Batman: Masque - Longbox of the Damned

[@LaNoLaCola]

So Harvey didn’t become One Face in this Elseworlds comic, but the Phantom of the Opera?!

[@LupineShadowOmega]

AnonJl1 , you either die a hero or live to see yourself become One Face.

[@lwanco1018]

That's a fate worse than death.

[@ianscott3265]

Kind of wish this was more of a straight-up crossover with an elseworlds version of Bruce actually going up against Erik as portrayed in the original novel. Erik's status as a genius polymath whose also a skilled and deadly assassin with a thing for elaborate death-traps makes him a natural foil for Bruce. A lot of drama could be drawn from the idea that Bruce is a man who makes a monster of himself by choice, whereas Erik is a man forced to be a monster by the circumstances of his birth- basically, to steal a line from Batman Returns "You're just jealous because I'm a genuine freak, and you have to wear a mask"..

[@asalways1504]

I thought the comic would use Black Mask as the Phantom, but Two-Face is more fitting,now that I think about it.

[@EvilTurtleSlash]

Considering this is the fourth story involving Batman as a universal monster, I curious if we’ll see Batman as a werewolf or the creature of the black lagoon.

[@darkservantofheaven]

Considering he has a werewolf in his rogues gallery it could work. Plus Croc could work as the creature from the lagoon

[@lautarocotens1647]

@@darkservantofheaven he could be a werebat

[@jacobmatthewcrawford2120]

First... I just want to say thank you Lewis for picking my bumper for the end of this Longbox review. I feel honored to have been picked three years in a row... Second... Very cool Batman comic. The Phantom of the Opera story was mixed in well and the ending seems tragic in the best sense... P.S... Fun fact for anyone who's interested; the main inspiration for the bumper at the end of this video was the opening scene to George A. Romero's Day of the Dead (1985).

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

To be, or not to be... Batman!

[@shmee123ful]

this one is petty good, kind of reminds me of batman Gotham by gas light

[@SchazmenRassir]

Batman of the Opera... Makes me think of Batman singing "Am I Blue"

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

That ending was the scariest thing we'll hear this Halloween...

[@danthefan28]

2:59 "Angel to some... Devil to others" isn't that just the line from Hellraiser?

[@windmillCR]

TELL ME ABOUT BATMAN! WHY DOES HE WEAR THE MASQUE!

[@SMAXZO]

*BANG!* HE DIDN'T FLY SO GOOD.

[@mercenaryknight5419]

I quite like the idea of this DC Elseworlds story and its take on the Phantom story.

[@wakawakatakeover]

Fun how this ended up not being the last time that Harvey would end up sporting a Phantom of the Opera look! In the current arc of Detective Comics (Gotham Nocturne), he starts the story off wearing a golden Phantom of the Opera-esque mask. Appropriate given how Gotham Nocturne is taking a lot of inspiration from opera.

[@SpeedyEric1]

I'm also hoping that this comic doesn't get turned into a Broadway musical.

[@silentpaw]

Angel to some, Devil to others? So Batman is a Cenobite in this?

[@tayloredwards9144]

Please do the graphic novel of Coraline

[@MeliesCinemagician]

Could you do Batman: Nosferatu for Longbox?

[@jacobellison1763]

Please review Batman: Gothic for longbox of the damned.

[@arklestudios]

Aw, man. I wasn't aware this existed. And I thought my "Phantom (book) AU where Erik becomes a masked vigilante hero after sparing Raoul and letting Christine go" was such an original idea. :( So much for being clever. I can rip things off by accident, that's what a fraud I am. Well, okay, I still seem to have been the first person to write a Voyager femslash story pairing Seven of Nine with Ensign Wildman, but that's an outlier (and also there's the infamous FanFiction.net purges of the past to consider).

[@golork3267]

Will Moarte ever integrate himself with the main cast? I mean he has interacted with them but is there a possibility that he'll slowly become part of the main cast? Will it happen before or after the eventual Longbox of the Damned movie? I just got so many questions that only you can answer Linkara and I'm not even sure you'll answer them do to varies reasonable reasons.

[@PrincessAshley972]

Moarte is a ghoul who only wakes up in October (sometimes a bit in the summer as well but thats the exception, rather than the rule). So sadly, no, he wont join the man cast

[@golork3267]

I understand he won't be able to be around all of the time but during those times where he can join. Moarte can still be part of the main cast if albeit in a limited way.

[@BaronSengir1008]

Well, Linkara has acknowledged that Moarte lives in his basement... Maybe he'll play a part in the 10th anniversary in helping deal with Mechakara...

[@golork3267]

That would be awesome.

[@cherry-cj9iq]

"Batman Never Dies" MEAN, I know Love Never Dies isn't a masterpiece or anything but I quite like it… except the ending, and I'm sure I've read fanfics who handle a Christine x Phantom reunion in a much better way. Anyway, this was fun! I was curious as to how there could be a Phantom here, but I definitely wasn't expecting it to be Harvey (even if it does fit, I mean, the face and all).

[@jfdrac]

I wonder which Batman will be next Mummy or Mr Hyde

[@BlackGoldSaya]

What was Moarty doing down there?

[@zoekelly9949]

If I was in Harvey’s situation I’d have embraced the scars and took advantage. They could have made a series of amazing plays with his new look and while some people would shun him for his appearance there is a good quantity of people who would be attracted to his scars. I think Jonah Hex has proven that more then enough times by now.

[@zoekelly9949]

On that note it really is a shame there is next to no Jonah Hex porn. I’m definitely one of those people who thinks he’s sexy as all hell.

[@jfdrac]

Maybe today...but back then he would be forced to the freak shows

[@zoekelly9949]

@@jfdrac those paid really well actually. Lotta “freaks” were quite wealthy.

[@jfdrac]

@@zoekelly9949 Really? Never knew that all the movies made them out to be practically homeless

[@zoekelly9949]

@@jfdrac yeah no that was just mostly due to bigotry. Media wanting to make marginalized people look bad. Sadly especially in older horror it’s a common problem. As a general rule a freak would get a set percentage of the profits of each ticket sold. They would have contracts negotiated out and everything. Better the show did the richer they got.

[@DetectorCliche]

This comic wasn't that scary tbh.

[@AT4W]

Gothic horror and mood is a thing even if it's not "BOO!" scary. The Phantom of the Opera is considered part of horror canon.