This occurs In-Universe with the nursery rhyme 'Solomon Grundy.' The original poem simply lists the days of the week ('Christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday,' etc.), but when Dent recites it in the sewers, he adds descriptors ('Christened on a stark and stormy Tuesday, married on a gray and grisly Wednesday,' and so on).

Adaptation Expansion: Many aspects of Harvey Dent's character arc, including an early alliance with Batman and his Parental Abuse, right down to the disguise Batman wears in the fateful courtroom where he got scarred, were taken from Batman Annual 14 about five or six years earlier.

Mad Hatter: woUld yOu likE Some moRe teA? This limited series contains examples of: The same year, DC also announced a follow-up special by Loeb and Sale. Spawned two sequels: Batman: Dark Victory and Catwoman: When in Rome.Ī two-part Animated Adaptation of the story was released in 2021, entitled Batman: The Long Halloween. Second, the downfall of Falcone's criminal empire.

And Hilarity Ensues.Įverything leads up to two events: First, the acid being tossed onto Harvey Dent's pretty little face, leading to his transformation into the villainous Two-Face. It doesn't help Bruce's case that Falcone is pressuring Wayne Industries into joining his money-laundering scheme.Įventually, the Mob resorts to trying to catch Holiday by hiring supervillains. Batman suspects that Harvey Dent is Holiday, and Dent becomes convinced that Bruce Wayne is secretly allied with the Falcone family.

They promise to 'bend the law but not break it', but as the stakes grow higher, they begin to distrust each other. The Batman has been a thorn in his side and Catwoman has been robbing him (prompting Falcone to put a bounty on both their heads), District Attorney Harvey Dent is crusading to shut him down, and he's facing competition both from other mobsters and from a new breed of criminals-the costumed supervillains.īatman, Captain Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent meet on Halloween to discuss an alliance to bring down Falcone. Due to the killer striking once a month, each time on some holiday, and leaving a holiday-related trinket as a Calling Card, the press quickly dubs them 'Holiday' (the title refers to the first murder, which was on Halloween).įor Carmine 'The Roman' Falcone, the head of Gotham's largest remaining crime family, Holiday is just the latest in a long series of problems. To begin with, a serial killer is targeting members of Gotham's crime families. The series, which is a sequel to Batman: Year One, involves a number of intertwining plotlines. The mini-series came out of the duo's semi-regular yearly Batman Halloween Specials that they did for DC Comics. The Long Halloween is a Batman mini-series that ran from 1996 to 1997, produced by the creative team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.

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