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Batman: The Killing Joke is a 1988 DC Comics one-shot graphic novel featuring the characters Batman and the Joker written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland. The Killing Joke provides another origin story for the supervillain the Joker, loosely adapted from the 1951 story "The Man Behind the Red Hood!", which was written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger.
Batman: The Killing Joke is a 2016 American adult animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the 27th of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.
The Killing Joke author Alan Moore in 2008. The novel has been described as the greatest Joker story ever told. [55] [56] [57] Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) built on the Joker's 1951 origin story, portraying him as a failed comedian who participates in a robbery as the Red Hood to support his pregnant wife. Batman arrives to stop the robbery ...
The success of The Dark Knight Returns and the graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke rekindled Warner Bros.' interest in a film adaptation. Burton was initially not a comic book fan, but he was impressed by the dark and serious tone found in both The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke. [7]
DC Comics confirmed that the full text of the story would be released in December 2020. [44] [45] Moore wrote the lead story in Batman Annual No. 11 (1987) drawn by George Freeman. [46] The following year saw the publication of The Killing Joke, written by Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland.
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Detective Comics #575–578; Batman: Full Circle: 176 November 28, 2017: 978-1401274566: A Death in the Family: 1988 Batman #426–429, plus "A Lonely Place of Dying" from Batman #440–442 and The New Titans #60–61 280 April 13, 2021: 978-1779509178: The Killing Joke: 1988 Batman: The Killing Joke: 64 March 19, 2008: 978-5012256263
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