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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 maniac is murdering prominent citizens of Gotham City, each time leaving a ghastly grin on the victims' lifeless faces. Batman soon tracks down the killer: The Joker!

This volume gives readers new insight into the early encounters between Batman and The Joker that led the Clown Prince of Crime down the path to insanity. Guest-starring original Green Lantern Alan Scott.

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ISBN-10:  1401216226
ISBN-13:  978-1401216221
Author:  Ed Brubaker, Dough Mahnke
Genre:  Comics & Graphic Novels
Publisher:  DC Comics
Format:  Graphic Novel
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review by . July 15, 2011
posted in Speech Bubbles: Comics & Graphic Novels
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 …
Quick Tip by . 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. …
review by . October 26, 2009
Man Who Laughs
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: …
review by . October 25, 2009
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
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: …
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