![]() ![]() A bonus story at the end paints the quieter, equally chilling madness of a Batman fan fantasizing about killing the superhero-a perfect foil for the publicly gaudy Joker. Batman The Killing Joke The Deluxe Edition (2008) HC DC Comics. ![]() ![]() The Killing Joke provoked fury among many readers who lamented th e disposal of Barbara Gordon as a mere pawn to testosterone yet Gordon reinvents herself later as superinfohacker Oracle, poster girl for disability empowerment (see Birds of Prey, LJ 7/08). Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Batman The Killing Joke The Deluxe Edition (2008) HC DC Comics at the best online prices at eBay Skip to main content. With Barbara Gordon now a paraplegic, the story stands as a chilling profile of madness. But Gordon remains sane, and Batman recaptures the Joker-the two actually share a laugh at the ambiguous ending. Intending to prove that anyone can go mad after "one bad day" as he describes in his putative origin story, the Joker also kidnaps and torments Commissioner Gordon. Escaped from Arkham Asylum, villain deluxe Joker shoots Barbara "Batgirl" Gordon as part of his plan to drive her police commissioner father insane. This classic, infamous story in the Batman saga has been recolored with a more effectively cooler palette and set into context with an introduction and an afterword. ![]()
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