For nearly fifty years, he's terrorised Gotham and the world, crippled Batgirl and killed the second Robin. He is Batman's greatest nemesis. His name is the Joker!Now, get behind the mask of the Clown Prince of Crime in this original graphic novel! Taking the viewpoint of a member of the Joker's gang, the curtains hiding Gotham City's underworld are pulled back to show the criminals' reactions to the new avenger hunting them...and their plans to destroy him.Written by critically acclaimed 100 Bullets author Brian Azzarello (also co-writer of the "Batman: Gotham Knight" animated movie), with art by Lee Bermejo ("Batman/Deathblow"), this book provides essential background to "The Dark Knight"!
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"Disturbing, violent, oddly psychological and insanely wonderful." - USA WEEKEND
"If you liked "The Dark Knight," Joker is a must-have for your bookshelf." - MTV.com
"Terrific and disturbing." - THE VILLAGE VOICE
"One of the best written and illustrated comics to come out of a major publishing house this year." - THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
"If you liked "The Dark Knight," Joker is a must-have for your bookshelf." - MTV.com
"Terrific and disturbing." - THE VILLAGE VOICE
"One of the best written and illustrated comics to come out of a major publishing house this year." - THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Brian Azzarello has achieved both huge sales and acclaim with his comic 100 Bullets, and has also written Cage, Hellblazer and Loveless. He also wrote one of the six scripts for the Batman: Gotham Knight animated movie. Lee Bermejo is the illustrator of Superman/Gen 13, and has contributed pin-ups to 100 Bullets and WildC.A.T.S.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Abandoning the usual clown-like gimmicks and superhero storytelling, Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo take us on a nightmarish journey into the Joker's life outside Arkham Asylum.
The Joker isn't a supervillain who toys with Batman here, he is a very violent and disturbed man who lives on sex, drugs and murder. He is really just a coked up gangster but his unpredictable actions and unreliability are still classic Joker, but just a lot darker.
About 130 pages long, it is a reasonably quick read as the story flows well and the artwork is just outstanding. My only qualm is that it could of been longer. But I'm not too bothered with that as the novel is gripping from start to finish.
Another great thing is the addition of noir blended in with these "super" villains. We have a dirty private eye, a realistic looking Gotham City, troubled characters, detailed violence and an overall very dark atmosphere. It's like James Ellroy mixed with superhero fiction.
It's one of the greatest graphic novels I've ever read but its' strictly an adults only comic. Containing disturbing bloody violence, plenty of bad language, sex, drug use and just darkness, this certainly isn't a kids read. This is the way the Joker is meant to be. A disgusting human being with his morbid look on life. Life is about death to him, and darkness all over.
The Joker isn't a supervillain who toys with Batman here, he is a very violent and disturbed man who lives on sex, drugs and murder. He is really just a coked up gangster but his unpredictable actions and unreliability are still classic Joker, but just a lot darker.
About 130 pages long, it is a reasonably quick read as the story flows well and the artwork is just outstanding. My only qualm is that it could of been longer. But I'm not too bothered with that as the novel is gripping from start to finish.
Another great thing is the addition of noir blended in with these "super" villains. We have a dirty private eye, a realistic looking Gotham City, troubled characters, detailed violence and an overall very dark atmosphere. It's like James Ellroy mixed with superhero fiction.
It's one of the greatest graphic novels I've ever read but its' strictly an adults only comic. Containing disturbing bloody violence, plenty of bad language, sex, drug use and just darkness, this certainly isn't a kids read. This is the way the Joker is meant to be. A disgusting human being with his morbid look on life. Life is about death to him, and darkness all over.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I ordered this having read and liked Luthor and 100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello, always been a fan of Batman so I thought I'd give this a try.
The first thing to really strike you is the amazing artwork by Lee Bermejo (the reason this has 4* rather than just 3). He has created a Gotham that is darker and more sinister than anything I have seen before. I was a bit aprehensive at first as I was aware that Batman does not feature much in this tale, and I had only really read "the Killing Joke" before that solely focuses on a Batman Villan, but this is a good read.
As another reviewer has mentioned, the Joker in this story is not your criminal genius who outwits the forces of the law with all his tricks and pranks that we are used to. This Joker is a violient gangster that makes Heath Ledger's brilliant portrayal look like the Cesar Romero Joker from the 1960s tv series.
The Story starts well, told from the perspective of an impressionable henchman, with the Joker being released from Arkham and immediatley looking to take revenge on those who have divided up his city and reaped the profits for themselves.
His revenge is quick and brutal, but the story lacks any real plan or ploy for the Joker to get back to the top, rather we are shown that he is just a maniac whose crimes get more and more vile.
Cameo's by the Riddler and the Pengiun have been put in for seemingly no other reason than to say that they are in there.
Other appearances by Two face and Harley Quinn add a welcome element to the story, Quinn in particular is brutal.
Batman is always lurking in the shadows and it is good to see how the villans react to his constant menace, when he does come for them, the speed of his justice does take you by surprise.... Read more ›
The first thing to really strike you is the amazing artwork by Lee Bermejo (the reason this has 4* rather than just 3). He has created a Gotham that is darker and more sinister than anything I have seen before. I was a bit aprehensive at first as I was aware that Batman does not feature much in this tale, and I had only really read "the Killing Joke" before that solely focuses on a Batman Villan, but this is a good read.
As another reviewer has mentioned, the Joker in this story is not your criminal genius who outwits the forces of the law with all his tricks and pranks that we are used to. This Joker is a violient gangster that makes Heath Ledger's brilliant portrayal look like the Cesar Romero Joker from the 1960s tv series.
