This weekend comic book fans across the UK are flocking to London for the year’s first big convention, MCM Comic Con. One of the event’s esteemed guests is the legendary Jeph Loeb and he arrived with exciting news for Bat-fans.
Loeb has announced a new ten-part series from DC, Batman The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween. A sequel to the seminal 1996 Batman The Long Halloween and its 2021 spin-off Batman The Long Halloween Special. Loeb also confirmed several names who will join him to provide art for the new series following the passing of original artist Tim Sale.
For the debut issue, Loeb will be joined by fan-favorite artist Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets, Detective Comics, The Batman Who Laughs), Dave Stewart and Richard Starkings, with art for future issues of the series provided by some of the top artists in comics, including Klaus Janson (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Detective Comics, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight), Mark Chiarello (Batman: Black and White, Batman/Houdini: The Devil’s Workshop), and others to be named later.
“Batman The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween is Tim Sale’s parting gift to me,” said writer Loeb. “Tim and I had already decided to tell this last chapter following Batman: The Long Halloween Special, which will serve as the prologue to this 10-part action-packed mystery.”
“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. This story concludes the war between the freaks and the crime families forever, as Batman, Robin, and DC’s most infamous Bat-villains face off against Holiday, and secrets dating back to Batman The Long Halloween Special will be revealed.”
Batman The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween #1 will be available wherever comics are sold on Wednesday, September 25th.
