Batman: The Long Halloween
Tim Sale's defining Batman collaboration and the central entry point to his best-known work.
Author guide
Tim Sale Books in Order
Tim Sale (1956–2022) was an American comic-book artist whose collaborations with writers Jeph Loeb, Matt Wagner, Sarah Byam, Darwyn Cooke, and others produced influential superhero, crime, and horror graphic works. His major collaborations include Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory, Superman for All Seasons, Catwoman: When in Rome, and Marvel's color books Daredevil: Yellow, Spider-Man: Blue, Hulk: Gray, and Captain America: White. He also created early work in Grendel, Billi 99, Challengers of the Unknown, and Deathblow, and participated in the career retrospective Tim Sale: Black and White.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Daredevil: Yellow
The first Marvel Color Book and an accessible starting point for the Loeb-Sale Marvel collaborations.
Billi 99
An early standalone graphic work showing Sale's development outside the superhero mainstream.
Read in order
Books by series
graphic-series · completed
Batman by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
The connected Batman and Catwoman crime stories created by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.
graphic-series · completed
Marvel Color Books
Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's linked, color-themed origin stories for Marvel characters.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (7)
- Billi 99Amazon ↗
graphic-novel · 1991
- Challengers of the Unknown Must Die!Amazon ↗
graphic-novel · 1991
- Deathblow: Sinners and SaintsAmazon ↗
graphic-novel · 1996
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Superman for All SeasonsAmazon ↗graphic-novel · 1998
- Tim Sale: Black and WhiteAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2004
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Superman: KryptoniteAmazon ↗graphic-novel · 2006
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Wolverine/Gambit: VictimsAmazon ↗graphic-novel · 1995