$13.99. You will want to add this to your collection, Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2017. You have Alfred's daughter who is helping him and Batman on missions and Jim Gordian is not in jail like he was in the previous book, none of this is really explained. With an ending you won't believe, this graphic novel is a classic in the making. Comics Explained 402,912 views. Snyder and Capullo keep on making Batman the best DC book on the market! Another great book in an incredible Batman line. CDN$ 10.24. The games are over. Well worth the cost. Some very emotionally dark panels in an already gloomy story really make you feel the angst of Gotham as the story occurs. I know Batman put an anti-toxin in their masks but most of their masks were broken/ fell off during the fight. That, of course is just nit picking, because this is still a winner and an exceptional read. by DC Comics. It's not as good as Death of the Family or Zero Year, but it's still a good and arguably iconic Batman story and a nice love letter to Batman and the Joker. 7 treats us to a no-holds-barred free-for-all between the Caped Crusader and the Clown Prince of Crime with the fate of Gotham hanging in What if he became bored of the old games? Really, this series might as well be called: Batman: Retcon, though, to be fair, 1) a character as old as Bats (and his legendary rogues’ gallery) needs some periodic origin refreshing to stay relevant; and 2) if Stephen Hawking and Marilyn vos Savant procreated (let’s assume for purposes of this incredibly disturbing thought exercise that Hawking is a zombie with functional sperm and septuagenarian eggs are viable) and had a kid who was tutored by Einstein, that kid still wouldn’t have a prayer of being able to sort through DC continuity to determine what’s technically in and what’s not. 9: The Tyrant Wing by Tom King: Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder: Batman Volume 2: The City of Owls by Scott Snyder: Batman Volume 3: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder: Batman Volume 4: Zero Year - Secret City by Scott Snyder This is arguably the climax and pinnacle of Snyder's writing on the New 52 Batman. [How did the batfamily, especially Nightwing, not die? The opening three-parter is - as Mr Mice Guy points out - inspired by Alan Moore's … I have to say that it isn't bad, but not nearly as good as I thought it would be. Snyder appears to throw a curveball at the reader when he addresses a "new origin" of sorts for the Joker, but in issue 40 collected in this volume it doesn't turn out to be so. Batman (2011-2016) Vol. If I said anymore, it would probably be a spoiler so let me just say that it is among the best barn-burningly fast-paced and well-illustrated tales in the Snyder run. Batman and Catwoman are about to have the wedding of the century... or are they? Endgame sees the first reappearance of the Joker following the events of Death of the Family and feels a lot like a conclusion to Snyder and Capullo's run, with most of the narrative coming full circle (insofar as is ever allowed in comics, at least) and with callbacks and references to their previous story arcs sprinkled throughout. If the Joker in Death of the Family was an obsessive, loving fan of Batman, this Joker is more of a vindictive, jilted lover out to demolish the Bat and everything he stands for. 13: The City of Bane Part 2 by Tom King: Flashpoint Batman: Batman Vol. What would happen if the Joker stopped having fun with Batman? … The Joker's found this magic elixir which allows him to heal from pretty much anything? The day has finally arrived: the nuptials of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. His current works include. All Batman's attempts to find an antidote come to nothing. This novel continues on from the previous Joker story, and its disturbing and violent as ever!! Reading from vol 1 through to 5 is pretty straightforward then 6 was a mess of random stories some really good some just confusing with out the context of the spin offs. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. Anyway, one always gets the sense that Joker pulls his punches for Batman so it’s delightful to see Joker take a real crack at his idol turned enemy, however, after the introduction it feels perhaps less sinister and therefore less like an earnest attempt on Batman’s life and sanity than the earlier entrant ‘Death of the Family’. 7: Endgame The Joker: Endgame This arc is straight forward for the single issues; the annual is just moved to the end, instead of after #37 as published. ... Batman was created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger, and first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. It was good fun. Collects Batman #35-40. show more. After the 'Death of the Family' where after a gruesome battle, Batman is able to come away while the Joker is buried under the wide expanse of rubble and earth. Welcome back. [Like Bruce is really dead. In their last encounter, the Dark Knight failed to live up to Joker’s grand plans, so now the Joker is deadly serious. 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