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Comic Review: Batman The Killing Joke

Batman The Killing Joke

An origin story about the joker who is trying to break the will of a good man–Commisoner James Gordon. An iconic DC title written by Alan Moore (The Watchmen, V For Vendetta) and illustrated by Brian Bolland (Animal Man, Wonder Woman).

Batman goes to see the Joker in the hopes of trying to get through to him. This of course fails and later the Joker escapes once again. He takes over a run down amusement park and begins to make some changes. Commisoner Gordon is captured and tortured by the Joker. Bringing him back to the amusement park Gordon is forced to sit through a specially made ride of hellish proportions, just for him. With this, Joker hopes to prove his point–we are all just on bad day away from becoming like him.

Another game changer in the Batman universe. Not only do we get to see how the Joker came to be, we also understand more about why he does these things. You will definitely fell a little sick during some points of this comic. Try to imagine yourself in Gordon’s shoes. A must have for any Batman fan. Also if you want your mind blown check out Grant Morrison’s opinion on the ending.

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Comic Review: 52

DC Comics 52 Omnibus

After the events of Infinite Crisis, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman have disappeared with no one knowing their whereabouts. Not to be confused with the New 52, DC Comics created 52 as a vehicle to feature some of their less popular characters such as Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Black Adam, Animal Man and other lesser known characters. The introduction of Batwoman is also part of the series.

This series came out 1 issue week for 52 weeks and featured stories written by some of DC best writers which included Geoff Johns, Mark Waid and Grant Morrison and were drawn by a huge list of DC’s most talented artists which included Brian Bolland, Howard Chaykins, Ivan Reis, JG Jones, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Andy Kubert, and Ethan Van Sciver.

All in all the series was great for those of you want to read more in depth about the other characters that DC has in their stable. This series also featured many spin-off stories. Some notable ones that are worth reading are DC World War III featuring Black Adam, The Search for Ray Palmer, and  52 Pick-up Booster Gold