Keoghan’s Joker is not yet fully formed, but the character’s incarceration in Arkham indicates that he’s committed some atrocities. Batman deduces that Lupos brother Angel hired Croc to murder his sister. Storyline edit Batman investigates the murder of Elizabeth Lupo, believed to have been killed by Killer Croc. This would be in keeping with the darker tone that The Batman establishes, with Matt Reeves taking a more gritty, savage, and realistic approach to Batman’s rogues' gallery. 'Batman: Broken City' is a DC Comics storyline that appeared in Batman 620625, written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. After his first appearance as a murderous clown, though, he was only sparsely used throughout the Golden Age. Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo bring you arguably the most terrifying Joker tale ever written The scourge of Gotham City reaches new levels of complexity and intensity in these two uniquely crafted stories from the New York Times best-selling and Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (Batman: Damned, Luthor). While previous Batman movies have routinely shown Joker to be a murdering psychopath, they've never gone that far. If The Batman 2 or the Arkham Asylum spin-off continues to take inspiration from Azzarello and Bermejo's Joker, then his future appearances are likely to be similarly vicious. The Jokers first appearance came extremely early in Batmans history in DC Comics, appearing a year after the Caped Crusaders Detective Comics 27 debut in Batman 1. Embarking on a brutal killing spree, Joker shows the Clown Prince of Crime at his most merciless, impulsive, and unhinged. Unsettling instances of the Joker's ruthlessness include removing someone's skin and committing rape.

In the DC comic, having been released from Arkham Asylum, the Joker sets out to reclaim Gotham City. Told through the eyes of his loyal (but naive) henchman Jonny Frost, JOKER is a true noir crime novel-a harrowing journey into a city of rainsoaked streets, dirty sheets and nothing but bad choices.The grisly design of the Joker in the DC comics matches the story's disturbing twists and turns. This original graphic novel tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City-the Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none too happy about what's happened to his Gotham City rackets while he's been 'away.' What follows is a harrowing night of revenge, murder and manic crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and, of course, The Batman-and heaven help them all.

'Disturbing, violent, odly psychological and insanely wonderful.'īrian Azzarello brings to THE JOKER all the visceral intensity and criminal insight that has made his Vertigo graphic novel series 100 BULLETS one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning series in all of comics. 'A literary achievement that takes its place right alongside Alan Moore's The Killing Joke.'

'If you liked The Dark Knight, Joker is a must-have for your bookshelf.'

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