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Batman: The Man Who Laughs

Author: Ed Brubaker
Binding: Paperback
Published: 2009-02-03
ISBN: 1401216269

$8.18

Features:

ISBN13: 9781401216269
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Batman: The Man Who Laughs
by: Ed Brubaker

Editorial Review:

Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Second only to Year One... and that's not bad.:

This is a well told story with good artwork. It's not quite as good as Batman: Year One, but I don't think anything is (personally, I prefer Year One to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns). This is a good sequel, and an enjoyable sequel to Y1. Do you need to own it? It's probably worth it... I am glad I bought it.

The book is half good... literally:

This book contains two different stories. First a follow up to The Killing Joke that is, for me at least, quiete fantastic. It have the action, element of suspense... you name it, this story have it.
On the other hand, the second story, I wouldn't say is a bad story, but it definably doesn't belong to this book at all. This is called "The Man who Laughs", so I really don't see a point of putting a story with no Joker. The second arc is cleary there just to make a bulkier book. Even though, the book is... more info

Read this!:

This story is not the world's greatest Joker story, but it is excellent in defining the Joker's first appearance, and is the perfect unofficial follow-up to Matt Wagner's Dark Moon Rising series (Monster Men and Mad Monk, which were actually published soon after this). Monster Men was Batman's first foray into comic book science, Mad Monk was his first dealings with the supernatural, and this is his first time facing a true supervillain (Catwoman doesn't count). Well-done. I also liked the "Knock on Wood"... more info

An Unbalanced Collection of Two Batman Stories:

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: Made of... more info

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