Batman and Halloween go together like masks and candy. There's a sense of loss that surrounds the Dark Knight all the way back to his origins that feels right at home in the season of the dead, and when it comes to scary but still fun costumes, Batman's almost can't be beat (ask the many trick-or-treaters who come to your door wearing his cape and cowl every year).
That's exactly why writer Jeph Loeb, co-creator of Batman: The Long Halloween alongside the late Tim Sale, has been drawing on Halloween as an inspiration all the way back to that original 1996-97 limited series. And it's that same connection which sadly informs the making of the upcoming final chapter in the Long Halloween saga, The Last Halloween, which serves as a loving tribute to Sale, who passed away in 2022 with the idea for the story still just a concept shared between him and Loeb.
