I didn't dislike TLH outright...as a story set early on in Batman's career (I think it is, since the more traditional mobsters still seem to be the major powers in the Gotham underworld), it was alright. The freaks just sort of showed up. I would've preferred some stuff setting up where they came from. The same goes for Dark Victory, though I liked the way Robin was introduced. Batman leading a disturbed Dick Grayson from the corpse of Zucco was pretty powerful.