Books Batman the Killing Joke - First Edition
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Rating: - A Must Have For New Batman Fans
This is one of those core Batman titles.You get to see The Joker before the accident that turned his skin white,his lips red and his hair green.He was a comedian that turned into a criminal and fell into a vat of chemicals at a playing card factory. This title came out a year and 4 months before the original Batman movie premiered in 1989. It was a backstory or preview to the movie.The origin story in this comic was used in the film except for the comedian part and the chemical plant was called Axis Chemicals. But this story gives you a idea of just how mentally cracked the Joker is.Killing to him is funny and he makes it so with deadly pranks.Some DC fans think that the Joker isn't crazy at all and that it is a persona or mask that he puts on.He gets locked up in Arkham for a while and then he walks out again.Batman won't kill him because he would be a murderer.And for obvious reasons in the DC Universe,Batman can't exist without The Joker.Pick this first edition up if you are a serious collector,but also get the new 20th Anniversary Hardcover for reading purposes.And if you want to know more about 'ol Jack Napier/Joker,pick up The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told.They are all good reads!