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Very well written story that gives a little bit of a glimpse inside the mind of the Joker.
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The book shows an interesting perspective on how the Joker came to be. Made him more of a tortured and dark character (much like what Frank Miller did to Batman). Short and sweet, pick up this book if you want to see the direction that Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan took for the Joker character.
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I bought this as a birthday gift for my husband and he loved it. He is very much into Batman and his favorite character is the joker so when i was browsing online and saw it I just had to get it. He really enjoyed it. My husband is not really big on reading but he absolutely loved reading The Killing Joke.
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this is, by far, one of the best comic book I've ever read, hands down. the story picks up with Batman going to visit the Joker, in an attempt to smooth things over and end this constant cycle of fights they have had over the years before one of them gets killed, when Batman discoverers that the Joker has escaped and left an impostor in his stead, the story begins, and in this book you truly see the Joker as the great villain he truly is, from the horrific act of violence he performed by shooting Barbra Gordon and then stripping her nude just to show photos of it to her father (Commissioner Gordon) after he has been captured,to the truly sympathetic and yet unclear back story it gives the character, while also keeping it true to the dark crime comics that Batman is, it is ranked VERY high on my list of best comic books ever, at least in the top 3, and any fan of comics in general should pick this one up, even if you don't know the extensive history these characters (Batman and the Joker) you can still get into it since their two very recognizable icons, but this book gets very personal with both the characters in that even though they are sworn enemies, they are also best friends who have to fight each other because they are on two sides of one spectrum, and it also shows how similar they are, they are both freaks, one good freak, and one bad freak, but both the same in so many ways, this book is the vest telling of the Joker for who he really is, and the relationship he shares with batman, and how deep it really is, and is recommended to the highest degree, if you love comics, or even if you don't READ THIS BOOK, it's amazing, 5 stars
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This hardcover is the Star Wars Special Edition of comics. Brian Bolland destroyed a great comic by re-coloring it on his computer. The Killing Joke had that great 80s color palette that you can find in Watchman and some of the best Vertigo Comics like Sandman and Preacher. Bolland defaced a work of art. In his remorseless forward to the hardcover, he acts as the comic's success belongs all to him and not Alan Moore or John Higgins. Higgins coloring on Hellblazer and Watchmen are some of my all time favorites. Thank god Bolland didn't go in and destroy those with his computer too. Bolland's lack of respect is sickening. True fans are just going to have to keep waiting for a real hardback of The Killing Joke.Batman: The Killing Joke
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