Il lungo Halloween. Batman

2.5 stars The first thing you need to know is that The Long Halloween isn't actually a Halloween story. Sadly, if you're looking for that perfect spooky tale to curl up with during October, you'll need to keep on looking. It's a Young Batman vs the Mob story. Mmm. Ok, this is one of those Batman stori Leggi tutto

Comic books often deal with extremes; they deal with the extremely good and the extremely bad, highlighting the struggle between two opposites on the morality scale. One wishes to wreak havoc, hurt people and gain some form of gratification. The other wishes to save and restore order. The two are di Leggi tutto

Pretty decent volume, full of all the favorites and the beginning of Two-Face, featuring a ton of mobsters and everyone, including the villains and Batman, are bright and shiny and new. It's Year One for the DC line, and it's just fine. Coherent, fun, even having a bit of depth. I like the quality an Leggi tutto

9.0/10 Who is Holiday? The first victim died on a Halloween night, many followed. Underground Gorham city is ruled by two crime bosses, Falcone and Maroni. Members of the Falcone family are getting killed on Holidays. Is it Maroni trying to get from no.2 crime lord to no.1? Is it someone from the famil Leggi tutto

A classic Batman tale, which of course inspired the excellent Nolan films covering the early years of the character. Artist Tim Sale is a great storyteller with a unique style (although he does draw Batman - and Catwoman - too buff for my tastes). The mystery genre works well for Batman, formatted ar Leggi tutto

I read this for the first time back in 2008, which was 5 Batman movies ago by my count. While I enjoyed it a lot back then, I didn't remember much about it so it was a shock to go through it now and realize how many things in this would go on to be included in various Bat-films. It's an interesting