“Batman in 1997: A Fantastical Retrospect” - The Possibilities of the Batman; Conclusion: 25 years ago, the Batman universe in comics, television, and film explored the possibilities of where the Dark Knight’s mythology could expand. Keeping the dark detective alive in stories such as Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s “Batman: The Long Halloween”, in the flagship ‘Batman’ publication, the horror genre visually was spotlighted by the creative team of Doug Moench, Kelley Jones, and John Beatty, and Elsewor