Heard great things about this book. Just bought it and read some. Greatest Joker story ever?
The Joker
Character » appears in 68 games
The Joker is Batman's archnemesis. First appearing in Batman #1 in 1940, he schemes against the Caped Crusader to this day. He was played by various actors including Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill, Richard Epcar, Heath Ledger, Jared Leto and Joaquin Phoenix.
The Killing Joke.
Killing Joke is the best Joker story. Period. Just the premise of "one bad day" makes for some interesting stuff.
You should read Batman: A death in the family and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Two of the best Joker stories. The Man who laughs is also amazing.
For a rundown on the best joker graphic novels check this out: http://comics.ign.com/articles/886/886096p1.html
Try to get the new special edition of The Killing Joke, if possible. It has updated colors originally intended for the graphic novel, and they blow the old colors out of the water.
"Try to get the new special edition of The Killing Joke, if possible. It has updated colors originally intended for the graphic novel, and they blow the old colors out of the water. "
I have both and In my opinion the regular colors are better it makes it more insane.
As far as the Wanted trade, it's good reading. The beginning is very similar to the movie. Then the movie veered off slightly. Mark Millar is a brilliant writer. You can't really go wrong reading anything he writes. One of his current comics that's really fun (meaning violent) is Kick-Ass. Marvel is reprinting the first three issues in a "must-have" collection. You can find in-depth summaries (spoilers) for the first two issues here. Issue 4 isn't out yet.
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