An original hardcover graphic novel that tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City--from the creative team behind the graphic novel Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. The Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none to 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 others. Brian 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 Look Inside The Joker
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 The Joker's Apprentice |
| Review Date: June 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Jason A. Tselentis, Charlotte, North Carolina U.S.A. |
| More than anything else, this graphic novel begs the question What would working for the Joker entail? So much time gets devoted to the Joker in the movies and comic books, without showing how the henchmen, gofers, and assassins come and go from his army. "The Joker" paints a picture of the psychotic crimes and whimsical planning from an outsider's perspective with sinful, yet beautiful artwork to boot. |
The first Rule of The Joker is... You don't talk about The Joker.
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| Review Date: May 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: bilko79, somewhere in northern England |
This is one of the best comic narratives I've ever read. The ending abrupt and initially I thought "is that it?" but then started to think back and realised what the story was all about. Or at least what I though the story was all about. What really struck a cord was the fact was that I had figured it out as I was reading it the first time but hadn't realised it until the final panel... what really makes this comic stand out is the subtle use of art and prose to tell the story... make sure you read the newspapers.
I could be wrong but by the end of the novel I can't help but think that Azzarello is say that The Joker isn't a physical psychopath but a metaphysical concept that will never die.
The second rule of The Joker is..... |
Not the same Joker we all love to hate
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| Review Date: April 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Tom Reagan, Bay Area, CA USA |
I knew this story would be gruesome and that it was more of a "realistic" Joker, such as Christopher Nolan's Joker in The Dark Knight. But this Joker is simply a madman and nothing else. No humor (and Heath Ledger certainly brought humor to his Joker), just a sick psychopath.
Without spoiling anything, the ending especially ruined the whole book for me, when Batman finally shows up.
I have a decent collection of Batman graphic novels/TPBs and this is the only one I've turned around and sold. |
Not my cup of tea
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| Review Date: March 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Josh Jones, Orlando, FL |
| This story just did not work for me. I understand the concept of "re-imagining" a character, but when it's taken this far, you might as well be writing about a different character all together. This is not the Joker. A sleazy kingpin of crime? Perhaps the writer thought he was writing a Daredevil book...All of the villains are a disappointment. Harley Quinn, the Riddler, Killer Croc are reduced to uninteresting, pathetic versions of themselves in order to make the Joker look like a commanding presence throughout the plot. Well, it doesn't work. I don't know what Azzarello was trying to do with the character, but the result is a muddled mess. So, the Joker is crazy..but he's really not? The small amount of character development we get is that he "hates everything"? How original. And now he's a rapist? Ugh. He's feared throughout the crime community because...he kills people? How creative! The plot is so shallow and meaningless. Apparently we're supposed to buy into the fact that this character is such a bad ass after he "takes back his city" (a ridiculous characterization), yet for some reason he fails to anticipate the arrival of Batman? This book is a mess. The art is good, but the likeness to Heath Ledger is such a cheap attempt to cash in on The Dark Knight. It's like DC was like, "Hey, we need to write a dark story involving the Joker so we can make money off of the movie hype." The result is not "dark" at all, it's just stupid. Go read The Killing Joke or The Man Who Laughs for a real Joker story. |
GREAT GRAPHIC NOVEL
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| Review Date: March 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: T. Bendl, nj usa |
| this book was really great... it was disturbing at some parts but it was interesting... my only problem with the book was it was short =/ but that shouldnt stop you from picking this up. I really recommend it to mature readers only. Very adult themed... but it was good and the end was good... artwork is also great. thank you =) |
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