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Issue: Batman: The Killing Joke #[nn]
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue (6 Printings)
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Variant: First Printing
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/29/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.75 CAD
$3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date reflects the publication date as reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. It matches the shipping date listed in Direct Currents #2 (February 1988).

Comic has been through 14 printings. Most can be identified by the color of the lettering on the title and cufflink.

cover price for following is 3.50 USD
1st printing is neon green
2nd printing is pink

cover price for following is 4.95 USD
3rd printing is dark yellow
4th printing is light orange
5th printing is dark blue
6th printing is dark orange
7th printing is light yellow
8th printing is light blue
9th printing is red
10th printing is yellow and cufflink is dark yellow
11th printing is yellow and cufflink is dark yellow
12th printing is yellow and cufflink is light yellow

cover price for following is 5.95 USD and there is an "!" after the word "SMILE"
13th printing is yellow and cufflink is white
14th printing is dark green and cufflink is white

New printing: October 28, 2009.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US (6 5/8" x 10 1/8")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; Baxter interior
Binding: squarebound; prestige format
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In15
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joker
First Line: Smile
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman - La broma asesina #[nn] published December 1988
In Issue: FlagBatman: The Killing Joke: The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published May 2008
In Content Item: FlagGraphic Novel #5 published September 1988
as Sorria! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: De Killing Joke #1 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #2/1989 published November 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #[3] published April 1990
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] published March 2006
as Cover to The Killing Joke [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Batman: The Killing Joke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Commissioner Gordon; Barbara Gordon [Batgirl]; Harvey Bullock; Alfred Pennyworth; Joker (also as the Red Hood in flashback); Two-Face (cameo); Penguin (cameo); Jeannie; Mrs. Burkiss
First Line: There were these two guys in a lunatic asylum...
Synopsis: Batman visits the Joker in Arkham Asylum only to discover he has been replaced by a double. As Batman attempts to track the villain down, the Joker shows up at the house of Commissioner Gordon where he promptly shoots Barbara and captures her father. The Joker takes Jim to a modified carnival where he tries to drive him mad (partially by showing him pictures of his naked and bleeding daughter). Batman arrives and starts beating on the Joker who attempts to reason with him in his own insane fashion. As things wrap up and the police arrive, the Joker finally tells Batman a joke that he gets.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: The Killing Joke: The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published May 2008
In Issue: FlagBatman The Killing Joke #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagGraphic Novel #5 published September 1988
as A Piada Mortal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUSA magazine #37 published November 1988
as Souriez [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: De Killing Joke #1 published January 1989
as De Killing Joke [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #[3] published April 1990
as Lächeln, Bitte! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #7 published January 2005
as The Killing Joke [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] published March 2006
as The Killing Joke [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 46
Disclose Notes: The endpapers (which include credits and publishing information) are close ups of the raindrops from the first and last panel of the story. Story tells a comprehensive origin of the Joker based on the story "The Man Behind the Red Hood" from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168. This story is still considered controversial over two decades after its publication, mostly due to the crippling of Barbara Gordon (which was not revealed to be permanent until subsequent issues of Suicide Squad where she first appeared as the wheelchair bound Oracle), but there is a clear indication that creators Moore and Bolland originally intended this to be a non-continuity "final" Batman vs. Joker story when Bolland strongly insinuates in the afterward printed in Batman: The Killing Joke Special Edition (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] that Batman kills the Joker "off camera" in the last three panels of the story.
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Back Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Joker
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover shows a playing card featuring Joker on the top and Batman on the bottom.

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