Batman and mobsters. There's something that goes together very well. Batman has a great Rogues' Gallery but he also has a great street level presence. In The Long Halloween Loeb and Sale let Batman be the detective that he is. The detective that often gets lost in the big picture of capes and heroics.
The freaks are still there. The Long Halloween is as much about mobsters and detecting as it is about Batman losing Harvey Dent and gaining Two-Face. The story is the thing that makes it work though. Dent, Batman and James Gordon have a relationship that starts as business and turns to friendship. The creation of Two-Face changes that relationship.
Again, the art is awesome. Sale's Catwoman / Selena Kyle is very sensuous. I'm not sure why Batman didn't realise that they were one in the same but I don't think he likes to think ill of his friends. Probably because he has so few. I think it's what led him to being wrong.
I enjoyed this book immensely. It's getting a 5.
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