# Batman: Haunted Knight

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***Batman: Haunted Knight*** is an anthology trade paperback published by [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics) in 1996. It reprinted three [one-shot](/source/One-shot_(comics)) specials from the previous three years (three *[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials](/source/Batman:_Legends_of_the_Dark_Knight#Specials_and_spin-offs)*). Each of the stories was written by [Jeph Loeb](/source/Jeph_Loeb) and featured art by [Tim Sale](/source/Tim_Sale_(artist)). The popularity of these three stories led to the three [miniseries](/source/Limited_series_(comics)) *[Batman: The Long Halloween](/source/Batman:_The_Long_Halloween)* #1-13, *[Batman: Dark Victory](/source/Batman:_Dark_Victory)* #0-13 and *[Catwoman: When in Rome](/source/Catwoman:_When_in_Rome)* #1-6.

## Plot

During the story "Fears", [Batman](/source/Batman) is hunting down and trying to capture the [Scarecrow](/source/Scarecrow_(DC_Comics)). As the title suggests, fear plays a large part in the story, with Batman nearly dying of fear while trapped in a large, poisonous thorn maze.

"Madness" tells the story of Captain [James Gordon](/source/Commissioner_Gordon)'s daughter, [Barbara](/source/Barbara_Gordon), being kidnapped by the [Mad Hatter](/source/Mad_Hatter_(DC_Comics)) and forced to participate in a twisted tea party with other kidnapped children. Batman and Gordon finally save Barbara and bring down the Mad Hatter.

"Ghosts" is a Batman universe version of *[A Christmas Carol](/source/A_Christmas_Carol)*, with Bruce's father [Thomas Wayne](/source/Thomas_Wayne) taking the place of [Jacob Marley](/source/Jacob_Marley), and the three spirits being [Poison Ivy](/source/Poison_Ivy_(character)) (the [Ghost of Christmas Past](/source/Ghost_of_Christmas_Past)), the [Joker](/source/Joker_(character)) (the [Ghost of Christmas Present](/source/Ghost_of_Christmas_Present)), and a Grim Reaper figure (the [Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come](/source/Ghost_of_Christmas_Yet_to_Come)) who turns out to be Batman's ghost. The message from the spirits is that Bruce should not let Batman take over his entire life.

## Background

The graphic novel reprints *Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special* #1 (1993), *Batman: Madness - A Legends Of The Dark Knight Halloween Special* (1994), and *Batman: Ghosts - A Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special* (1995) written by Loeb and art by Sale respectively. These stories were specials and spin-offs of *[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight](/source/Batman:_Legends_of_the_Dark_Knight)* series.

## Collected editions

The entire series has been collected in [trade paperbacks](/source/Trade_paperback_(comics)), an [absolute edition](/source/Absolute_edition), and a deluxe edition:

- Trade paperback (ISBN 1563892731), DC Comics, 1996.
- Trade paperback (ISBN 1852867396), [Titan Books](/source/Titan_Books), 1996.
- Absolute Edition, hardcover (ISBN 1401251226), DC Comics, 2014.
- New trade paperback (ISBN 1401284868), DC Comics, 2018.
- Deluxe Edition, hardcover (ISBN 177951638X), DC Comics, 2022.

## In other media

- The [Jack-o'-Lantern](/source/Jack-o'-Lantern) face made on the [Bat-Signal](/source/Bat-Signal) was used in a nightmare sequence in the 2009 game *[Batman: Arkham Asylum](/source/Batman:_Arkham_Asylum)*.
- In the 2015 game *[Batman: Arkham Knight](/source/Batman:_Arkham_Knight)*, the Jack-o'-Lantern face was used by the Scarecrow when he abducts Robin ([Tim Drake](/source/Tim_Drake)) at the movie studio.

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