Haunted Knight collects three stand-alone tales about Batman, each in some way relating to Halloween:
- Fear: Batman takes on Scarecrow and his fear-inducing gas
- Madness: Mad Hatter kidnaps Jim Gordon's daughter (and other children), and holds a twisted tea party. Can Batman rescue them all?
- Ghosts: a re-telling of A Christmas Carol, starring Batman villains (Poison Ivy, Penguin, and the Joker)
I've enjoyed previous Loeb/Sale collaborations on Batman, but this one falls short. The tales were vanilla (or overly reliant on other tales, like Alice in Wonderland or A Christmas Carol). It's okay to incorporate literature if it's well done (see Batman: Noel), but these are disappointing. Not recommended.
Rating: C+
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