Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb

11 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Possibly one of the best Batman books I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

imaginationindex's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“Taking place during Batman’s early days of crime fighting, The Long Halloween tells the story of a mysterious killer named Holiday, who murders people on holidays, one each month. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Captain James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month, while attempting to stop the crime war between two of Gotham City’s most powerful families, Sal Maroni and Carmen Falcone.”

This is also the story of Two-Face, how he went from district attorney Harvey Dent to one of Batman’s rogues gallery. While this isn’t my favourite villain, I do appreciate a good origin story! 

What I loved:

• Tim Sale’s art is top tier!! The covers are so 90’s but the character designs too, favourites were Selina Kyle/Catwoman and Poison Ivy
• The pact between Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent (also Captain Gordon at this time). Without Jeph Loeb, I doubt we would have Batman Begins.
• Specifically Harvey Dent’s turn to Two-Face, it makes sense 

Honestly I have only one concern, and I wouldn’t even call it “What I hate” because it keeps you guessing but it kinda annoyed me…

• Each person I suspected as Holiday
  Gilda Dent, Alberto, and Harvey Dent 
  was correct… but tricked me. Again while this isn’t a negative and you should still read, I was confused and trying to figure out how they did it. 
• Honourable mention: Joker’s teeth. Iykyk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

proza's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

spooderman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Incest, Sexism, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

rhymeswpicard's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Sale carries this so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

felofhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

squidd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Wow. I wish I read this sooner. 
A brilliant murder mystery that kept me at the edge of my seat. The ending was satisfying and the art was great & stylish.

Truly a must-read for Batman fans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

davis_dear's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

the art was very well done because it developed so well with the themes and overall added more feeling and dark undertones to the story(the Joker is pretty terrifying because of his teeth); All the villains are basically people who have gone, in sense, over the edge be it because of greed, lust, obsession, etc.- that’s honestly why it’s so scary because it’s temptations anyone can have every day. It was kind of confusing at some points because you needed a background, but a lot of it came together at the end pretty much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

shadowpizzacat's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is really the first graphic novel/ comic I’ve ever gotten into. I definitely enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder