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And with Sale’s death, Loeb also thought the story would die with him.

“I worked out an outline with Tim of the 10-part mystery.

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“That’s what happens with people.

Loeb now chuckles a bit in his recounting of what he thought was the end of The Last Halloween.

He was also the editor on Dark Victory,” Loeb continues.

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Let’s do it as sort of a tribute to him.”

I couldn’t get that image out of my head."

“We decided that we wanted to have artists who Tim found influential.

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Not necessarily that they would draw like him, because that’s not something he would ever want.

We wanted them to draw exactly as Tim got excited about them,” explains Loeb.

“The first person we asked was Eduardo Risso, who drew the first issue.

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Then we made a list.

“And they’re just spectacular.

“Then there’s this other group of artists that wanted to come and play.

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“It starts off with that guy Jim Lee.

I’m in.'

Like, don’t you even want to know what it is?

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‘No, we don’t care.

Whatever you want to do’.”

And now I’m part of that gang.”

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“On top of all that, there’s a really good story in here,” Loeb quips.

“So that’s the best part of everything we’ve talked about.”

Batman: The Last Halloween #1 is now available.

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The Last Halloween #2 goes on sale October 30.

Check outpart one of our interview with Jeph Loeb on Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween.

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