| Edition |
The deluxe edition. |
| Description |
67 pages, 29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger" |
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This edition has been recolored by the artist, Brian Bolland. -- jacket. |
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"Originally published in single magazine form in Batman: Black and White #4; Batman: The Killing Joke; Countdown #31; Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland; Joker: Last Laugh #1, 6; The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told; Who's Who in the DC Universe #13; and Wonder Woman #96." |
| Summary |
"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. One bad day is all it takes 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 the Commissioner's 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. Plus: the horrifying origin of the Clown Prince of Crime is revealed."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Tim Sale -- Batman: The Killing Joke -- Afterword / Brian Bolland -- Who's who: The Joker -- The origin of the Joker -- "An Innocent Guy" -- The Killing Joke: The Cover Story -- "An Innocent Guy" layouts -- A Joker art gallery / Brian Bolland -- Biographies. |
| Subject |
Joker (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Batman (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Supervillains -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
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Violent offenders -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
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Mentally ill offenders -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
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Comics (Graphic works).
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Graphic novels.
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| Added Author |
Bolland, Brian, illustrator.
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Starkings, Richard, letterer.
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| ISBN |
9781401294052 (hardcover) |
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1401294057 (hardcover) |
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