

There’s a short scene where Gordon finds Batman apprehending Scarecrow. The Legends of the Dark Knight as always more focused on the ‘dark’ aspect of Batman. It doesn’t detract from the experience however as Tim Sale always had a way to make the most of the lack of colour and made the whole scene darker. The artwork’s dated which is to be expected from an early nineties book, it’s hard to say if I was reading this when it came out if I would be saying the same thing.

Being so early in his career and without a partner at this time this happened a lot. He tracks him down and prepares to take him in while commenting on his lack of sleep. At first they plan to try and take him on before being pounded mercilessly by the Batman. It doesn’t take long for some action to start as Bruce raids a potential meet up of thugs waiting for Jonathan Crane. Of course, it wouldn’t be Halloween without the character who’s caused so many nightmares to its citizens. Jeph sets the tone as he describes what Halloween means to different cities in America including what it means in Gotham City which is “All Hell breaks loose” accompanied by an image of the Scarecrow riding on horseback. View Book Batman: Haunted Knight Review Fears Fears I
