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Batman: The Killing Joke (Deluxe Edition)

Author: Alan Moore
Creator: Brian Bolland
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

24 reviews
Sales Rank: 191

Media: Hardcover
Edition: De Luxe Ed
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 7.4 x 0.5

ISBN: 1845767721
EAN: 9781845767723
ASIN: 1845767721

Publication Date: April 25, 2008
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2 out of 5 stars

"I know you're a mass murderer, but can't we be friends?" August 24, 2008
Alan Moore provides the reader with plenty motivation for us to hate the Joker in this short story; so much in fact that it make's Commisioner Gordon's response largely unbelievable, and Batman's 'let's be friends, I can help you' reaction somehow cowardly. The villain is elevated to such a level of cruelty and malice that Batman's idealistic moral outlook has no counter. The result is Batman comes off as a wimp.

The artwork by Boland is wonderful, but probably the worst story I've read of Moore's.

2 out of 5 stars

A short story, short on story August 17, 2008
This graphic novel has been given a massive amount of praise and to be honest, I'm not sure why. Perhaps because it's Alan Moore, perhaps because it is Batman vs Joker, perhaps because it has a Joker origin. I'm not sure.

I read it in one sitting, it's a very short and at 10 is a bit expensive. As it's so short there's not really a story. None at all. Batman turns up at the begining and the end, the middle is mainly flashbacks to the Joker origin. Which is campy and somewhat uninteresting.

The end is somewhat ambiguous following on the unexplored idea of should Batman kill the joker and why.

Really, the problem is not bad writing, just that it's too short and doesn't really explore the relationship at all.

There are better graphic novels, there are better batman novels. I wouldn't recommend this.

3 out of 5 stars

Not as great as it's made out to be.... August 13, 2008
I must admit to having had a copy of this book for quite a while now, and having read and re-read it a number of times, still cannot see why it is so lauded. Okay, the artwork IS wonderful (though Brian Bolland didn't like the colour much, apparently), and there are elements within the story which have subsequently proven pivotal within the DC Universe, but that's not really enough to explain it's status. I think that after an excellent set up, the ending is rather flat. I'd always assumed that I'd "missed the point" somewhere ... now I'm not so sure. It's quite interesting to review "The Killing Joke" in the context of the rest of Alan Moore's work at DC (and, as all but his "Swamp Thing" stuff is now collected in a single trade paperback, that's relatively easy to do). It's certainly not his most interesting or most imaginative during this period (his two comparable Superman stories are probably superior, whilst his Omega Men and Green Lantern Corps tales are better still) and I suspect much of the status comes from the general Batman "thing" that ran from Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" to the Burton's two movies.
A good book, but not the great one everyone seems to think.

5 out of 5 stars

The best Joker story for the last 20 years August 9, 2008
This story has to be the best insight to the Joker mainly because its the only one that has a worthy and acceptable back story for Joker. He's not as psychotic as I usually like him to be in this but he's still got the regular charm. Seeing as the story's quite short its hard to mention anything without spoiling anything. but I assure you, this is an excellent read.

The artwork is excellent too like all of Bolland's work. My only problem is the design of the Batmobile. You'll understand when you see it.

1 out of 5 stars

IT NEVER CAME! August 4, 2008
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The Comic and another one I bought never came! ahahaahah They were for a friend as a gift and now what am I supposed to frickin do when people rip me off?