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Batman: The Man Who Laughs
A Batman graphic novel written by Ed Brubaker and with art by Doug Mahnke.
Witness Batman's historic first encounters with his deadliest foe, The Joker, in this hardcover volume featuring two tales written by Ed Brubaker (GOTHAM CENTRAL, Captain America), winner of 2007 Eisner Award for Best Writer. A mysterious homicidal … see full wiki
Author:
Ed Brubaker,
Dough Mahnke
Genre:
Comics & Graphic Novels
Publisher:
DC Comics
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Captain Jim Gordon of the Gotham City Police Department enters a murder scene unlike anything he has ever encountered. Likewise, for some of his veteran officers as well as a paramedic who begins to vomit, while carrying out one of the dead bodies. The victims appeared to have gone under some type of experiment, which has left them all dead with very large smiles on their faces. Batman joins Gordon, and both of them are unaware of what to make of this. Later, a psychotic clown ambushes a TV news … more
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Quick Tip by Madpenguin.
December 29, 2011
Here goes another follow up to Batman Year One, in fact, this could be considered the direct sequel. This story chronicles the first meeting with the Joker, and the opening to the story will give a very good idea to the reader on what kind of monster Batman is up against. Some people don't prefer the second story Made of Wood, which features the Golden age Green Lantern and Batman trying to solve a murder mystery. I thought it was a fun story. This will fit nicely in your comic collection also. … more
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review by plantsandbooks.
October 26, 2009
I still cannot imagine for the life of me why DC Comics published these two Batman stories together in one volume, let alone why the volume was name The Man Who Laughs (other than the title story sharing the same name). I can only wager a guess that when it was published The Dark Knight (the movie) was looming on the horizon and DC Comics wanted to get as much Joker/Batman as they could on the shelves. The two stories contained in this graphic novel include Batman: The Man Who Laughs and Batman: … more
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I still cannot imagine for the life of me why DC Comics published these two Batman stories together in one volume, let alone why the volume was name The Man Who Laughs (other than the title story sharing the same name). I can only wager a guess that when it was published The Dark Knight (the movie) was looming on the horizon and DC Comics wanted to get as much Joker/Batman as they could on the shelves. The two stories contained in this graphic novel include Batman: The Man Who Laughs and Batman: … more
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