Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Batman: The Long Halloween is getting one final sequel this year, releasing in time to honor the late Tim Sale, the artist of the original series. Fittingly titled The Last Halloween, the story will act as a coda to Sale and writer Jeph Loeb’s tale of Batman chasing the Holiday killer, bringing a story begun twenty-five years ago to its epic finale.
Picking things up from Loeb and Sale’s last collaboration, Batman: The Long HalloweenSpecial from 2021, the art for future issues will be handled by Klaus Janson, Mark Chiarello and more to be announced at a later date.The Long Halloween ran from 1997-1998, taking the novel approach of having each issue focus on the victim of a serial killer who only strikes on holidays. The series received a sequel in 1999 with Batman: Dark Victory, and the story was revived once more in 2021.
“ Tim’s unfortunate passing put our plans for this series on hold,” Loeb continued. “About a year later, after speaking with Mark Chiarello and Richard Starkings, my partners on the previous Long Halloween titles, we decided the time was right to move this forward as a tribute to Tim, who continues to be with us in spirit. ”