The Kiling Joke is a fascinating story, but the idea of Joker as a victim of fate, while compeling in its own right, never seemed particularly plausible to me. A lot of people also talk about Miler´s Batman as being a 'forced' ultraviolent/gritty interpretation and that the 'true' timeless Batman is the Dennis O´Neil one. The best Joker story ever, and all that original.Ĭlick to expand.Quite a few aspects of DKR could be considered dated, like the references to Reagan, David Letterman (or Endochrine, in the story) being the top talk show host, the whole 'satanic messages in rock songs' thing, Superman as a symbol of establishment, etc. Just disappointed in some fans quick to call it something that it is obviously not. The Joker.īut I'm not saying I'm disappointed in the story, it was a entertaining Elseworlds one shot. Story wise, it was kind of bland, boring (maybe it was the Jonny character), and made Joker more like Hannibal Lector in some parts than well. But I didn't read anything here that was all that inventive, original, and earth shattering, other than the jokers choppy Glasgow Smile and dirty face looks closer to Heaths popular Joker take right now. And the classic Joker-Venom-over-Knives Joker will still be around, as will the non-thug Life versions of Killer Croc, Penguin, and a Harley Quinn thats not interchangeable with the female villain from Die Hard with a Vengeance. But in 5 years, this story will be as dated as Batman vs. In some respects, so is Dark Knight Returns.

The great thing about Killing Joke is that it is timeless.

It was an okay story that fed into fans of Nolans TDK, but more often than not kinda got stupid and tried to hard to be modern.

This book is no where near The Killing Joke, some of you need to actually read the comic instead of hype reviews.

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