Lemire’s ability to use drama instead of super-heroic action to pull me along in his stories. And, thankfully for all of us Bat-fans, he gets just what he needs near the end of the book.Īs always, I’m drawn to Mr. Unlike the Joker, though, all Bruce needs is to be pointed in the right direction. Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo recently explored something of this theme during their recent concluding mini-series as well, but this is a very different road being travelled. Of course, this isn’t the first time we see Bruce out of his element. Can this really be the truth behind Bruce’s obsessions? This book looks at the influence of TV shows on young minds, especially when they are very impressionable. And he apparently knows Bruce’s alter ego. Interestingly, Ben Arnell is back, and he’s talking to Bruce, who is actually in prison for a serious crime. The same team that produced the Black Label imprint mini-series Joker: Killer Smile is back, and looking at this whole set-up from the other side, creepy as it is. And the Dark Knight’s origins, if changed, might alter his ability to face the Clown Prince of Crime with such determination. It’s quite devious, you know, to taint Batman’s purity by making his past a lot darker than even he knows it is. Smiles from the show he watched as a child. Bruce is made to believe that he’s actually responsible for the loss of at least one of his parents, and that took place under the orders of Mr. When is Batman at his weakest? Or, better put, when WAS Batman at his most vulnerable? When he was a young boy, even before he lost his parents!ĭuring this confrontation, the Joker hits Batman where it counts-in his past! Many of the elements of the previous Black Label series return in this book, but with a different twist to them. The Eisner Award-winning creative team of writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino land one last gut-punch, turning the mythos of the Batman on its head in the most devastating trick The Joker has ever devised! THE VULNERABLE CHILD, BRUCE WAYNE
Smiles spoke across the airwaves only to him… Smiles Show-and the show might have been watching him back! And not only was young Bruce watching, he was listening…listening as Mr. SOLICITATION: It wouldn’t be a Joker story without a surprise… and right on cue, here’s an unexpected one-shot epilogue to Joker: Killer Smile! Young Bruce Wayne grew up watching The Mr. You can purchase this issue via comiXology BATMAN: THE SMILE KILLER #1
When people say that Batman is the opposite number to The Joker, they aren’t kidding… as this one-shot follow-up to Joker: Killer Smile shows! Take the jump for our review of Batman: The Smile Killer #1 from DC Comics.
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