Batman: Haunted Knight..good?

[Vile]

Even if Haunted Knight is not in continuity...I bet once I recieve my package and read it I could guess where it could fall on in a timeline. Story is mainly about Scarecrow right? I've read the "Sneak Peak" at the DC Comics site and from the "Sneak Peak" (now I may be completely wrong but) seems like Haunted Knight might be Scarecrow's first appearance?

Judging by the way Bats talks about Ol' Scarecrow, it's safe to assume he's faced him before. I doubt it's Scarecrow's first appearance.

 

[trustyside-kick]

Either way, I'm definetly looking forward to it. Not that I have read all the Batman storylines but I have read different writers and Jeph Loeb is my favorite and Tim Sale's art goes nicely with his work.

 

[Sky Captain]

About the continuity issue:

If you read pt. 2 of "Hush", you'll notice he talks about one halloween in flashback where he's mad at his dad and doesn't want to go out trick-or-treating. I was surprised to see that in Haunted Knight. Loeb refrences a lot of his past work in Hush

 

[trustyside-kick]

About the continuity issue:

If you read pt. 2 of "Hush", you'll notice he talks about one halloween in flashback where he's mad at his dad and doesn't want to go out trick-or-treating. I was surprised to see that in Haunted Knight. Loeb refrences a lot of his past work in Hush

Huh, I have Absolute Batman HUSH...I'll check that out...my Haunted Knight should be coming in soon too.

 

[LennonMcCartney]

Haunted Knight is FANTASTIC. Its extremely well written, and is quintessential batman in my opinion. Batman's character shows an incredible amount of depth, and really well done. Fans of Batman's struggle with duality, and expression of his humanity will enjoy haunted Knight. The themes of dedication, isolation, and sacrfice are all done justice. The art is a little "dated" as Tim Sale became more comfortable with his style later on, but it is still one hell of a read. The passage you reffered to about Bruce being upset is :

BRUCE: I'm ready to go!
MARTHA WAYNE: Your costume looks great.
BRUCE: Thanks. I made it myself. Alfred kind of helped...is dad home yet?
MARTHA WAYNE:Bruce...Your father called and...
BRUCE: Don't tell me...he's gotta work late...! Its not fair...He promised he would take me trick o' treating...He promised
MARTHA WAYNE: I know, but there was an emergency
BRUCE: Theres always some emergency!

I want to discuss this scene more, but I'll wait until people have read the comic. Its great. I hope I haven't over-hyped it.

 

[trustyside-kick]

Thanks for the good feedback..makes me even more anxious...I'm surprised my package has not come in yet of it.

 

[trustyside-kick]

Yay. My copy of Batman: Haunted Knight just arrived afterschool.

 

[trustyside-kick]

After re-reading it and such I have come to this conclusion about this book:

- The first story with Scarecrow is good.
- The second story with Mad Hatter is ok.
- The last story called Ghosts is just kind if dumb and a bit wierd...but ok when you look at the story overall.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

TLH is probably my favorite Batman story ever.....although I love HUSH, and YEAR ONE.

I'm about to start reading DV........but I'm contemplating re-reading TLH, since it's been a while.

 

[trustyside-kick]

TLH is probably my favorite Batman story ever.....although I love HUSH, and YEAR ONE.

I'm about to start reading DV........but I'm contemplating re-reading TLH, since it's been a while.

Re-reading TLH to refresh your memory is a good idea but not needed. The first like two-pages of Dark Victory sort of mention what happened in TLH in a few lines but it's cool what you choose to do.

I loved Hush too...but I don't know about Year One...I think that is highly overrated and I did not like it as much as I thought I would. I expected more of it I guess.

 

[Gilpesh]

Graaagh I should not have read this thread. I have been looking around for Haunted Knight for awhile now after I read TLH and DV. This makes me want it even more than I did before, crap.

 

[trustyside-kick]

Haha. Same thing with me and the War Games saga. I learned more and more about it and then made a thread asking questions about it and now really want to get it. But the bookstore does not have all the acts at the moment. :P

 

[CrimsonMist]

Haunted Knight was good, but i was rather disapointed with the art in this book. It shined in some areas, but in others, it sucked. There's a panel i believe in the Mad Hatter story, where Batman is standing in Leslie Thompkins' office. It's a full page of Batman standing there. his body is really muscular and big....but his head it too small.

There's also the last page of the third story with Bruce greeting the trick or treaters, and he looks more like Mr. Rogers(an old scrawny man), than some extremely fit, rich playboy

 

[trustyside-kick]

At first when I read TLH I thought the same about Sale's work. But I soon began to appreciate it and enjoy it. His art gives a certain mood when reading the story. Now, I really like his art.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Re-reading TLH to refresh your memory is a good idea but not needed. The first like two-pages of Dark Victory sort of mention what happened in TLH in a few lines but it's cool what you choose to do.

Yeah, I just wanted to re-read it and hit up DV. Been a while since I read TLH.

I loved Hush too...but I don't know about Year One...I think that is highly overrated and I did not like it as much as I thought I would. I expected more of it I guess.

Ya know, I think I just liked how Miller made Batman more into an actual Hero with this one. However, it feels more like a Jim Gordon story....and not a Batman story. That might be my only gripe with it. And, the ending final part was a little anti-climatic for me. The ending owned though.

At first when I read TLH I thought the same about Sale's work. But I soon began to appreciate it and enjoy it. His art gives a certain mood when reading the story. Now, I really like his art.

Yup. Same with me. His art grew on me.

 

[trustyside-kick]

His designs for the villains were much more sadistic which I loved. For his Batman...it was a darker Batman. I loved the picture he drew in TLH when Batman dove onto Maroni's car closing the trunk and just staring at those 2 guys as they stood scared and silent.