manage the nontextual matter duties on the first .
Batman : The Long Halloween : The Last Halloween # 1 ( 2024 )
Release Date :
September 25 , 2024
Writer :
Jeph Loeb
creative person :
Eduardo Risso
Colorist :
Dave Stewart
Letterer :
Richard Starkings
Cover Artist :
Tim Sale
Gotham City learns to fear Halloween once more as a terrible event threatens to destroy Jim Gordon ’s life and set Batman and Robin ’s teamwork to the test more than ever before . In a city of liars , mask vigilantes , and criminals … can anyone be trust ?
pick things up from Loeb and Sale ’s last collaboration , Batman : The Long HalloweenSpecialfrom 2021,the art for future issues will be care by Klaus Janson , Mark Chiarello and more to be announced at a late date .
The Last Halloweenis the Final Chapter ofBatman: The Long Halloween
The Long Halloweenran from 1997 - 1998 , taking the novel approach of stimulate each issue focus on the victim of a nonparallel killer who only hit on vacation . The series received a continuation in1999 withBatman : Dark Victory , and the story was revived once more in 2021 . According to Jeph Loeb , the newfangled serial publication has been in the works since theLong Halloween Special . “Batman The Long Halloween : The Last Halloweenis Tim Sale ’s separate gift to me , ” Loeb explain . “ Tim and I had already decided to tellthis last chapter followingBatman : The Long Halloween Special , which will serve as the prologue to this 10 - part action - jam mystery . ”
regrettably , Tim Sale ’s prematurely passingin 2022 preclude him from drawing the final chapter in theLong Halloweensaga . However , Loeb and the residual of originative team decided to move forwards with the series as a tribute to the original artist :
“ Tim ’s inauspicious passing put our plans for this series on hold , ” Loeb carry on . “ About a yr later , after address with Mark Chiarello and Richard Starkings , my partners on the previousLong Halloweentitles , we decided the metre was right-hand to move this forrader as a testimonial to Tim , who continues to be with us in spirit . ”
Batman: The Last Halloweenis a Tribute to Original Artist Tim Sale
As to how the saga of the Holiday killer will reason , all bets are off . While Holiday was eventually brought to justice byBatman inThe Long Halloween , there was some ambiguity as to whether or not he was responsible for all of the violent death . The 2021 special add even more equivocalness , setting up an challenging mystery forLast Halloween . “ This story reason out the state of war between the freaks and the offense families forever , ” Loeb say , “ as Batman , Robin , and DC ’s most notorious Bat - villains confront off against Holiday , and secrets go steady back toBatman : The farseeing Halloween Specialwill be revealed . ”
BothThe Long HalloweenandDark Victoryacted as the perfect showcase for Tim Sale , as Loeb crafted stories that allow the artist to draw Batman ’s entire drift of colorful rogues . In that way , The Last Halloweenshould act as the consummate coda toJeph LoebandTim Sale’soriginalBatman : The Long Halloween , with a host of comics ’ estimable artist coming together to celebrate the life sentence and work of Sale .
Batman : The Long Halloween : The Last Halloween#1 is on sales event September 25 from DC Comics
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