The Story starts well, told from the perspective of an impressionable henchman, with the Joker being released from Arkham and immediatley looking to take revenge on those who have divided up his city and reaped the profits for themselves.
His revenge is quick and brutal, but the story lacks any real plan or ploy for the Joker to get back to the top, rather we are shown that he is just a maniac whose crimes get more and more vile.
Cameo's by the Riddler and the Pengiun have been put in for seemingly no other reason than to say that they are in there.
Other appearances by Two face and Harley Quinn add a welcome element to the story, Quinn in particular is brutal.
Batman is always lurking in the shadows and it is good to see how the villans react to his constant menace, when he does come for them, the speed of his justice does take you by surprise.... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Noel
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Format:Hardcover
In this one-off non-canon book, writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo, both extraordinary artists, imagine a more realistic take on Joker partly in the style of Chris Nolan's "Dark Knight" film. The story is told through the eyes of Jonny Frost, a low-level thug sent to pick up a newly-released Joker from Arkham Asylum. Joker sets about reclaiming his criminal empire against Two-Face with the help of Killer Croc.
Re-reading this 4 years after I first picked it up, the book still retains its power and brilliance. Azzarello creates a Joker with newly revealed sides to his character than just the insane murderer he's usually portrayed as. In a brilliant one panel aside, Joker is seen in private on his knees, arms wrapped around Harley Quinn, sobbing, as we really see his relationship with her - she is the only one he can truly be himself with. Azzarello's Joker is a pill-popping junkie, snorting lines and chugging brown liquor, fuelling his rampages to explain his extreme behaviour than simply writing off his actions as those of a crazy man.
Azzarello and Bermejo utilise comics' unique format of the spaces between the panels to intimate some truly heinous actions by Joker. In one scene Joker randomly wanders into an apartment and murders an elderly couple in their beds with a razor blade, but the reader sees only the break-in and a murky aftermath as Joker lies on the bed atop contorted and bloodied human forms, the blade glinting off to the side. Later, Jonny's wife is saved from Two-Face and it's hinted that Joker then raped her before setting her free. Azzarello's vision of Joker in this book is far more human and far more scary in moments like this than has been seen before in other comics.... Read more ›
Re-reading this 4 years after I first picked it up, the book still retains its power and brilliance. Azzarello creates a Joker with newly revealed sides to his character than just the insane murderer he's usually portrayed as. In a brilliant one panel aside, Joker is seen in private on his knees, arms wrapped around Harley Quinn, sobbing, as we really see his relationship with her - she is the only one he can truly be himself with. Azzarello's Joker is a pill-popping junkie, snorting lines and chugging brown liquor, fuelling his rampages to explain his extreme behaviour than simply writing off his actions as those of a crazy man.
Azzarello and Bermejo utilise comics' unique format of the spaces between the panels to intimate some truly heinous actions by Joker. In one scene Joker randomly wanders into an apartment and murders an elderly couple in their beds with a razor blade, but the reader sees only the break-in and a murky aftermath as Joker lies on the bed atop contorted and bloodied human forms, the blade glinting off to the side. Later, Jonny's wife is saved from Two-Face and it's hinted that Joker then raped her before setting her free. Azzarello's vision of Joker in this book is far more human and far more scary in moments like this than has been seen before in other comics.... Read more ›
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Goya
Format:Hardcover
Yeah, kind of a grim, deranged book this one. There's no doubting the quality of the writing, I think the Joker is fairly well pegged. The biggest problem is that he comes across as just a psychotic thug. In the Dark Knight, Nolan had the sense to write the Joker as making a point about humanity's relative worth (or lack of). Here he is just a nutter...Nice art though.
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F# cking brilliant!
Wasn't too sure wether to go for this one but as soon as I picked this up I couldn't put it down.artwork is some of the best I have seen,this is not a batman story although he does... Read more
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Batman's best character
I enjoy the graphics in these books and the storyline did not disappoint either
good value for money and good quality product
good value for money and good quality product
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. A. L. Barnett
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Good read
I'd recommend this to anyone who likes the gritty side of barman and joker it's very well written and the drawing is spot on
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Brilliantly drawn.
Brilliantly drawn. Great detail - have a bit more insight into the joker, but also ensured he remain an enigma.
Published 2 months ago by Chiami
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This is a story all about the joker, the artwork is where it's at it's so amazing i can't get my head around the details.
It's nice to see more story's base on the bad guys. Read more
It's nice to see more story's base on the bad guys. Read more
Published 3 months ago by James
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Ambitious, fresh - and ultimately unsatisfying.
*Disclaimer*: As a long-time Harley fan, this review may be a tad biased.
Originally I gave this book one star, for the following reasons:
1) Like many... Read more
Originally I gave this book one star, for the following reasons:
1) Like many... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Starswirl the Bearded
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice take
A nice change in angle here and a more grounded/realistic look at the joker and other characters in the Gotham universe.
The ending is a little abrupt
The ending is a little abrupt
Published 5 months ago by Chris Massey
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Brilliant......
Great to read, especially if your a fan of the Joker. Takes you into his world. So don't buy if your wanting the usual cat n mouse story. Read more
Published 5 months ago by G1nner the W1nner
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Very Good
I would highly recommend this book to anyone that reads graphic novels. extremely good quality on screen as well. Great read.
Published 5 months ago by Joseph Wilkinson
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Beautifully sinister
One of my favourite Batman titles. I love the simple yet morally ambiguous and intriguing plot. The characterisation is excellent and the imagery is very well thought out. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Inlaid
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