>>104780636Don't forget he wrote Hush. And honestly, the writing on The Long Halloween is pretty lacklustre, with a lot of scenes and plot elements lifted from big Hollywood movies, a really bad characterization of the rogue gallery and and the mystery plot itself was rather poorly executed.
Dark Victory is more solid all around, but I think TLH is more popular 'cause it came first, it had the holiday gimmick and a more catchy title.