“It’s certainly been very present throughout the years,” Loeb tells EW.
“Jeph had never written a comic before we worked together.
He came from movies and TV, where he wrote and was a producer,” Sale recalls.
The cover to new sequel comic ‘Batman: The Long Halloween Special’ by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.Tim Sale for DC Comics
So we had an instant shorthand in a way.
That kind of stuff.
We just went from there."
Batman hunts for Calendar Man in ‘Batman: The Long Halloween Special’.Tim Sale for DC Comics
I write them like movie scripts, and I see Tim as the director and cinematographer.
He’s taught me an enormous amount about setting the scene and how important that is."
So you’re able to bet they both return in the new special.
Solomon Grundy returns in ‘Batman: The Long Halloween Special’.Tim Sale for DC Comics
“Gilda was a character that nobody knew anything about,” Loeb says.
I mean, that’s how much time she was given: Nobody even remembered what her name was.
There was also only Carmine Falcone, so we had the idea of creating a whole family around him.
Two-Face reunites with his wife, Gilda Dent, in ‘Batman: The Long Halloween Special,’ by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.Tim Sale for DC Comics
Batman: The Long Halloween Specialis out this week from DC Comics.
Calendar Man is on the loose in ‘Batman: The Long Halloween Special’.Tim Sale for DC Comics
