Batman: The Long Halloween #4: New Year's Eve
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- Series
- Batman: The Long Halloween
- Issue number
- 4
- Cover date
- 1997-03-01
- Story arc
- The Long Halloween
- ComicVine ID
- 48830
Quick answer
Batman: The Long Halloween #4: New Year's Eve is cataloged as part of the The Long Halloween reading path, giving readers a specific checkpoint in that storyline rather than a generic issue listing. Gotham Vault connects it to Batman (Bruce Wayne), The Joker, Commissioner Gordon (James Gordon), Two-Face (Harvey Dent), Batman: The Long Halloween, and the broader 1997-03-01 Batman publication timeline.
Issue summary
It is New Year's Eve. Joker has murdered a ground crew and takes off in a crop duster. Batman learns of this second too late to stop the take-off. Apparently Joker plans to use his Joker gas to slaughter the crowd that will be gathered in Gotham Square. The idea is that there is a good chance that Holiday will be in the crowd and with him dead Joker will be the number one homicidal maniac in Gotham again. Batman auto-pilots the Batmobile under the plane, climbs on top, and fires one of his grappling hooks at the plane. Harvey Dent is working late at his office. As he is preparing to leave his assistant Vernon produces a document he found linking the Falcone crime family to millionaire Bruce Wayne. Batman's hook successfully attaches to Joker's crop duster. Joker notices the plane flying funny. He turns around to discover Batman is on the tail. Joker pulls the plane into a steep climb in an attempt to shake off Batman, but the Dark Knight manages to hang on. The gangsters of Gotham are having a New Year's Eve gala aboard a yacht. Carmine "The Roman" Falcone is talking to Salvadore "The Boss" Maroni, and suggest that Maroni might be behind the Holiday killings. Falcone runs into his sister Carla and tells her that he is looking for his son Alberto. Alberto is scene alone by the rail of the yacht. Carla steps outside to have a cigarette. A gloved hand is seen unscrewing one of…
Citation summary
Batman: The Long Halloween #4: New Year's Eve is a Batman: The Long Halloween issue with cover date 1997-03-01. Gotham Vault links it to Batman (Bruce Wayne), The Joker, Commissioner Gordon (James Gordon), Two-Face (Harvey Dent) and the The Long Halloween story arc.
Characters listed for this issue
Story arc / special series
The Long Halloween — A year-long murder mystery tracks the fall of Gotham's mob era and the rise of the costumed villains who will define Batman's world.
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FAQ
What comic is Batman: The Long Halloween #4: New Year's Eve?
Batman: The Long Halloween #4: New Year's Eve is a Batman-related comic issue in Gotham Vault's database. It is listed under the Batman: The Long Halloween series as issue #4 with a cover date of 1997-03-01.
Who appears in Batman: The Long Halloween #4: New Year's Eve?
Gotham Vault currently identifies these characters for this issue: Batman (Bruce Wayne), The Joker, Commissioner Gordon (James Gordon), Two-Face (Harvey Dent).
Is Batman: The Long Halloween #4: New Year's Eve part of a story arc?
This issue is tagged as part of The Long Halloween. A year-long murder mystery tracks the fall of Gotham's mob era and the rise of the costumed villains who will define Batman's world.
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