Batman: The Long Halloween Special Coming This October from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

 

25 years after it originally released as a 13 issue miniseries before becoming one of the critically-acclaimed Batman graphic novel stories of all time, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale are reuniting to return to the world of "Batman: The Long Halloween", as DC Comics has announced "Batman: The Long Halloween Special" - a 48 page prestige series book that will be coming out this October!

However that's not all, as Newsarama broke the story and also noticed that "specials" was in plural during the press release -- hinting that there could be more of these down the line and we could be getting more stories set in this very engaging storyline which inspired Christopher Nolan's Batman movies and the new DC Universe Movie adaptations of Batman: The Long Halloween - with Part One now available and Part Two coming later this month!

Watch out for this Long Halloween Special this October!

ICYMI: Batman: The Long Halloween to be adapted into 2 part animated films

As if last weekend's DC FanDome didn't have enough announcements in the live-action film department to share to the DC Universe worldwide, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have more in store for fans of their DC Animated Movies line - including their next adaptation of a classic Batman storyline that's getting not just one animated film, but two!

As reported by Superherohype and revealed during DC FanDome's "Superman: Man Of Tomorrow" panel, DC announced that "Batman: Soul of the Dragon" would be the first DC Universe Original Movie released in 2021. Following that will be the very first Justice Society centered animated film in "Justice Society: World War II". However, the big bombshell announcement for Batman fans was the confirmation that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's critically acclaimed "Batman: The Long Halloween" - which will be split into two parts. The storyline, released originally as a 13-issue comic book limited series in 1996 and 1997. features Batman teaming up with James Gordon and Harvey Dent in order to solve the mystery of the Holiday killer. Elements of the story also served as an inspiration to Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight".

Batman: The Long Halloween Parts 1 and 2 will be released on the second half of 2021.