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| Batman: The Killing Joke | 
 enlarge | Authors: Alan Moore, Brian Bolland
Publisher: DC Comics
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (179 reviews)
Sales Rank: 423
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Deluxe
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 11 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 1401216676
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401216672
ASIN: 1401216676
Publication Date: March 19, 2008
Release Date: March 19, 2008
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 Batman: The Killing Joke defines Batman's and Joker's bond! March 3, 1999
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
Batman: The Killing Joke is the greatest story ever told about the origin of The Joker. What make this story so brilliant is how Batman, by accident, created his greatest foe. The art in this story is perhaps Brian Bolland's greatest achievement. (No one can draw The Joker better than Bolland. ex: The cover of the Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told). Alan Moore delivers a dark story about Batman and his relationship with the Joker. From the first page when Batman visits The Joker at Arkham Asylum on a dark stormy night, to exactly 24 hours later when Batman confronts The Joker at an abandon carnival is brillantly told by Moore in the format of The Dark Knight tradition. I thought it was brillant to begin and end this story with the same panel (rain falling on the ground) which shows no matter what fates happen to everyone else, Batman and The Joker will always end up where they started..."There were once Two men in a lunatic asylum..." This one-shot format for mature readers is also exceptional how it can merge two stories (Joker's origin and Batman's hunt for him) together. For example, When the Joker's hand is outstreched toward's the clown in fortune teller machine, the panel before shows The Joker reaching for his wife, with the same expression on her face...while his expression is reflected in the backround. It is almost as if he were having a flashback to his orgin. It is also interesting to see Batman confront The Joker and offer to help him, despite all The Joker has done. On the panel where The Joker glances at Batman before he says no to Batman's help is very scary in the fact that The Joker is actually considering to accept help from Batman. I guess the best example of Batman's and The Joker's relationship is on the back cover, with both of them on the same playing card...Forever together and forever apart...like different sides of the same coin...
The best batman's single tale ever!!! January 31, 1999
With a simple story(joker escapes from arkham and batman goes after him),Alam Moore makes the most fantastic trip inside the joker's mind,showing his past and origins,and also making the most intense duel between joker and batman.He shows in the best way ever,the love-hate relationship between joker and batman,and how mutch they need each other.the history shows the most brutal and obsessive view of the joker,and have a excellent screemplay development.Absolut classic,one of the best of all time comics,figures in my top five!!
Read it for the last few panels January 2, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All reviews will tell you how brilliant this book is and I will not contradict them. However, I must encourage you to read it if only to reflect on the final few panels. Never have I so truly understood the power of the Joker over Batman, nor just how obsessed the two are with one another. Their relationship resembles something of a dark and forbidden love affair. Absolutely unforgettable.
What more can I say? November 18, 1998
With the possible exception of Miller's "Dark Knight Returns," this is the most brilliant superhero graphic novel ever produced. The plot, in a way, is simple; but it reaches fantastic depths of meaning, & is a superb study of the complex relationship between the Joker & the Batman. "The Killing Joke" fleshes out & ties into various aspects of the Batman universe, past & present. The aesthetics, storytelling technique, & structure are all top-notch. I can not recommend this book highly enough.
Quite masterful...... November 14, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Alan Moore strikes again in this most disturbing tale, which ultimately severed the link to the sunshiny, post-war Batman for good. This one shot I believe also anticipated the trend of the 'grimming' up many villians as well as their hero counterparts. That final scene between Batman and The Joker sums up both characters in a way only the brilliant Moore seems capable of. Recommended to even casual fans.
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