Oh my gosh, what a treasure this book is. For a one-shot, they really filled this book with a lot of talent. The premise is that the villains of Arkham have staged a coup. However, they can't leave because once they breach the outer doors, all the alarms in the place will go off. So they're going to wait for midnight, when the guards change shifts, and wait for them to open the doors for them. In the meantime, Joker has them telling each other scary stories. It is Halloween after all. The whole book is framed by an opening and closing chapter that is brilliantly drawn by Trevor Hairsine. The authors on this book include, Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, Paul Dini, David Arquette & Cliff Dorfman, Peter Johnson & Matt Cherniss, Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, Tony Bedard, Peter Tomasi, Jon Bogdanove, Steve Niles, Steve Seagle, Mark Waid and Dan Didio. And the artistic talent includes Trevor Hairsine, Dustin Nguyen, Bernard Chang, Kelley Jones, Eric Battle, Sebastian Fiumara, Peter Snejbjerg, Jon Bogdanove, Dean Ormston, John Paul Leon, Ryan Sook, Tony S Daniel, Ian Churchill and Gene Ha. Seriously, for a 1 shot, that people would probably buy anyways, this book is really loaded. There's also some hints about some story-lines that may open up in some of the main books. There may be a new vigilante group in Gotham called the Watchdogs. You get to see them here first. There's a hint of a Red Rain story that may be related to the one that will be appearing in the Search for Ray Palmer. An Aquaman story that kind of ties in to some of the things we learned about him in his final issue. We find out that Frankenstein may still be out there lurking around somewhere. If there's zombies on the moon, we know where they came from. Wally's grandfather may be out there bouncing around through time. He built a Tachyon Collider that exploded on him and has set him on a journey through time. This may show up in the Flash book. Or . . . it may show up in Booster Gold. We got the hint of a new vigilante. I'm not sure who or what he is, but he took out Killer Croc pretty easily. And the Deadman, Boston Brand, is still around. Believe it or not the Joker can see him. So if you're intrigued by any of these new story-threads, you should definitely go troll your local comic shops and find a copy of this special. Really . . . you won't be disappointed.
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