The Long Halloweenwas an inherently progressive piece, an attempt to cement a new look at Batman’s early years. Without The Long Halloween, for example, there would be no Gotham Central and certainly no movie like The Dark Knight. I’ve always claimed that Denny O’Neil never got enough credit as the writer who returned the character to his noir roots, but The Long Halloween represented an attempt to anchor those roots and give the chance for green shoots to grow from them.
It reshaped the way that we looked at the character. To define him in terms which complimented Frank Miller’s excellent and iconic Year One. The Long Halloween was an attempt to modernise Batman, to pull him forward. To presume such a thing is arguably unreasonable, as a read proves it is certainly unjustified. As such, there might be an expectation built up that Daredevil: Yellow would represent an attempt by Loeb and Sale to produce a version of The Long Halloween for the man with fear. Each character is undoubtedly unique and has their own quirks and characteristics, but they are arguably the two biggest noir-themed heroes at the two biggest comic book companies. There’s no shortage of shared writers and artists who have worked on the title (with Denny O’Neil and Frank Miller both turning in important runs on each and Ed Brubaker is a more recent example). Very simply, Daredevil shares a close relationship with Batman across the comic book companies. If you are in anyway interested in the olden days of comic books without the retro-post-modernism that typically accompanies such fare, this is the story for you.ĭaredevil's come on leaps and bounds from his early days. It’s a nostalgia trip – which means it isn’t quite as compelling as the duo’s work on Batman – but it does lend the collection a nice feel to it. The truth is that it offers a wonderful eulogy for the carefree comic book stories of old, simple and ridiculous fare with simple storylines and clear-cut good guys and bad guys. Cynics would describe it as the last classic that Loeb wrote. The first part of Tim Sale and Jeph Loeb’s informal ‘colours’ trilogy ( Spiderman: Blue and Hulk: Grey being the rest of it), Daredevil: Yellow has a lot going for it beyond the two talents behind a trilogy of iconic Batman stories ( Haunted Knight, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory). It’s been told a lot of ways, with many other people in my life, but this is the way I choose to remember it when I think of you.
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