Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition

by Moore, Alan
ISBN: 9781401216672
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A New York Times best-seller

Presented for the first time with stark, stunning new coloring by Bolland, Batman: The Killing Joke is Alan Moore's unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy.

According to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as The Joker, that's all that separates the sane from the psychotic. Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he's out to prove his deranged point. And he's going to use Gotham City's top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and his brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it.

Now Batman must race to stop his archnemesis before his reign of terror claims two of the Dark Knight's closest friends. Can he finally put an end to the cycle of bloodlust and lunacy that links these two iconic foes before it leads to its fatal conclusion? And as the horrifying origin of the Clown Prince of Crime is finally revealed, will the thin line that separates Batman's nobility and The Joker's insanity snap once and for all?

Legendary writer Alan Moore redefined the super-hero with Watchmen and V for Vendetta. In Batman: The Killing Joke, he takes on the origin of comics' greatest super-villain, The Joker--and changes Batman's world forever.

Stunningly illustrated, Batman: The Killing Joke, The Deluxe Edition has been lushly re-colored by artist Brian Bolland, presenting his original vision of this modern classic for the first time.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Moore, Alan
  • ISBN: 9781401216672
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 11.29 x 0.45
  • Number Of Pages: 64
  • Publication Year: 2008

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  • The Joker story that defined the villian

    Lance H. - 5 years 2 months ago

    The epic struggle between Batman and the Joker has been told numerous times by numerous creative teams since the first appearance of the Clown-Prince of Crime in Batman #1 (1940), but Alan Moore and Brian Bolland pushed the villain over-the-edge and truly showed us the depth of his insanity. The Joker's scheme is to show the Dark Knight that the hero belongs in the parade of madness with him. Alan Moore defined the Joker for all the writers after and Bolland set the model for artist who followed.

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  • This is a very dark Batman/ Joker story

    HPB S. - 5 years 8 months ago

    I love the gritty dark story - it kept my attention until the end!

  • Masterpiece

    Alex D. - 5 years 10 months ago

    One of the best graphic novels of all time. This story will forever change the way you see the relationship between Batman and Joker. With a shocking twist and an interesting origin the killing joke is a masterpiece. #SummerReading