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  <title><![CDATA[Batman: The Long Halloween]]></title>
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  <default-description>Taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, this collection tells the story of a mysterious killer who murders his prey only on holidays. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman's deadly enemy, Two-Face.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">11</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">1999</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Batman: The Long Halloween</original-title>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every comic book artist thinks their interpretation of Batman is the best, but most of them are overdrawn.  Tim Sale gets it – he’s one of the best Batman artists I’ve seen. I think he captures the insanity of the Mad Hatter and the Scarecrow so well, and his rendering of Batman is one of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29939917">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What is so good about this take on Batman is the crime-noir approach, something highlighted in the introduction. It heavily relies on past gangster movies for its images and plot. The cuts into gray flash-backs further amplifies this effect. It is truly something extraordinary. <br/><br/>With this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40477818">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this was really my first batman. i've been way more interested in the women, and i picked up <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107081.Batman_Huntress" title="Batman &amp; Huntress by Greg Rucka">Cry for Blood</a> only because i cared about huntress. <br/><br/>i haven't even seen the &quot;the dark knight&quot; - so i can say i don't know about the movies and the influences, etc. i thought <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96358.Batman_The_Killing_Joke" title="Batman  The Killing Joke by Alan Moore">The Killing Joke</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51557845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not even close to the best Batman graphic novel I've read yet. Actually, it was a very enjoyable read, but I have plenty of complaints. First off, I wasn't really into the artwork at all. I thought the drawings were too sloppy and flawed. The idea of it being flawed, almost crooked, is kind of appea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58118952">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my introduction to the Batman comics, so I can't be truly critical of it, since I have nothing to compare it to. Besides, I'm a little apprehensive of reviewing it at all. I grew up with the animated Batman series and have recently become a great fan of the Nolan movies, but I feel a little...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39256658">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Batman and mobsters. There's something that goes together very well. Batman has a great Rogues' Gallery but he also has a great street level presence. In The Long Halloween Loeb and Sale let Batman be the detective that he is. The detective that often gets lost in the big picture of capes and heroic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38918267">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been going through a completely unprecedented Batman phase lately.  I've watched all the movies, I can't wait for the new one to come out, blah blah blah.  And I like graphic novels generally speaking, so this was an obvious choice for me.  It was a good read (and a quick one, which is good som...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22900672">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It isn't Frank Miller (then again, what it?), but Loeb is a big Miller fan and talks about pulling thematic, visual, and narrative details from Year: One -- which he does successfully, for the most part. The story is a bit overcrowded with the classic villains (for those of you who felt that there w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70135109">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44134367">
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great Batman run. Since it was released in single issues, it can be a bit redundant with the character introductions chapter after chapter. But other than that necessary evil, I really have no complaints. &quot;The Long Halloween&quot; manages to include practically every important Batman vil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44134367">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42611036">
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    <body><![CDATA[Covers the creation of Two-Face, and is the comic that, in part, inspired the movie &quot;The Dark Knight&quot;. Compared with Frank Miller's work on Batman, this was really rather dull and boring. It doesn't really cover any thematic ideas, just month after month (the story covers an entire year) o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42611036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66329870">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my all-time favorite graphic novels. It shows Batman's detective skills as he tries to figure out who the &quot;Holiday&quot; serial killer could be. <br/><br/>The premise is simple: there is a killer in Gotham City that is murdering someone on each holiday. With that said, every mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66329870">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47307101">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the Batman graphic novels that everyone says is a must-read. And it really is. There's a lot here that doesn't end up getting explained (Catwoman's involvement), and there's far too many surprise reveals in the last chapters (especially the finale), but it's an interesting look at the Dark Kn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47307101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35141884">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the Two-Face origin story better in The Dark Knight, but this is a must-read for anyone who enjoyed the movie. It's very clear where Christopher Nolan got his influence from.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best Batman comics ever.  A must read for the Dark Knight fans.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up off of the library shelf at random and re-read almost the whole 300 page thing in one sitting.  It's just such a great freakin' story, the artwork is dark but rich, and it's early enough in the Batman storyline to fall somewhere in the time frame of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72222616">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60313434">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the rare graphic novel that meets expectations.  Wide ranging in scope and littered with iconic characters, Loeb still manages to bring fresh twists that make old friends feel new, rather than the all to common error of making changes just to be original - established character bedamned.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60313434">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Long Halloween is a decent Batman story.  Someone in Gotham is killing the members of an organized crime family off one by one, each of them on a holiday.  Batman, D.A. Harvey Dent and Commissioner Gordon set out to stop this Holiday Killer, even if the guy is sort of doing their job for them.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30639623">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's doubtful that I'm going to find a Batman story that will top this one.  If anyone is apprehensive about reading graphic novels, then this is a fantastic place to start, especially if you're a fan of the Bat.  (Another fantastic starting point is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/472331.Watchmen" title="Watchmen by Alan Moore">Watchmen</a>.)<br/><br/>While some familiarity with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30238556">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was exceptionally amazing. I wasn't thrilled with the slight alterations in character appearance, but not significantly enough to ruin it altogether. Some of them, particularly the Joker, were even outstanding. The story is fantastic, covering an entire year in which a new serial killer - calle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28453098">more...</a>]]></body>
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