How many years pass in Loeb/Sale's Batman work?

[Wolf Boy2]

My mind is hurting from all the Halloweens in the Loeb/Sale canon. "Haunted Knight" chronicles 3 seperate years, none of which feature Robin and none of which can fit into the storylines of Year One, Long Halloween and Dark Victory.

The first Halloween tale in "Haunted Knight" shows Jim Gordon smoking cigarettes, placing it between Year One and Long Halloween. But it cannot be during Year One, since Gordon had not come to accept Batman yet during October of that year. The third Halloween tale can't be any of those years because Batman doesn't go out at all.

But Long Halloween and Dark Victory are explicitly stated to be one year apart. My brain hurts.

[defunctzombie]

I always read Haunted Knight as a non sequitur, just something interesting to read by the same creative team. But I could be wrong.

[Wolf Boy2]

I always read Haunted Knight as a non sequitur, just something interesting to read by the same creative team. But I could be wrong.
Maybe it is. The Graphic Novels are sold as a trilogy, though, which is misleading if there is no direct continuity between HK and the other two.

Because including HK would make TLH about five years after Year One, which seems too danged long.

[defunctzombie]

I read Haunted Knight before Dark Victory (because the bookstore didn't have it!) and quite honestly, it works either way. But continuity is present. Take little Babs yelling at Gordon for smoking. I think there was something in the other ones about him trying to quit.

[Wolf Boy2]

I read Haunted Knight before Dark Victory (because the bookstore didn't have it!) and quite honestly, it works either way. But continuity is present. Take little Babs yelling at Gordon for smoking. I think there was something in the other ones about him trying to quit.
Yeah, I think I mentioned that. "Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" never show him smoking at all, but he smokes in nearly every one of his scenes in "Year One." It seems to take place after "Year One" but before "Long Halloween."

I suppose any one of the Halloweens could be shoehorned into the "Year One" time frame since that story doesn't chronicle anything happening on October 31st.

I suppose it doesn't matter, but it does get confusing when the graphic novels are marketed as a trilogy.