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Cover of Batman by Alan Moore

Batman

  • 64 pages · about 1 hour
  • First published 1988
  • 22 editions

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1 About this book

Presented for the first time with stark, stunning new coloring by Brian Bolland, Batman: the Killing Joke is Alan Moore's unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy.

According to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as the Joker, that's all that separates the sane from the psychotic. Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he's out to prove his deranged point. And he's going to use Gotham City's top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and the Commissioner's brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it.

Good for readers who want: a graphic novel and a short read.

  • Comic books, strips
  • Comics & graphic novels
  • Good and evil
  • Comic books
  • Superheroes

2 About Alan Moore

Born 1953

Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comics including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and From Hell. He is widely recognised among his peers and critics as one of the best comic book writers in the English language.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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