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While it ’s been 25 geezerhood since the handout ofBatman : The Long Halloween , creators Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale have one final twist to reveal with a exceptional sequel proceeds . In it , Batman and Commissioner Gordon are concerned that the iconic Holiday Killer could strike again while also confront the wrath of Julien Day ’s Calendar Man . Not only that , but it ’s revealed that Day know the mystery about Harvey Dent and his married woman Gilda , one that Batman comes to get word as well .
InBatman : The farseeing Halloween Special # 1 , Batman is on the William Holman Hunt for an wandering Calendar Man , as Julien Day is terrified he ’ll be forget thanks to the natural process of the Holiday Killer . Having uprise bitter and overjealous that Holiday slip his catch by wipe out exclusively on holidays , Calendar Man decides to kidnap Two - Face ’s wife , Gilda , hold her surety until Dent joins his gang . While theDark Knight agreed to assist Two - Facewhen he need him to aid save his married woman , Batman ’s smart enough to jazz that the Calendar Man took Gilda for a bigger grounds . Regardless , the Caped Crusader chooses to trust Two - Face , top to Batman and the former DA joining effect once more .
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moreover , the issue reveals that Day recognise all about Gilda ’s secret role as one of the Holiday Killers , and he asks her why she had to steal his thing : " The Riddler has his laughable riddles . Catwoman has her stupefied cats . The Joker has his … anyway … The Calendar Man . The Calendar Man . Why did it have to be holidays ? " While it seemed as though Day was start to defeat Gilda right then and there with a twenty-two fitted with a makeshift suppresser made from a baby feeding bottle nipple ( Holiday ’s weapon of choice),Batman arrived posture as Two - aspect , joining Day on a holdup at the Gotham Musem before revealing himself as the Dark Knight to take Day down . Meanwhile , the real Two - Face and Solomon Grundy were able to save Gilda , though the Dents vanished rather than Two - boldness sour himself in as check . So it seems as though Batman now know the secret about Gilda Dent and her persona in the originalLong Halloween .
The Long Halloweenserves to be one of the Dark Knight ’s most active stories , showing Gotham ’s transition from being a corrupt urban center run by organized crime to being one full of craze supervillains , and this new sequel fleshes out its ending rather well . Not only does itconfirm Calendar Man ’s true feelingsabout the Holiday Killer , but it also indicate on the dot what Gilda imply at the end of the original story when she say she still conceive in Harvey Dent , pick out to be with him despite his instability as Two - grimace . Topping thing off , Batman now knows Gilda was one of the Holiday Killers .
Batman : The Long Halloween Special # 1is an interesting looking back at the iconic Batman story on its 25th anniversary , showing the aftermath in some pretty intriguing ways . By offering one last wrench with the Calendar Man ’s participation , Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale provideBatman : The Long Halloweenwith a stronger and more detailed resolution that fans of the original history wo n’t want to overleap .
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