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Issue: Batman: The Killing Joke: The Deluxe Edition #[nn]
Publication Date: May 2008
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 03/19/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9781401216672
UPC/EAN: 978140121667251799
Price: $21.99 CAD
$17.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 3 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil (original editor); Mark Chiarello (original editor); Bob Harras (editor - collected edition)
Disclose Notes: Tenth printing available October 3, 2012; eleventh printing available December 12, 2012; twelfth printing available August 21, 2103; thirteenth printing available April 9, 2014; fifteenth printing available April 1, 2015; seventeenth printing available March 2, 2016; nineteenth printing available August 31, 2016; and twentieth printing available January 9, 2019 (per comiclist.com).
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US; 7¼ in. × 11⅛ in.
Paper Stock: coated stock
Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Dustjacket
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Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Brian Bolland
Inker(s): Brian Bolland
Colorist(s): Brian Bolland
Letterer(s): Richard Starkings ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Joker
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The image is that same as the original cover from 1988, but it has different text and brand.
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Batman: The Killing Joke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Brian Bolland
Inker(s): Brian Bolland
Colorist(s): Brian Bolland
Letterer(s): Richard Starkings
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; Joker
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)
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.
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Pages: 46
Disclose Notes: 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.
Originally colored by John Higgins, art for this edition was recolored and reconstructed by Brian Bolland.
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An Innocent Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brian Bolland
Penciller(s): Brian Bolland
Inker(s): Brian Bolland
Colorist(s): Brian Bolland
Letterer(s): Ellie DeVille
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Two-Face (cameo); Penguin (cameo); Poison Ivy (cameo); The Terrible Trio [The Fox; The Shark; The Vulture] (cameo)
Synopsis: A young man dreams of a plot to kill The Batman.
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Pages: 8

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