Homage to The Godfather, alliances with law enforcement and an elderly superhero trying to save the day - this pretty much sums up Long Halloween. A sizable chunk of this story is borrowed by Nolan for origins of Two Face. 
 The story is ambitious, dark in all the right places but loses its punch with middle-grade villains who bring down story pace and borderlines on silliness. This back and forth wheeling brings down overall quality of this Batman rendition which could have surpassed Year One. 
 The artwork put me off in several places - Catwoman with a tail! Weird looking Joker and oddly shaped Batman. (Catwoman seriously put me off in this one.) In some places (single panel shots) the entire panel seems cluttered with too many characters; maybe that's just my personal preference. 
 Batman arcs seem to always end in a bitter sweet note and this one doesn't break the mold. It is tragic when a good man turns bad.